MII 12.2 Backup Solutions

[Former Member]

I am working on a small MII 12.2 implementation, I am curious about backup solutions that other admins maybe using. I am aware of Netweaver level backups, but do not know too much about them. My feeling is that for a small implementation though this approach would involve backing up gigabytes of Oracle databases and netweaver configuration for maybe a hundred megabytes at most of MII Projects. I was thinking of imaging the whole server on a monthly basis and then taking a nightly backup of Projects, transactions, Pages, Query Templates etc. I assume this is relatively straight forward to do with a transaction ? I assume I would also not need to retain the oracle logs.

What I would like to know is it possible to also backup configuration for data servers and users.

[former_member4529]

Hi,

You can check the following blog for a MII content backup tool : http://scn.sap.com/blogs/abesh/2010/10/29/release-sap-mii-backuper-v-10

Thanks,

Dipankar

[Former Member]

Hi Alister,

You can write some simple logic in the BLS using the the below mentioned MII Illuminator services and can take the backup for projects and configurations. Using them, you can simply export them and save those file as backup.

For Export Configuration: http://<server>:<port>/XMII/Illuminator?
service=Transport&Mode=ExportConfig&Algorithm=<encryptalgorithm>&
Passphrase=<password>

For export Project: http://<server>:<port>/XMII/Illuminator?
service=Transport&Mode=ExportProject&Algorithm=<encryptalgorithm>&
Passphrase=<password>

Here for Algorithm, you can use "PBEWithSHA1AndDESede" else there have two more algorithm, "PBEWithSHA1AndDES" and "Base64". I prefer the 1st one.

If you export the configuration then Data server will also be exported with it. and if you want to export it separately, then you can use

http://<server>:<port>/XMII/Illuminator?
service=Configuration&mode=DataServers&type=Export

For User, you can use

http://<server>:<port>/XMII/Illuminator?service=SystemInfo&mode=UserList

Two more points,

1) To export Projects and config, you need Super Admin access, else it will not work. it will throw some error.

2) To export Config and Project (I am quite sure for Config as I have used them), if you put the job in scheduler then you have to be online in that system because when this services will be called, a pop up will be appear and from there you have to save the file.

You can follow the blog Illuminator Services of SAP MII for few some MII Illuminator services.

Hope it will help you,

Regards,

Suman

[HariCS23]

Hi Alister, I don't think there is any out of box solution to take back up of users in MII.

But,You can write a simple BLS to get list of users and details of each user in a loop using MII admin,system info services and store in XML or any other format you prefer as a back up by scheduling this transaction or running explicitly.

There are also services for dataservers too..but not sure you can view the configuration of data servers using these services.

http://<server>:<port>/XMII/Illuminator?service=admin&mode=UserList&Group=<Role or Group Name>

http://<server>:<port>/XMII/Illuminator?service=admin&mode=UserProfile&Group=<Group Name>

http://<server>:<port>/XMII/Illuminator?service=admin&mode=RoleList&Group=<user or role>

http://<server>:<port>/XMII/Illuminator?service=SystemInfo&mode=UserList

Hope this helps.

Thanks

Hari