Display the contents of backup in tape(backup taken brtools)

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

I Have taken the offline backup of orcle database using brtools on tape.

how can i display the contents of backup in tape.

i.e i wnat to only read the tape.

Regards

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello Vivek,

You cannot display the content of backup on tape. Please go through the backup log for the required information.

Thanks,

Siva Kumar

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

and how can i read the backup log.

because i clean the sapbackp dir.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

and how can i read the backup log.
> 
> because i clean the sapbackp dir.

This is really strange, why you completely clean up the sapbackup directory ? You should keep the logs.

As of now, if no logs then 'obviously' you can't read them.

Thanks

[former_member188883 · Accepted solution]

Hi Vivek,

You can restore the brbackup log files from the tape using the following options (-n)

This BRRESTORE command option enables you to restore a file directly from the volume without having to specify the name of the backup log or the log sequence number.

brrestore -n det_log => This will restore detailed backup log from tape

brrestore -n sum_log => This will restore summarised backup log from tape.

Hope this answers your query.

Regards,

Deepak Kori

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Vivek,

I think you can still get the details from DB12 transaction. Please take a look at below doc for more details.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/df/455e7f747111d6b25100508b6b8a93/content.htm

Thanks,

Siva Kumar

[former_member188883 · Accepted solution]

Hi Shiva,

DB12 will required the backup log file to be present in the backup directory. In Vivek's case those are not available.

Hence DB12 will be not be useful .

Regards,

Deepak Kori