Updated February 2012

Revised SAP on Oracle Documentation

The documents on this page were all updated in February 2012.

White Papers

Backup Strategy for Oracle Database 
How to develop a backup strategy for an Oracle database using examples based on BRBACKUP and BRARCHIVE

BR*Tools to Back Up the Oracle Database 
How to use BR*Tools - BRBACKUP, BRARCHIVE, BRRESTORE, BRRECOVER - to back up the Oracle database

BR*Tools with Oracle Recovery Manager
How to use BR*Tools - BRBACKUP, BRARCHIVE, BRRESTORE, BRRECOVER - to back up the Oracle database with Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN)

Database Security for Oracle
Discusses security issues when using the Oracle database with the SAP system

Disaster Recovery for Oracle 
How to restore your Oracle system step-by-step with BRRESTORE in the event of a crash

Oracle Database Monitors and Tools
Describes the monitors and tools for working with the Oracle database in an SAP environment

Oracle Standby Database
How to use the Oracle standby database, including support from BRBACKUP and BRARCHIVE

Robot Control for Oracle Using BR*Tools
How to use BR*Tools - BRBACKUP, BRARCHIVE, BRRESTORE - with robot control of storage media

SAP Database Administration for Oracle 
Provides an overview of SAP Database Administration for Oracle

Split Mirror Disk Backup for Oracle 
How to perform a split mirror disk backup - either online or offline - for an Oracle database

Update Statistics for the Oracle Cost-Based Optimizer 
How update statistics works with the Oracle Cost-Based Optimizer

Interface Specifications

BC-BRI BACKINT Interface for Oracle Databases 
This SAP interface specification defines and specifies the BACKINT interface for use with Oracle databases at SAP.

BC-BRI SPLITINT Interface for Oracle Databases 
This SAP interface specification defines and specifies the SPLITINT interface for use with Oracle databases at SAP.