Hi Ramakrishna,
I think it's not impossible.
I am waiting for more replies.
Regards
Kaushik Banerjee
Hi ,
Follow below procedure
1- Shutdown system --> stop all services related to SAP and DB
2- Take file system backup .-- Like copy whole file system to other drive
3- Make chages in your specific drive and restore file system
But be careful ,While making hardware changes ,System can crash .So it is better to take the system export and take on tape .and then perfrom above activity .
Thanks and Regards,
Arun Kumar
Hi,
I think it is possible .
I suggest you to follow these steps ..
1) Stop SAP
2) Stop DB and all related services
3) Reboot OS
4) Now backup your E:\usr\sap
5) Delete all your files
6) Format the drive
7) Restore the data from backup
8) Start DB&SAP ...
This is possible all the way...That is what backup is meant for....
Please update all your actions so information can be reused.
Regards,
Gagan Deep Kaushal
Hi,
I think, I need DB2 DB Backup by DB2<SID>.
There is a concept of offline backup. But I have taken backup by logging into the database by db2<SID> in the CLP.
Also, to mention the DB2 is in different drive. It's in F:\
The drive which needs to be format is E:\ where we have E:\usr\sap.
But according to my concept we need:
1> Windows Backup of E:\usr\sap.
2> DB2 Database backup by logging into the Database via DB2<SID> User.
I don't know how to take DB2 Offline Backup.
3> Then, take System State backup which will take the registry backup.
After the format.
I need to restore the E:\usr\SAP from the Windows backup.
Then, restore the DB2 Database from DB2<SID> user
and also restoring the System State.
It is better to take tape backup if the system crashes or Windows Crashes.
Please reply me up.
Regards
Kaushik Banerjee
Hi,
I think, I need DB2 DB Backup by DB2<SID>.
It is always better to take DB backup if you are going to perform any risky activity with system.
So go ahead with all your backup plans.
After the format. I need to restore the E:\usr\SAP from the Windows backup. Then, restore the DB2 Database from DB2<SID> user and also restoring the System State.
.
If you are going to format only E drive there is no mean to restore data for F drive as well...So please dont restore DB and system state backup if everything is fine , only restore E: drive backup.
It is better to take tape backup if the system crashes or Windows Crashes
Yes , it is always good to have backup in tape, for you i suggest take copy of E: in windows and tape as well. First try to restore from windows only in case of any issue you can restore from tape.
So for you:
1) Take offline file system backup (e:) on windows and tape
2) Take DB backup on tapes may be offline
3) Take system state backup
4) Perofrm your activity
5) Restore only E: drive and start SAP
Regards
Gagan Deep Kaushal
Hi,
We have a requirement in which we need to increase the disk space in our E:\ drive in dev server. Our IT department wants to know, if we can move the files from E:\usr\sap to some other drive say F:\ and then move them back. I tried once to move a folder name irj in E:\usr\sap\<SID>\JCXX
In such a case inform windows team to create new drive with neccesary size on same server.
Shutdown SAP appllication and sap services from services.msc
Also check in task manager is there any application related to SAP is running or not.
If yes, then try to stop that.
copy complete E:\ to your new drive for e.g x:
once copy is completed .
Deallocate the E: drive ( deallocate and not delete , if any problem comes here , then windows team should be able to reallocate the drive to server with same drive name)
Once deallocation is done , change the drive name of new drive ( for e.g X: ) to E:
Once drive changed to E:, restart the complete OS.
Now try to start SAP.
Before doing all above acitivty, you should take backup as below.
1. Database offline backup.
2. E: complete file level backup.
Thanks
Anil
Hi,
The problem with move was a different story.
The move didnot work as we had four folders with name more than 255 characters.
Ideally windows cannot move, delete or cut and folder which is more than 255 characters length.
I renamed and deleted those folders.
Those were customized themes folders inside themes and portal.
E:\usr\sap\<SID>\JCXX\j2ee\cluster\server1\apps\sap.com\irj\servlet_jsp\irj\root\portalapps\com.sap.portal.design.portaldesigndata\themes\its\designs\com.vinmonopolet.portal.folder.VinmonopoletThemes\VinmonopoletEveryone\webgui\wa\scrindp\images\buttons\action;258;Path Too Long
E:\usr\sap\<sid>\JCXX\j2ee\cluster\server1\apps\sap.com\irj\servlet_jsp\irj\root\portalapps\com.sap.portal.design.urdesigndata\themes\portal\com.vinmonopolet.portal.folder.VinmonopoletThemes\Vinmonopolet_All\r\common\paginator\ico12_v_pag_first_page_dsbl.gif;256;ok
E:\usr\sap\<SID>\JCXX\j2ee\cluster\server0\apps\sap.com\irj\servlet_jsp\irj\root\portalapps\com.sap.portal.design.portaldesigndata\themes\its\designs\com.vinmonopolet.portal.folder.VinmonopoletThemes\Vinmonopolet_All\webgui\ma\scrindp\images\lists\smallcube.gif;259;ok
E:\usr\sap\<SID>\JCXX\j2ee\cluster\server0\apps\sap.com\irj\servlet_jsp\irj\root\portalapps\com.sap.portal.design.urdesigndata\themes\portal\com.vinmonopolet.portal.folder.VinmonopoletThemes\VMPBlue\r\common\patterncontainer\tabs\tab_first_ang_on_prev_on.gif;256;ok
Regards
Kaushik Banerjee
Hi Kaushik
It sounds like this is a Java or dual stack instance with DB6? With AS Java, simply moving file system objects is impossible since PCD is located in file system only not in database. You have to do a system copy or at least a database copy (if the case is ABAP-only instance) to change file system path, which is a complete uninstall followed by a reinstall of system copy.
Regards,
You can use SAPINST - Sytem Copy - CI (export/import) mechanism to reinstall your app on the new drive. This would be a more cleaner approach than doing a file system move.
