Need to test Production Backups on another server.

[Former Member]

Dear Expert,

Our SAP Production server is running on HP-UX in cluster mode (ECC 6.0 with oracle 10g). We have sheduled Incremental database online backup (daily) and Full database online + redolog backup (on sunday) on disk, and getting successfull backups.

Now we wanted to test our backup, as it is a running production server so wanted to try on diffrent server.

So we are installing new server on windows 64bit machine with orale database. Our plane is to copy backupfiles of production server to newly installed server and try to restore it.

We need your suggetions on it and the correct way to test the backups if any.

As it is highly important activity, so please revert ASAP.

Regards,

Ajit

[Former Member]

Hi Ajit,

I would recommend to test this scenario on HP-UX system only as your production server is on the same operating system.

If there is no urgency for testing the production backup, you can wait until your Quality Server refresh cycle.

You can refresh the Quality server using online/offline backup restore method (backup of production server).

This way, you will get 2 benefits..

1. Your Quality server will be refreshed with production data

2. You can test Production backup consistancy more efficiently.

Refer the link below for more details:

For Official System Copy Guide:

[https://websmp207.sap-ag.de/_{form/sapnet?_SHORTKEY=01100035870000659894&|https://websmp207.sap-ag.de/}form/sapnet?_SHORTKEY=01100035870000659894&]

Another Short steps:

[http://www.saptechies.com/system-copy-guides/|http://www.saptechies.com/system-copy-guides/]

Regards.

Rajesh Narkhede

[Former Member]

Hi,

Your production Server is HP platform and you r trying to restore on Windows

platform how it possible ? see system copy guide

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/6945da7d-0c01-0010-1792-dd7b5d872...

Surendra Jain

[sunny_pahuja2]

Hi,

This is the case of heterogeneous system copy as your source and target OS are different (HP-UX and window). Which is quite big task.

If you want to test it then install system on HP-UX machine only then test it.

Thanks

Sunny