Hi there,
Prior to running a brrestore commaand, I always restore the following files:
d:\oracle\<sid>\sapbackup\*
d:\oracle\<sid>\saparch\*
Than I run this command:
brrestore -d util_file -b last -m full -c force
works good. However, I have to rrely on flat file backups with MS-WINDOWS policy type to ensrue that the files in sapbackup and saparch are backed up. I've noticed that brbackup actually backs up these files at the end of every DB or archive log backup, as seen below in log:
brrestore -d util_file -b last -m full -c force
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[9376.10924] 15:40:39 INF - Backup of <d:\oracle\sid\11203\database\initsid.ora> is in progress.
[4294976672.01] 15:40:39 INF - Data buffer size = 262144
[9376.10924] 15:40:40 INF - Backup of <d:\oracle\sid\11203\database\spfilesid.ora> is in progress.
[9376.10924] 15:40:41 INF - Backup of <d:\oracle\sid\11203\database\initsid.sap> is in progress.
[9376.10924] 15:40:42 INF - Backup of <d:\oracle\sid\11203\database\initsid.utl> is in progress.
[4294976672.01] 15:40:42 INF - Using Media ID @AAAAN for Backup ID CAWESSRP1_1421959223
[9376.10924] 15:40:43 INF - Backup of <d:\oracle\sid\sapreorg\spacesid.log> is in progress.
[9376.10924] 15:40:44 INF - Backup of <d:\oracle\sid\sapreorg\strucsid.log> is in progress.
[9376.10924] 15:40:45 INF - Backup of <d:\oracle\sid\saparch\aeprrlwe.svd> is in progress.
[9376.10924] 15:40:46 INF - Backup of <d:\oracle\sid\saparch\archsid.log> is in progress.
[9376.10924] 15:40:51 INF - Backup of <d:\oracle\sid\11203\database\initsid.ora> is done.
[9376.10924] 15:40:51 INF - Backup of <d:\oracle\sid\11203\database\spfilesid.ora> is done.
[9376.10924] 15:40:51 INF - Backup of <d:\oracle\sid\11203\database\initsid.sap> is done.
[9376.10924] 15:40:51 INF - Backup of <d:\oracle\sid\11203\database\initsid.utl> is done.
[9376.10924] 15:40:51 INF - Backup of <d:\oracle\sid\sapreorg\spacesid.log> is done.
[9376.10924] 15:40:51 INF - Backup of <d:\oracle\sid\sapreorg\strucsid.log> is done.
[9376.10924] 15:40:51 INF - Backup of <d:\oracle\sid\saparch\aeprrlwe.svd> is done.
[9376.10924] 15:40:51 INF - Backup of <d:\oracle\sid\saparch\archsid.log> is done.
BR0280I BRARCHIVE time stamp: 2015-01-22 15.40.51
#PFLOG.... d:\oracle\sid\11203\database\initsid.ora
#SAVED.... VXF1421959223
BR0280I BRARCHIVE time stamp: 2015-01-22 15.40.51
#PFLOG.... d:\oracle\sid\11203\database\spfilesid.ora
#SAVED.... VXF1421959223
BR0280I BRARCHIVE time stamp: 2015-01-22 15.40.51
#PFLOG.... d:\oracle\sid\11203\database\initsid.sap
#SAVED.... VXF1421959223
BR0280I BRARCHIVE time stamp: 2015-01-22 15.40.51
#PFLOG.... d:\oracle\sid\11203\database\initsid.utl
#SAVED.... VXF1421959223
BR0280I BRARCHIVE time stamp: 2015-01-22 15.40.51
#PFLOG.... d:\oracle\sid\sapreorg\spacesid.log
#SAVED.... VXF1421959223
BR0280I BRARCHIVE time stamp: 2015-01-22 15.40.51
#PFLOG.... d:\oracle\sid\sapreorg\strucsid.log
#SAVED.... VXF1421959223
BR0280I BRARCHIVE time stamp: 2015-01-22 15.40.51
#PFLOG.... d:\oracle\sid\saparch\aeprrlwe.svd
#SAVED.... VXF1421959223
BR0280I BRARCHIVE time stamp: 2015-01-22 15.40.51
#PFLOG.... d:\oracle\sid\saparch\archsid.log
#SAVED.... VXF1421959223
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My question is, how do I restore these files that are backed up as part of brbackup? Can brrestore bring these files back?