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Procedure documentation Activating and Deactivating Automatic Log Backup Locate the document in the library structure

You can activate and deactivate automatic log backup with the Database Manager GUI.

Note

Once you activate automatic log backup for your system, this setting remains active until you deactivate automatic log backup again. Automatic log backup also remains active when you restart the database instance.

Prerequisites

You must do a complete data backup before you activate automatic log backup.

The database instance is in the ONLINE operational state.

Procedure

Using the Backup Wizard

You can activate and deactivate automatic log backups with the Backup Wizard.

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       1.      Start the Backup Wizard.

       2.      If you have not yet created a backup medium, do this now as described in Creating a Single Backup Medium. Select a backup medium in the window Media for Backup.

       3.      Check the details. Make any necessary changes (Changing Backup Media).

       4.      If your database is in the operational state ONLINE, you can activate or deactivate automatic log backup (Activate/Deactivate Automatic Log Backup).

Using the Database Manager GUI

You can activate and deactivate automatic log backups with the Database Manager GUI.

Before you can make log backups, you must create the necessary backup media.

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       1.      Start the Database Manager GUI.

       2.      Choose Instance.

       3.      If your database is in the operational state ONLINE, you can activate or deactivate automatic log backups (Set Auto Log ON/OFF).

Result

The List of Database Instances displays, among other things, whether automatic log backup is on or not (Auto Log On/Off).

You can check the results of your log backups using the Backup History.

See also:

Concepts of the Database System, Backing Up Log Entries

 

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