Restore function

IBM Spectrum Protect™ for Enterprise Resource Planning is typically started by the BR*Tools utilities with a set of appropriate parameters.

About this task

For troubleshooting purposes, call Data Protection for SAP directly from the command line: 
backint -?
This command displays a list of all possible Data Protection for SAP command-line options. You can manually run data protection operations, which can assist with correcting errors. For the C shell, enclose the option string in quotations (backint '-?').
The restore function is typically started by the SAP® database utility BRRESTORE. For troubleshooting, it might be necessary to directly call this Data Protection for SAP function directly to restore individual files as shown in these examples. Issue this command on UNIX or Linux systems: 
backint -p /oracle/SID/dbs/initSID.utl -f restore
Issue this command on Windows systems: 
backint -p drive: or UNC name\orant\database\initSID.utl -f restore
You are prompted to enter the backup ID and the full file names of the files to be restored. If the files are to be restored to another directory, it is necessary to specify the path to the input files. If a file is restored directly, any existing file with the same name is overwritten without warning. When it is necessary to remove an error, restore database files directly only in a controlled manner. In normal operation, a database is never to be restored directly because the SAP database might become corrupted.

Loading the message catalog

When IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning fails to load the message catalog, check that the following completed successfully:
  1. Verify that the installation was successful and the language files are contained in DP for SAP install path/lang.
  2. If the installation path is not the default and you are using a backup interface library like RMAN, then you must set the environment variable XINT_NLS_CATALOG_PATH to the new installation path before you run any functions. For IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning, this variable is set in the parameter rman_parms in the profile initSID.sap.