Redolog backup taken(-cds) but archive dir not yet cleared.

[Former Member]

Hi all,

Yesterday i took redolog backup using brarchive command in my prod server.

brarchive -u / -c force -p initsid.sap -cds

But after completion backup the archive log directory is not yet cleaned as i did the backup

as copy_delete_save.

Size of archive dir is 100GB.

1)I want to take clean up the archive dir now.

2)Why the archive dir is not cleaned ?

3)should i schedule redolog backup daily?

4) In an average of 100 logs generating in a day of 16mb size, so what should be my redolog backup plan?

5)what are editing actions should i do in (initsid.sap) so that after redolog backup archive dir will be automatically

cleaned.

Thanks in Advance,

Prathap

+919940180084

[fidel_vales · Accepted solution]

Hello,

The first thing you should do is to understand what you are doing.

You executed brarchive with a series of options but you do not have any idea of what you are doing.

therefore, your first stop is not the forum but the documentation.

I'll make easy for you. [http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/47/3172ce66932036e10000000a114a6b/frameset.htm]you have the relevant description for "cds"

Please,read it(and chek also the rest of the manual) and you will be able to

1.- understand what you are doing

2.- understand what you can do

3.- answer your questions (and even other question that you still have)

Another option is NOT doing your work and expect us to do it for you

[Former Member]

Hi,

if you select -cds then it will delete archive log only when it backs up the archive log second time.

i.e it will backup the same arch log 2 times and only after successful backup it will delete. This will ensure safe storage of arch log.

Regards,

SBK

[Former Member]

hi

thank you so much.. this thread really help me out