Back Up Strategy for EP7.0

Dear All,
Can any body help me in desingning a backup strategy for EP7.0.
The system is mostly used to publish the BI webreports.
Thank you,
Regards,
Venkat

Hi
This link is perfect for you:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/f7/290995b9864dcfbe10ad70ddfb5d85/frameset.htm
SAP Note Number: 779708
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What I understand currently is
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- The application tier does not need to be backed up unless there is a patching or customization. The probability of this seems less in production. However we may need to back up the concurrent manager logs/output files. Correct.
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http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
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You are right about the AIFF format. I will have to burn the DVD's on my MBP since the iBook can only burn CD's, but I don't see any problem about doing this except for a question about DVD's.
I have read several times about CD's degrading over time so that the data is lost and the CD's just turn into little gold frisbees. I think this is mostly true of the super cheap store brands, and I don't know if it's also true of DVD's.
So I am wondering about the projected life span of whatever DVD's I choose to burn onto, and also, how best to store them. I have a stack of Verbatim DVD's which are supposed to be a good brand, and I have a much smaller stack of Archival Gold (by Delkin) which are supposed to be good for 100 years. 100 years is probably in excess of what we really need, but I would like to think in 10 or 20 or 30 years, the DVD's would still be good. If not, then I just need to know how often to reburn them.
I tend to worry about the longevity of digital media. I had burned the iPhoto library onto inexpensive CD's, and used these to put it on the iBook. On every disc, there were unreadable files. The iBook can't read one of our purchased CD's, even though we have played it many times elsewhere. We'll try it on the MBP and another external CD drive that we have to see if we can digitize it.
I think the DVD's for the large vinyl files are a great idea and I will plan to start doing this at some point soon. I will also burn either CD's or a DVD of anything which is an only copy. Right now there aren't many of those, but of course that could change and probably will.
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If you use Apple Mail app, Apple Mail also has its own trash area that needs to be emptied, too!
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Once you have around 15 GBs regained, do a search, download and install OmniDisk Sweeper.
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STAY AWAY FROM DELETING ANY FILES FROM OS X SYSTEM FOLDER!
Look through your Documents folder and delete any type of old useless type files like "Read Me" type files.
Again, archive to disc, flash drives, ext. hard drives or delete any old documents you no longer use or immediately need.
Look in your Applications folder, if you have applications you haven't used in a long time, if the app doesn't have a dedicated uninstaller, then you can simply drag it into the OS X Trash icon. IF the application has an uninstaller app, then use it to completely delete the app from your Mac.
Download an app called OnyX for your version of OS X.
When you install and launch it, let it do its initial automatic tests, then go to the cleaning and maintenance tabs and run the maintenance tabs that let OnyX clean out all web browser cache files, web browser histories, system cache files, delete old error log files.
Typically, iTunes and iPhoto libraries are the biggest users of HD space.
move these files/data off of your internal drive to the external hard drive and deleted off of the internal hard drive.
If you have any other large folders of personal data or projects, these should be archived or moved, also, to the optical discs, flash drives or external hard drive and then either archived to disc and/or deleted off your internal hard drive.
Good Luck!

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