Brarchive : second copy of archive redo logs possible on Disk ?

[Former Member]

Hello,

I have problems with our brarchive strategy. (Oracle 10.2, Solaris 10 x86)

Due to OS/Backint issues, Netbackup hasn't yet been fully integrated.

So for the moment, we have to archive redo logs on disk first.

We call brarchive to archive the offline redo logs on disk in a location defined in the archive_copy_dir parameter.

According to SAP recommendations archive redo logs have to be saved twice (second copy).

My problem is I have tried all the available functions offered by brarchive, but it seems impossible to copy archives on disk.

I have created two initSMA.sap files with two destinations (archive_copy_dir )

initSMA.sap archive_copy_dir

initSMA.sap.dir2 archive_copy_dir2

1/ brarchive -p initSMA.sap -c -u / -s

I save the archive redo logs, call it the first copy

2/I try then the second copy, but all the available options are inoperants :

orasma 45% brarchive -p initSMA.sap.dir2 -c -u / -scd

BR0002I BRARCHIVE 7.00 (25)

BR0181E Option '-scd' not supported for 'disk'

BR0007I End of offline redo log processing: adwgbelo.log 2007-09-27 15.33.56

BR0280I BRARCHIVE time stamp: 2007-09-27 15.33.56

BR0005I BRARCHIVE terminated with errors

orasma 46% brarchive -p initSMA.sap.dir2 -c -u / -cds

BR0002I BRARCHIVE 7.00 (25)

BR0181E Option '-cds' not supported for 'disk'

BR0007I End of offline redo log processing: adwgbeqd.log 2007-09-27 15.35.55

BR0280I BRARCHIVE time stamp: 2007-09-27 15.35.55

BR0005I BRARCHIVE terminated with errors

orasma 47% brarchive -p initSMA.sap.dir2 -c -u / -sc

BR0002I BRARCHIVE 7.00 (25)

BR0181E Option '-sc' not supported for 'disk'

BR0007I End of offline redo log processing: adwgbeyb.log 2007-09-27 15.39.21

BR0280I BRARCHIVE time stamp: 2007-09-27 15.39.21

BR0005I BRARCHIVE terminated with errors

orasma 48% brarchive -p initSMA.sap.dir2 -u / -cs

BR0002I BRARCHIVE 7.00 (25)

BR0181E Option '-cs' not supported for 'disk'

My question : Is there a way to perform seconds copy on disk ?

Thanks.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi

During a backup to tape, an offline redo log file has the status ARCHIVE. At first

save, the file status is SAVED; the second time, it is COPIED; and after deletion

it has the status DELETED.

During a backup to disk, an offline redo log file has the status DISK. A second

copy is not supported. The only statuses here are DISKSAV (first save to disk)

and DISKDEL (deletion after a save to disk).

Regards

[Former Member]

Hello,

If you are trying to backup archive logs onto disk, then you can achieve it using manual scripts until you integrate it with netbackup where brarchive 'cds' option works well. You can then use netbackup without brtools support to backup them on to tape.

Cheers,

Nisch