Data Protection for SAP profile

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The Data Protection for SAP profile provides keyword parameters that customize how Data Protection for SAP operates. A sample profile initSID.utl is provided on the product media.

During installation on Windows™ systems, the sample profile (along with all other files) is placed in the C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TDP4SAP directory.

The profile is copied to the profile path during installation if no other profile exists there. Data Protection for SAP reads the profile pointed to by environment variable XINT_PROFILE (shared library, BackOM) or sent as a parameter (BackOM) immediately before a backup or restore operation.

These rules apply to the keyword syntax:

Each line is analyzed separately.
Keywords can start in any column of the line.
Keywords must not be preceded by any string, except blanks.
If a keyword is encountered several times, the last one is used.
File processing ends when the END keyword is encountered or the end of file is reached.
The comment symbol is the number sign (#). Scanning of the current line stops when the comment symbol is encountered. No comment is allowed between the keyword and the value or values. For example:
```
    #BRARCHIVEMGTCLASS   MLOG1                    <--  correct
    BRARCHIVEMGTCLASS    MLOG1  #                 <--  correct
    BRARCHIVEMGTCLASS  # MLOG1                    <--  incorrect
```
Although some keywords are required, most are optional. Each of the optional keywords has a preset default value.
The backint program on Windows systems accepts the value of the profile name (-p option) in Universal Naming Convention (UNC) format as shown here: \\SERVER_A\profiles\initSID.utl. However, any file specifications within the profile must use the drive:path syntax.