Dave,

in this case it was an offline backup (it's SAP 40B on NT with MSCS,
ADSM 3.1.2.1 on AIX).

I tried to use my brain and took a look at our backup command file:

d:\winnt\system32\cluster.exe zsamscs1 resource "ZP1.WORLD" /offline /wait:600
d:\winnt\sapcluster\brbackup.exe -c -m all -t offline_force
>d:\winnt\sapcluster\brbackup_offline.log
d:\winnt\system32\cluster.exe zsamscs1 resource "ZP1.WORLD" /online /wait:600

Maybe we must perform an offline and not an offline_force backup because the
database
is already down when brbackup starts to run. Documentation says the -t offline
checks whether SAP is running and stops processing if it is. But in this case
the database is already down.

Unfortunately i can't do offline backups on weekdays. Is offline_force a wrong
method or have we found a bug?

Reinhold Wagner, Zeuna Staerker GmbH & Co. KG




"Bronson, David" <David.Bronson AT EXCH.COMPASS-USA DOT COM> on 02.08.99 
14:08:46

Bitte antworten an "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>

An:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Kopie:     (Blindkopie: Reinhold Wagner/A/DE/ZEUNA)
Thema:    Re: SAP-DB backup failed



Are you running a hot or cold DB backup ???
Dave Bronson
Unix Admin.
Compass Group, USA
704-329-7944


                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Reinhold Wagner [mailto:rwagner AT ZEUNASTAERKER DOT DE]
                Sent:   Monday, August 02, 1999 9:57 AM
                To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
                Subject:        SAP-DB backup failed

                Hi,

                we have a funny situation:

                our SAP/Oracle Backup is reported by SAP as successfull but
the ADSM client
                event
                says it is failed!

                In the end of the Backint log we find the following
messages:

                .
                .
                BKI0020I: End of backint program at: Sun Aug 01 23:38:48
1999.
                BKI0022I: Average transmission rate was 0.051 GB/h (0.014
MB/sec).
                BKI0021I: Elapsed time: 07 sec.

                BR280I Time stamp 1999-08-01 23.38.48
                BR232I 8 of 8 files saved by backup utility.
                BR230I Backup utility called successfully.
                BR068W R/3 system is running or SAPR3 user is connected to
database - database
                cannot be shut down.

                BR056I End of database backup: bdaowoxh.aff 1999-08-01
23.38.48
                BR053I BRBACKUP terminated successfully with warnings.

                Why tries Backint to shutdown the database after a
successfull offline backup?
                Any suggestions?

                TIA

                Reinhold Wagner, Zeuna Staerker GmbH & Co. KG