Incremental Backup

You can perform an incremental backup by using the BRBACKUP command with the rman_util parameter. An incremental backup contains the changed data from the last full backup. Incremental backups use less media and resources than full backups.

Example: Performing Incremental Backup in Online Mode

Run the brbackup command with the following parameters:

1. Specify the path to the initialization profile file ($Oracle_HOME/dbs/veeam_initSID.sap) as the argument for the -p (-profile) parameter.
2. Specify online_force as the argument for the -t (-type) parameter. With this option, BRBACKUP performs backup of the database in the online state.
3. Specify util_file as the argument for the -d (-device) parameter.
4. Set incr as the argument for the -m (-mode) parameter.
5. Specify credentials that will be used to connect to the database as the argument for the -u (-user) parameter. For details, see this SAP article.

To see all brbackup command options, see the Command Options for BRBACKUP section in the SAP Database Guide: Oracle.