Enabling SAP Oracle Specific IntelliSnap Backups

When using SAP environments with BRTools version 7.1 or a more recent version, you can perform IntelliSnap backups using the util_file, util_vol, or util_vol_online backup interfaces. SAP provides these interfaces to take volume level backups of the database.

To peform

Before You Begin

Configure the parameters in the init<SID>.sap file

UNIX

Parameter	Value	Description
util_vol_access	copy	Specifies that the IntelliSnap backups can be copied to a different target location for verification purposes.
util_vol_nlist	no_check	Deactivates the BACKINT check of the backup volumes. This check makes sure that the backup volumes do not contain non-database files or database files that belong to a database other than the one that you want to back up. You can set this parameter to disable a specific non-database file. For example, util_vol_nlist = (/oracle/oracle10g/CER/sapdata6/non_db_file) Warning: If the database volumes contain non-database files or database files from a database other than the one that you want to back up, the files can be overwritten without warning.
util_vol_unit	all_data	Specifies that the smallest unit for the IntelliSnap backup is the sapdata, origlog, or mirrorlog directories.

Parameter

Value

Description

util_vol_access

copy

Specifies that the IntelliSnap backups can be copied to a different target location for verification purposes.

util_vol_nlist

no_check

Deactivates the BACKINT check of the backup volumes. This check makes sure that the backup volumes do not contain non-database files or database files that belong to a database other than the one that you want to back up.

You can set this parameter to disable a specific non-database file. For example, util_vol_nlist = (/oracle/oracle10g/CER/sapdata6/non_db_file)

Warning: If the database volumes contain non-database files or database files from a database other than the one that you want to back up, the files can be overwritten without warning.

util_vol_unit

all_data

Specifies that the smallest unit for the IntelliSnap backup is the sapdata, origlog, or mirrorlog directories.

Windows

Parameter	Value	Description
util_vol_access	copy	Specifies that the IntelliSnap backups can be copied to a different target location for verification purposes.
util_vol_nlist	no_check	Deactivates the BACKINT check of the backup volumes. This check makes sure that the backup volumes do not contain non-database files or database files that belong to a database other than the one that you want to back up. You can set this parameter to disable a specific non-database file. For example, util_vol_nlist = (E:\oracle\oracle10g\CER\sapdata6\non_db_file) Warning: If the database volumes contain non-database files or database files from a database other than the one that you want to back up, the files can be overwritten without warning.
util_file_unit	all_data	dSpecifies that the smallest unit for the IntelliSnap backup is the sapdata, origlog, or mirrorlog directories.