The BR*Tools are installed automatically on the database server in the directory /usr/sap/<SAPSID>/SYS/exe/run.
We classify BR*Tools as functional, help, batch, and interactive tools:
Tool Types for BR*Tools
| Type | Tool | Description |
| Functional | BRBACKUP, BRARCHIVE, BRRESTORE, BRRECOVER, BRSPACE, and BRCONNECT | Perform actions directly on database files or objects |
| Help | BRTOOLS and BRCONNECT | ● BRTOOLS is the menu program that can call all other functional tools interactively ● BRTOOLS and BRCONNECT are also called internally: ○ BRTOOLS is called by BRBACKUP, BRARCHIVE, and BRRESTORE for backup, restore, and verification. ○ BRCONNECT is called by BRBACKUP to monitor the database during a backup |
| Batch | BRBACKUP, BRARCHIVE, BRRESTORE, BRCONNECT | Only run on their own in batch, without menus. You can call them interactively with BRTOOLS. |
| Interactive | BRSPACE, BRRECOVER, BRTOOLS | Run interactively with their own menus. BRSPACE and BRRECOVER can also run in batch mode. |
There is a menu in BRCONNECT to change the database password in GUI mode.
Toolset for BR*Tools
| Tool | Purpose |
| BRBACKUP | Backs up data files, control files, and online redo log files of the database |
| BRARCHIVE | Backs up offline redo log files |
| BRRESTORE | Restores data files, control files, and redo log files |
| BRRECOVER | Recovers database files and restores profiles and log files |
| BRSPACE | Manages the database instance, space, and segments (that is, tables and indexes) |
| BRCONNECT | ● Performs database administration tasks such as statistics update, check database system, adapt next extents, clean up logs and DBA tables ● Functions as a help tool to monitor the database during a backup |
| BRTOOLS | ● Displays the menus from which the other BR programs are called ● Functions as an internal help tool started by BRBACKUP, BRARCHIVE, and BRRESTORE |
| BRGUI | Functions as a Java-based GUI, working as the front-end display program for BR*Tools |
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