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.

These files are in the path indicated by the TDP_DIR environment variable. After the installation, TDP_DIR points to the subdirectory tdplog of the path for the Data Protection for SAP configuration files. If TDP_DIR is not set, or if a log file cannot be created in the path pointed to by TDP_DIR, the log files are created in path /tmp (UNIX™ or Linux™) or in the path pointed to by environment variable TEMP (Windows™).

The Data Protection for SAP shared library writes to the tdpdb2.SID.node name.log log file.

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