Re: MaxDB backup supported through virtual environement snapshot (VMWare)?
Hi Pierre, SAP MaxDB does not support backup through VMWare snapshot and there is no VSS writer for MaxDB. For detailed information about certified backup tools, see SAP Developer Network (SDN) at the...
View ArticleRe: dbmcli does not support external commands anymore
Hi Thorsten, It appears that is is required to use the -i option (script mode), as the commands need to be executed consecutively. I've created and tested the commands in the foreground, and they work...
View ArticleRe: dbmcli does not support external commands anymore
Although it is less than ideal, I was able to break the commands into multiple script files due to the errors. By having four separate text files with the dbm commands I need, I created a wrapper...
View ArticleRe: dbmcli does not support external commands anymore
Hi Brian,indeed, when I read your first reply I noticed that I should have mentioned the 'dbmcli -i' option to execute dbmcli commands from an input file in the same session, but by now you already...
View ArticleRe: Could not start instance 'JC00' of SAP system SUN.
I had the same error with Oracle Linux. In my case the problem was that for the user starting the instance the shell had been changed from csh to bash. After changing it back with command 'chsh', it...
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Hi Brian,ok, it is a bug, but I have to admit that fixing it is not high on our priority list... I tried to find a workaround, but other than using separate input files as you already did, nothing...
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Thanks for the update Thorsten. For those out there who want to see what a final solution looks like, remember to issue the "background_server_takeover" command at the start of each script. Here here...
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Brian,thank you for posting your solution - I think this approach should be made more visible to our customers. May I use these 'snap...' scripts in a new SAP note describing how to start external...
View ArticleRe: dbmcli does not support external commands anymore
Brian,one more thing - can you let me know which MaxDB version you are using? I know that in MaxDB 7.8 the background server still has some errors, which indeed would require you to use several input...
View ArticleRe: dbmcli does not support external commands anymore
ok, to be more precise: If you use the 'dbmcli -i' input file option in combination with the background server, you must set the '-wait' option for the 'background_server_get_reply' command. Due to a...
View ArticleRe: How to restore incremental backup on different computer?
Dear Jens, To restore to different database, you need to use restore with initialization option to restore a full back up, then restore an incremental backup. You can use database studio to do this....
View ArticleRe: SAP on MaxDB - cleanup tables
Hi Willem,Maxdb uses B*tree to store data, which does not need reorganize to clean any table.The only way to clean a table is from application perspective. You have to discuss with your application...
View ArticleRe: SAP MaxDB Maximum Database Size
Hi Thanks, that is good to know! Will keep to the current solution, and keep on monitoring the average response time.
View ArticleRe: How to restore incremental backup on different computer?
Hi James,thanks for the reply.Is this possible with DBMCLI as well?For the incremental backup I'm using:medium_put %bak_template% %BAK_FILE% FILE PAGES 0 8 YES backup_start %bak_template% For the...
View ArticleRe: How to restore incremental backup on different computer?
Dear Jens,It is possible to use dbmcli to do that. However as mentioned we should use "initialization" option to do that, but I am not remember how the option looks like in dbmcli. It will be better to...
View ArticleRe: How to restore incremental backup on different computer?
Hi James, the DBMCLI command for initialization should be db_activate recoversee: http://maxdb.sap.com/doc/7_7/44/ed5673c85b67d6e10000000a155369/content.htm I'm using that already, but it does not...
View ArticleRe: How to restore incremental backup on different computer?
Hi James, OK, I got it after doing it via DB-Studio.You must to the recovery in one "session".I was closing the connection between the full restore and the incremental restore.So, these are the DBMCLI...
View ArticleRe: How to restore incremental backup on different computer?
Hi Jens， Also you need to be very sure the incremental backup used is taken after the full data backup. After closing the recovery, are you able to continue to do the recovery? Best regards,James
View ArticleRe: How to restore incremental backup on different computer?
Hi Jens, by the way, database studio will finally call dbmcli command. to find out which dbmcli command will be called after "clicking" database studio, you can trun of console option out: in database...
View ArticleRe: How to restore incremental backup on different computer?
Hi James, this is working fine:db_connectdb_activate recover <FULL>recover_start <INCREMENTAL>db_restartdb_release This fails:db_connectdb_activate recover...
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