Online backups on BIW systems, every update is logged?

Some years ago I was at an SAP BIW installation, they performed Oracle online backups dayly.
For some reason, they had to restore and recover DB, and after using an online backup as a restore basis, some indexes were not usable, because they had been updated without archive log information.
Finally, the easiest way for the system administator was using an offline backup.
I got to know there were some updates (not critical) not being logged in the DB, so online backups, as well as standby DB would not be as useful as on OLTP systems.
Does somebody know if this is or this is not the same nowadays? Is everything logged on a BW system? Is that a tunable configuration for some indexes? Is an online backup really useful after restoring and recovering?
Thanks very much for your experience and answers !!
Eva

Hello Eva,
> For some reason, they had to restore and recover DB, and after using an online backup as a restore basis, some indexes were not usable, because they had been updated without archive log information.
This behaviour is absolutely normal.
In a BW system the indexes are created / rebuild with the NOLOGGING clause, because of some performance reasons.
> Finally, the easiest way for the system administator was using an offline backup.
The easiest yes - but concurrently the worst one. He can identify the "new" indexes since the last online backup and only recreate this ones.
> Does somebody know if this is or this is not the same nowadays?
Yes the NOLOGGING clause is still used nowadays.
> Is everything logged on a BW system?Is that a tunable configuration for some indexes?
You can "deactivate" the NOLOGGING clause.. but then you can have some performance impacts in your BW load processes.
Check sapnote #442763 for the customizing.
> Is an online backup really useful after restoring and recovering?
Yes, of course .. the ONLINE backup is the preferred method.
If you recover your database with the BR*Tools .. your unusable indexes are automatically rebuild.
Check sapnote #849485 for that feature.
Regards
Stefan

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oracle_sid                     RES
oracle_home                    G:\oracle\RES\102
oracle_profile                 G:\oracle\RES\102\database\initRES.ora
sapdata_home                   G:\oracle\RES
sap_profile                    G:\oracle\RES\102\database\initRES.sap
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backup_type                    offline
backup_dev_type                disk
backup_root_dir                Y:\Backup
compress                       no
disk_copy_cmd                  copy
cpio_disk_flags                -pdcu
exec_parallel                  0
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oracle_info                    RES 10.2.0.4.0 8192 8188 87296881 RCIHWRES13V UTF8 UTF8
sap_info                       701 SAPSR3 RES TEMPLICENSE R3_ORA INITIAL
make_info                      NTAMD64 OCI_10201_SHARE Dec 7 2008
command_line                   G:\usr\sap\RES\DVEBMGS13\exe\brbackup.exe -p initRES.sap -d disk -t offline -m all -k no -e 0 -l E -U
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Parameter                      Value
Database log mode              No Archive Mode
Automatic archival             Disabled
Archive destination            M:\oracle\RES\oraarch\RESarch
Archive format                 ARC%S_%R.%T
Oldest online log sequence     8185
Next log sequence to archive   8188
Current log sequence           8188             SCN: 87296881
Database block size            8192             Thread: 1
Current system change number   87304439         ResetId: 689356796
BR0118I Tablespaces and data files
Tablespace     TS-Status F-Status File          Size   Id.     Device Link    Type       MaxSize     IncrSize BlkSize
PSAPSR3        ONLINE*    ONLINE+   H:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA1\SR3_1\SR3.DATA1               2222989312    4           7 NOLINK FILE   10485760000     20971520     8192
PSAPSR3        ONLINE*    ONLINE    H:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA1\SR3_21\SR3.DATA21             2097160192   48           7 NOLINK FILE             0            0     8192
PSAPSR3        ONLINE*    ONLINE    H:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA1\SR3_22\SR3.DATA22             2097160192   49           7 NOLINK FILE             0            0     8192
PSAPSR3        ONLINE*    ONLINE    H:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA1\SR3_23\SR3.DATA23             2097160192   50           7 NOLINK FILE             0            0     8192
PSAPSR3        ONLINE*    ONLINE    H:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA1\SR3_24\SR3.DATA24             2097160192   58           7 NOLINK FILE             0            0     8192
PSAPSR3        ONLINE*    ONLINE    H:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA1\SR3_25\SR3.DATA25             2097160192   59           7 NOLINK FILE             0            0     8192
PSAPSR3        ONLINE*    ONLINE    H:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA1\SR3_26\SR3.DATA26             2097160192   60           7 NOLINK FILE             0            0     8192
PSAPSR3        ONLINE*    ONLINE    H:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA1\SR3_27\SR3.DATA27             2097160192   61           7 NOLINK FILE             0            0     8192
PSAPSR3        ONLINE*    ONLINE    H:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA1\SR3_28\SR3.DATA28             2097160192   62           7 NOLINK FILE             0            0     8192
PSAPSR3        ONLINE*    ONLINE    H:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA1\SR3_29\SR3.DATA29             2097160192   63           7 NOLINK FILE             0            0     8192
PSAPSR3        ONLINE*    ONLINE+   H:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA1\SR3_2\SR3.DATA2               2243960832    5           7 NOLINK FILE   10485760000     20971520     8192
PSAPSR3        ONLINE*    ONLINE    H:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA1\SR3_30\SR3.DATA30             2097160192   64           7 NOLINK FILE             0            0     8192
PSAPSR3        ONLINE*    ONLINE+   I:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA2\SR3_8\SR3.DATA8               2139103232   11           8 NOLINK FILE   10485760000     20971520     8192
PSAPSR3        ONLINE*    ONLINE+   I:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA2\SR3_9\SR3.DATA9               2432704512   12           8 NOLINK FILE   10485760000     20971520     8192
PSAPSR3        ONLINE*    ONLINE+   J:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA3\SR3_11\SR3.DATA11             2264932352   14           9 NOLINK FILE   10485760000     20971520     8192
PSAPSR3        ONLINE*    ONLINE+   K:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA4\SR3_18\SR3.DATA18             2181046272   21          10 NOLINK FILE   10485760000     20971520     8192
PSAPSR3        ONLINE*    ONLINE+   K:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA4\SR3_19\SR3.DATA19             2181046272   22          10 NOLINK FILE   10485760000     20971520     8192
PSAPSR3        ONLINE*    ONLINE+   K:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA4\SR3_20\SR3.DATA20             2202017792   23          10 NOLINK FILE   10485760000     20971520     8192
PSAPSR3700     ONLINE+    ONLINE+   H:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA1\SR3700_1\SR3700.DATA1         2705334272   24           7 NOLINK FILE   10485760000     20971520     8192
PSAPSR3700     ONLINE+    ONLINE+   H:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA1\SR3700_2\SR3700.DATA2         2705334272   25           7 NOLINK FILE   10485760000     20971520     8192
PSAPSR3700     ONLINE+    ONLINE+   H:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA1\SR3700_3\SR3700.DATA3         2747277312   26           7 NOLINK FILE   10485760000     20971520     8192
PSAPSR3700     ONLINE+    ONLINE    I:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA2\SR3700_20\SR3700.DATA20       2147491840   54           8 NOLINK FILE             0            0     8192
PSAPSR3700     ONLINE+    ONLINE    J:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA3\SR3700_21\SR3700.DATA21       2147491840   55           9 NOLINK FILE             0            0     8192
PSAPSR3701     ONLINE*    ONLINE    H:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA1\SR3701_11\SR3701.DATA11       2097160192   72           7 NOLINK FILE             0            0     8192
PSAPSR3701     ONLINE*    ONLINE    H:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA1\SR3701_12\SR3701.DATA12       2097160192   73           7 NOLINK FILE             0            0     8192
PSAPSR3701     ONLINE*    ONLINE    I:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA2\SR3701_10\SR3701.DATA10       2097160192   71           8 NOLINK FILE             0            0     8192
PSAPSR3701     ONLINE*    ONLINE    I:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA2\SR3701_5\SR3701.DATA5         2097160192   66           8 NOLINK FILE             0            0     8192
PSAPSR3701     ONLINE*    ONLINE    I:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA2\SR3701_6\SR3701.DATA6         2097160192   67           8 NOLINK FILE             0            0     8192
PSAPSR3701     ONLINE*    ONLINE    I:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA2\SR3701_7\SR3701.DATA7         2097160192   68           8 NOLINK FILE             0            0     8192
PSAPSR3701     ONLINE*    ONLINE    I:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA2\SR3701_8\SR3701.DATA8         2097160192   69           8 NOLINK FILE             0            0     8192
PSAPSR3701     ONLINE*    ONLINE    I:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA2\SR3701_9\SR3701.DATA9         2097160192   70           8 NOLINK FILE             0            0     8192
PSAPSR3701     ONLINE*    ONLINE    K:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA4\SR3701_1\SR3701.DATA1        20971528192   44          10 NOLINK FILE             0            0     8192
PSAPSR3701     ONLINE*    ONLINE    L:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA5\SR3701_2\SR3701.DATA2        20971528192   45          11 NOLINK FILE             0            0     8192
PSAPSR3701     ONLINE*    ONLINE    L:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA5\SR3701_3\SR3701.DATA3        20971528192   46          11 NOLINK FILE             0            0     8192
PSAPSR3701     ONLINE*    ONLINE    L:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA5\SR3701_4\SR3701.DATA4        10485768192   47          11 NOLINK FILE             0            0     8192
PSAPSR3DB      ONLINE*    ONLINE+   K:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA4\SR3DB_1\SR3DB.DATA1           2097160192   41          10 NOLINK FILE   10485760000     20971520     8192
PSAPSR3DB      ONLINE*    ONLINE+   K:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA4\SR3DB_2\SR3DB.DATA2           2097160192   42          10 NOLINK FILE   10485760000     20971520     8192
PSAPSR3DB      ONLINE*    ONLINE+   K:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA4\SR3DB_3\SR3DB.DATA3           1048584192   43          10 NOLINK FILE   10485760000     20971520     8192
PSAPSR3USR     ONLINE*    ONLINE+   H:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA1\SR3USR_1\SR3USR.DATA1           20979712   40           7 NOLINK FILE   10485760000     20971520     8192
PSAPTEMP       ONLINE#    ONLINE+   I:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA2\TEMP_1\TEMP.DATA1             2097160192   -1           8 NOLINK FILE   10485760000     20971520     8192
PSAPUNDO       ONLINE-    ONLINE+   J:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA3\UNDO_1\UNDO.DATA1             8766103552    2           9 NOLINK FILE   10485760000     20971520     8192
SYSAUX         ONLINE*    ONLINE+   H:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA1\SYSAUX_1\SYSAUX.DATA1          251666432    3           7 NOLINK FILE   10485760000     20971520     8192
SYSTEM         ONLINE*    SYSTEM+   H:\ORACLE\RES\SAPDATA1\SYSTEM_1\SYSTEM.DATA1         1073750016    1           7 NOLINK FILE   10485760000     20971520     8192
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File                                                Size Group     Device Status    Link    Type
F:\ORACLE\RES\MIRRLOGA\LOG_G11M2.DBF            52429312    1            5 INUSE     NOLINK FILE
E:\ORACLE\RES\ORIGLOGA\LOG_G11M1.DBF            52429312    1            4 INUSE     NOLINK FILE
F:\ORACLE\RES\MIRRLOGB\LOG_G12M2.DBF            52429312    2            5 INUSE     NOLINK FILE
E:\ORACLE\RES\ORIGLOGB\LOG_G12M1.DBF            52429312    2            4 INUSE     NOLINK FILE
F:\ORACLE\RES\MIRRLOGA\LOG_G13M2.DBF            52429312    3            5 INUSE     NOLINK FILE
E:\ORACLE\RES\ORIGLOGA\LOG_G13M1.DBF            52429312    3            4 INUSE     NOLINK FILE
F:\ORACLE\RES\MIRRLOGB\LOG_G14M2.DBF            52429312    4            5 INUSE     NOLINK FILE
E:\ORACLE\RES\ORIGLOGB\LOG_G14M1.DBF            52429312    4            4 INUSE     NOLINK FILE
BR0120I Control files
File       Size   Id.      Device Link    Type
E:\oracle\RES\origlogA\cntrl\cntrlRES.dbf       14106624    0            4 NOLINK FILE
E:\oracle\RES\origlogB\cntrl\cntrlRES.dbf       14106624    0            4 NOLINK FILE
G:\oracle\RES\sapdata1\cntrl\cntrlRES.dbf       14106624    0            6 NOLINK FILE
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2009-07-10 14.53.10
BR0301E SQL error -1031 at location BrSapTspList-8, SQL statement:
'PREPARE stmt_1 STATEMENT FROM' 'SELECT TABSPACE FROM "SAPSR3".TSORA UNION SELECT INDSPACE FROM "SAPSR3".TSORA ORDER BY 1'
ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2009-07-10 14.53.10 BR0307I Shutting down database instance RES ...
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2009-07-10 14.53.17 BR0308I Shutdown of database instance RES successful
BR0056I End of database backup: beazhkrz.afd 2009-07-10 14.53.10 BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2009-07-10 14.53.17
BR0054I BRBACKUP terminated with errors
Regards,
Venkata.

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I'm mostly a CrashPlan to my own storage user. I backup to a Mac mini for my Mom (300 miles away) and Wife (she is local )
Can clarify your exact desires or needs.

Change filelocation whilst migrating system using online backup (hom. systemcopy)

Hi all,
Situation:
I'm migrating (homogeneous systemcopy) a couple of systems running on windows / oracle to windows / oracle using an online backup created on the source system ((brbackup –c –p initSID.sap –u system/***** -t online) . This backup will be shipped to the target system. I also want to keep and apply the redologs from after this backup to the new target system.
I need to change driveletters:
old      SAPDATA_HOME                   T:
new                                                     X:
old     ORACLE_HOME                      E:
new                                                    G:
old     oraarch                                    P:
new                                                    Y:
Question: Is this possible? What would be my aproach (using swpm).
Many thanks!
Marcel

Hello Marcel,
Note that when you run the target system installation, you will be running a fresh installation, but the only difference will be you will restore the database during the target system installation.
Therefore, you just need to set all new drive letters when SWPM request for them.
Regards,
Henrique Girardi
SAP Active Global Support

Data protector online backup not running after system copy

Dear guru's,
My online backup is not running.The integration of oracle user sapsr3 with data protector 6.0 failed.the error message that came out is;
Oracle Output: ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
SP2-0640: Not connected
sqlcode 1031
Please advise.
Thanks

can you have a look Note 834917 - Oracle Database 10g: New database role SAPCONN
Note 400241 - Problems with ops$ or sapr3 connect to Oracle
cheers,
-Sunil

What is the best online backup for OS 10.5.8? And if I Reinstall OS will I have problems?

My old Mac has had the flashing question mark file on a blue screen. I waited a couple days, turned it back on and it worked. However, in between that time I went and bought a new Macbook Air. I am relieved to have all of my pics and docs back. I need a good online backup. I downloaded BackBlaze Backup but it is taking forever and I am not sure if it's the best choice.
My plan is to backup all of my files and then wipe my computer clean with the install disks and give my computer to my little sister. So, my question is two fold; which is best online backup and will I have any issues wiping clean the computer and doing a reinstall? For example, will all the updates still be available? What is the best thing for me to do?
Thank you : )

Just understand it gets pretty expensive after you exceed the free space. 2-5 GBs isn't much space.
Basic Backup
For some people Time Machine will be more than adequate. Time Machine is part of OS X. There are two components:
1. A Time Machine preferences panel as part of System Preferences;
2. A Time Machine application located in the Applications folder. It is
     used to manage backups and to restore backups. Time Machine
     requires a backup drive that is at least twice the capacity of the
     drive being backed up.
3. Time Machine requires a backup drive that is at least double the
     capacity of the drive(s) it backs up.
Alternatively, get an external drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
1. Carbon Copy Cloner
2. Get Backup
3. Deja Vu
4. SuperDuper!
5. Synk Pro
6. Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on backup and restore. Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files. For help with using Time Machine visit Pondini's Time Machine FAQ for help with all things Time Machine.
Although you can buy a complete external drive system, you can also put one together if you are so inclined. It's relatively easy and only requires a Phillips head screwdriver (typically.) You can purchase hard drives separately. This gives you an opportunity to shop for the best prices on a hard drive of your choice. Reliable brands include Seagate, Hitachi, Western Digital, Toshiba, and Fujitsu. You can find reviews and benchmarks on many drives at Storage Review.
Enclosures for FireWire and USB are readily available. You can find only FireWire enclosures, only USB enclosures, and enclosures that feature multiple ports. I would stress getting enclosures that use the Oxford chipsets especially for Firewire drives (911, 921, 922, for example.) You can find enclosures at places such as;
1. Cool Drives
2. OWC
3. WiebeTech
4. Firewire Direct
5. California Drives
6. NewEgg
All you need do is remove a case cover, mount the hard drive in the enclosure and connect the cables, then re-attach the case cover. Usually the only tool required is a small or medium Phillips screwdriver.

Less redo generates at the time of online backup using RMAN

Hi,
can someone eleborate that why less redo generates at the time of RMAN online backup in comparison of manual hotbackup.
Thanks

A manual hot backup (aka "OS backup" or "scripted backup") cannot handle fractured blocks. This happens when a backup command is copying out blocks from a datafile at the same time as DBWR is updating blocks. The Oracle Block Size (8KB) is generally a multiple of the OS Block size (512Bytes to 4KB or 8KB, depending on the filesystem / raw device and how the OS command copies blocks out). It is possible for DBWR to write 8KB and the OS backup utility to be concurrently reading the same Oracle block as, say, two different 4KB reads. The first half of the Oracle block may be read by one OS call and the second half by another OS call -- the two halves would be inconsistent with each other if Oracle were writing the database block at the same time.
(Therefore a restore of such a backup would give you an inconsistent -- i.e. fractured -- block, which would be logically corrupt).
In order to handle such issues, after a BEGING BACKUP is issued, for every first change to a database block, the whole block is written to the redo stream, not just the change vectors. (If the same database block is subsequently modified while in BACKUP mode, it is only the change vectors that have to be written to the redo stream). Once the END BACKUP is issued, the redo stream does not need to capture whole database blocks.
If such a backup is restored, it still has fractured blocks. However, when applying the ArchiveLogs generated during the Backup, each such fractured block is "automagically repaired" because a whole image is restored from the ArchiveLog. (Subsequent changes are replayed as changes through the change vectors).
Hemant K Chitale
http://hemantoracledba.blogspot.com

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