Log files for Data Protection for SAP

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Data Protection for SAP processes are recorded in log files. Information about backup operations can be used to determine which backup should be used to restore your data.

The backint.log log file contains the IBM Storage Protect™ for ERP data for all database and redo log file backup and restore operations that complete successfully or fail.

The Backup Object Manager writes to the backom.log log file.

These files are in the following paths:
  • UNIX™ or Linux™: $SAPDATA_HOME/sapbackup for backup and restore runs
  • UNIX or Linux: $SAPDATA_HOME/saparch for redo log archive runs
Windows:
  • %SAPDATA_HOME%\sapbackup for backup and restore runs
  • %SAPDATA_HOME%\saparch for redo log archive runs
All log files that are written during a backup, restore, or archive operation are listed in summary log files with start and end time stamps. The summary log files are in the same directory as the log files themselves and have the following names:
  • backSID.log
  • restSID.log
  • archSID.log

If you are running Oracle RMAN, the log file sbtio.log (which is specified by user_dump_dest in the Oracle control files) might also must be viewed. For most installations, this file is defined as $SAPDATA_HOME/saptrace/usertrace/sbtio.log. This file contains all messages that are issued by the Data Protection for SAP RMAN connector during operation of Oracle RMAN.