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Procedure documentation Scrolling in the Backup History Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

You read more of the backup history. Options you specified for displaying the backup history remain active.

Prerequisites

You have the DBM operator authorization Backup or DBInfoRead.

You have fetched the backup history (Fetching the Backup History) and executed the command for displaying the backup history. The keyword CONTINUE in the reply shows that you have not yet read the whole file.

Syntax

backup_history_listnext

Reply

OK<NL>
[END|CONTINUE]<NL>
<history_line><NL>
[<media_line><NL>]
[<external_backup_id-line><NL>]
<history_line><NL>
[<media_line><NL>]
[<external_backup_id-line><NL>]
....

Values for the Individual Fields of the Reply

END

The contents of the backup history have been transferred in full. The file is closed automatically.

CONTINUE

The backup history contains further entries that were not transferred due to the limited storage available for replies. You can display this data by entering the above command or close the backup history.

<history_line>

Information on the completed backups. The individual columns are separated by |. A separate line is displayed for each backup.

<media_line>

Information on the backup medium used for the backup
The line is prefixed with an
M: and is followed by columns separated by |.

<external_backup_id_line>

If the backup was created using an external backup tool, information on the external backup ID is provided here. You have to specify this information when restoring a database instance from an external backup tool.
The line is prefixed with E: which, in turn, is followed by columns separated with |.

 

In the event of errors, see Reply Format.

 

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