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How to make automatic backups of NW Portal systems?

Former Member
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Hi All,

We have SAP CRM, ECC and NW Portal using MaxDB databases.

For DB Backups and monitoring, we are using Database Studio.

But in this DatabaseStudio, we have no calendar and no automatic backups is possible. In SAP ECC and CRM, we can access the tcode DB13 which give us acces to the DBA Planning Calendar.

Connecting on ECC or CRM backends, we can then plan automatic backups.

But for Portal I dont' find how to use a calendar for automatic backups.

I saw that in DB13, you can select the system you want to backup. Would it be possible to add the Portal and to manage all systems, including portal, in on single backend point? If yes, how can I add portal system / db to this DB13 menu?

If not, do you know if there is any other way to have automatic backups of NW Portal? Or any external tool we can use for doing this?

Thank you in advance for your help,

Xavier Monnet.

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adrian_dorn
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Check SAP note 1028751. It describes how to integrate any type of MaxDB database into DBACOCKPIT. After integrating the datbase as described in that note you can start using DB13 and DB13c for that database.

markus_doehr2
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> But for Portal I dont' find how to use a calendar for automatic backups.

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> I saw that in DB13, you can select the system you want to backup. Would it be possible to add the Portal and to manage all systems, including portal, in on single backend point? If yes, how can I add portal system / db to this DB13 menu?

You can put any database in DBACOCKPIT and schedule centrally using DB13C.

> If not, do you know if there is any other way to have automatic backups of NW Portal? Or any external tool we can use for doing this?

For bigger production environments I'd suggest getting an external backup too and schedule everything centrally.

Be aware that especially in a Java environment (such as a portal) it's not enough to just backup the database, you have to backup the filesystem content at the same time to be able to restore your system in case of a failure. If you have just the database backup this won't help.

Markus

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You might want to read about transaction DB13C, the Central DBA Planning Calendar.

For a start:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_sm40/helpdata/EN/91/d0533adbe7f92ee10000000a11402f/frameset.htm

regards