The obvious that comes to mind here --

Set up the archive class for the 6 month or one year retention, and use a
different initSID.utl file with this archive class. Don't forget to archive
/usr/sap/SID, /sapmnt/SID, and /oracle/SID with the same archive class. This
will have to be done as an off-line backup (or you'll need to do some funky
things with redo log archive retention. . .)

Tom Kauffman

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johann Zeiser [SMTP:johann.zeiser AT BRZ.GV DOT AT]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 7:08 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Monthly, Quarterly Backups for a SAP-System
> Importance:   High
>
> Hi ADSMer
>
>
> We have some SAP-R/3-Systems and we use ADSM und Backint for the normal
> Backups (with Versions).
>
> But in addition we need the ability to restore a half year or a year old
> SAP-System,
> so it would be a good idea to make monthly or quarterly backups.
>
> SAP, Backint and Adsm dont have such a function (a simple
> ADSM-archive/retrieve
> of all filesystems would have a problem with the symbolic links, i think).
>
> Any good ideas, and makes anybody such monthly or quarterly backups ?
>
> Thanks in advice for any ideas.
>
>
> regards
> J. Zeiser
>
> e-mail: johann.zeiser AT brz.gv DOT at