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ADM100 Lesson: Performing Data Archiving
1. Create a variant for the write program. Name the variant Write_##,
where ## is your group number. Maintain the process control for
the variant so that an Archive and Delete is executed. Then schedule
the write program with the start time Immediate and the predefined
spool parameters.
a) On the initial screen of transaction SARA, enter the value
WORKITEM in the Object Name field and choose Write. Onthe
following screen, enter the value Write_## in the Variant field,
where ## is your group number, and choose Maintain. Confirm
the dialog box by choosing Continue. On the following screen,
Maintain Variant: Report RSWWARCA, Variant Write_##, select the
Archive and Delete radiobuttonintheProcess Control group box.
Then choose Variant Attributes. Enter a useful short description
in the Description field and choose Save. Thistakesyoubackto
the variant maintenance overview screen. Choose Back. Onthe
initial screen Archive Administration: Create Archive Files, choose
Start Date. On the following screen, choose Immediate and then
Save. Simply confirm the spool parameters by choosing Spool
params. and then Continue on the next screen. Finally, choose
Execute and return to the initial screen of transaction SARA.
2. Display the spool list and the job log of the archive run.
a) On the initial screen of the archive administration transaction
(SARA), enter the value WORKITEM in the Object Name field and
choose Job Overview. The system displays an overview of the
archiving jobs that you have scheduled. Select the row for the
job ARV_WORKITEM_WRI and choose Display Spool
List. On the next screen, select the row for the spool list and
choose Display Contents. Thenreturntothejoboverview,select
the job, and choose Display Job Log. Among other things, the
system displays which file is created in which path at operating
system level. Note the file name and file path.
3. Check whether an archiving file was created at file system level.
a) You have already checked in the Customizing settings that
the archive file is to be written to the directory specified by
the parameter DIR_GLOBAL. Now call the SAP Directories
transaction (transaction AL11) and double click the
DIR_GLOBAL entry. On the following screen, you can check
whether a file with the name from the last subtask was created.
Task 4 Start Delete Program
Now delete the objects archived in the previous task from your database.
To do this, schedule the delete program, run it, and monitor its processing.
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