Archiving Data and Monitoring Archiving Activities

The following archiving objects are available for archiving in SAP Web Application Server:

 

Objects in SAP Web AS	Archiving Objects
User Master Change Documents: User Authorizations	US_USER
User Master Change Documents: Authorizations	US_AUTH
User Master Change Documents: Authorization Profiles	US_PROF
Workitems	WORKITEMS
IDocs	IDOC
Customizing Table Changes	BC_DBLOGS
ArchiveLink Entries	ARCHIVELNK
Archive Management Data	BC_ARCHIVE
SAP Product	PRODUCT_MD

 

SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) also provides an archiving solution, which differs from archiving in SAP Web AS.

 

System Settings for Data Archiving

As part of data archiving you must make different system settings for controlling the archiving process. The settings are made in archiving Customizing, which you can reach from Archive Administration by choosing Customizing. Customizing is divided into the following areas:

·        Basis Customizing

Here you can determine the file names and paths under which the archive files are to be created within the context of ADK-based archiving. File names and paths can be created for specific clients (transaction FILE) or cross-client (transaction SF01). For XML-based archiving you must also configure the appropriate home paths and the XML Data Archiving Service.

·        Cross-Archiving-Object Customizing

The settings you make here apply to all archiving objects. This includes for example settings for interrupting the write phase or entering server groups for background processing.

·        Archiving-Object-Specific Customizing

These settings apply to individual archiving objects and include, for example, determining the size of an archive file, indicating whether the delete program should run in the test or production mode, and specifying that the storage phase should occur before or after the delete phase (ADK-based archiving only).

 

Scheduling, Controlling and Monitoring Archiving Jobs

The following tools are available for scheduling, controlling and monitoring archiving jobs:

·        Archive Administration

Archiving jobs (write, delete, etc.) are scheduled using Archive Administration (transaction SARA). This transaction is also the central entry point for most other user activities in Data Archiving, such as data storage and retrieval, or Customizing.

·        Data Archiving Monitor

The Data Archiving Monitor (transaction SAR_SHOW_MONITOR) is used to analyze information relevant for data archiving. It offers an overview of all archiving objects that were used for archiving data, detailed information about the archiving sessions, and a progress indicator on the processing of archive files. In order for you to be able to view updated information you must switch on the Data Archiving Monitor in cross-archiving-object Customizing (see above).

The Data Archiving Monitor is part of the CCMS Monitor Group (transaction RZ20) and is available under SAP CCMS Monitor Templates ® Database ® Data Archiving.