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Backup&RecoveryinBO4.0
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Thispostisdedicatedtotheavailablemeansofbackup&recoveryinSAPBusinessObjectsBI4.0.ThereareseveralchangescomparedtothepreviousversionXI3.1includingsomeliterallymissingfunctionality.
Therecoveryscenario:Partialrestoreofreportanduniverseobjects
Inmyeyesthetypicalrecoveryscnearioisapartialrestore.Ithappensquitequicklythatyoueitherdeleteafolderwithawholebunchofreportsorthatyouwanttorevertachangeinareportoruniversedevelopment.EspeciallyifweconsidertheadhocreportingcapabilitiesofWebIntelligenceyouprobablydonthavealocalcopyofthecorrespondingreport.Inadditionpeoplewhichdoanymistakeleadingtoarecoveryproceduretendtonoticethattheydidsuchamistakeonlywithacertaingapintime,thismeanstheyrequesttherecoverye.g.ofagivenfoldernotimmediatelyafteritsdeletionbutperhapstwoweekslaterwhentheyrealizetheydeletedsomereportstoomuch.Inthemeanwhilethesystemmighthavebeenusedheavily,thatswhyafullrecoveryofthesystemitselfisnotreallyanoption.Whatyouneedinsuchasituationisthepossibilitytorecoveronlyselectedobjectsfromabackupsettotheoriginalsystem.InthisblogIwillconcentrateonthisscenario.IuseoriginalsystemasatermtoidentifythesystemonwhichItakethebackupandtowhichIwanttorecoversomethingback.
TheavailablepossibilitiesinBO4.0
TherearethreemajorapproachesintakingabackupofBO4.0andrecoverpartialcontent:
1. CreatesomekindofBIARfile(multipleoptionsavailable,seebelow)andtrytorecoverselectedelementsbacktotheoriginalsystem.
2. Doafullbackup,restorethefullbackuptoaseparateBOrecoverysystemandfinallyuseLCMtopromoteselectedobjects
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backtotheoriginalsystem.3. Useaprofessionalbackup&recoverysolutionlike360ViewfromGBandSmith(http://www.gbandsmith.com/)
Letmeevaluatetheaboveapproachesinthenextfewsections.
TheBIARapproach
TheBOAdminGuidestatesinsection12.1.1.3(page466):
ItisrecommendedthatyouusetheLifecyclemanagementconsoleforSAPBusinessObjectsBusinessIntelligenceplatformtoregularlybackupyourBusinessIntelligencecontent,suchasreports,usersandgroups,anduniverses.HavingcurrentbackupsofyourcontentmakesitpossibletorestoreyourBusinessIntelligencewithouthavingtorestoreyourentiresystemoryourserversettings.
WhoeverwrotethissentenceatSAPdoesntseemtohaveeitheranyconcreteexperiencewithLCMornotaclearideawhatabackup&recoverytoolshouldfullfiflinpractice.RespectivelyletshavealookatjustanygivenfreewaretobackupyourWindowsfiles.Thereforetopointthisoutrightatthebeginning:KeepyourhandsoffintrustingLCMasyouroneandonlybackupsolutionforBO.LCMisatooltopromote(orintheSAPjargontransport)objectsfromoneenvironmenttoanother.LCMwasnevermadetobeabackupsolution.Letmeexplaininsomemoredetails:
ThepreferredwaytotakeabackupusingLCMisexportingaLCMjobintoaLCMBIARfile.FinallywithFP3/SP04youcannowscheduletheexporttosuchafile.Buttherearesomecriticalshortcomingswiththis(asofSP04Patch1;anyonehavingdifferingexperiencewithahigherpatchlevelpleasecommentbelow!):
reimportingtheLCMBIARfiletotheoriginalsystemonwhichyoucreatedthefilewillfailassoonasyoudeletetheoriginalLCMjob.Whatrealbackupsolutionmakesitselfdependingonthejobobjectcreatingthebackupset?wheneveryouimportaBIARfileyoudonthaveanoptiontoselect/unselectobjectstorestore.Thereisonlyblackorwhite:Eitheryouimportallthecontentsfromyour(LCM)BIARfileornothing.LCMBIARfilesdonotsaveyoursuccessfulinstances.Onlyrecurringinstancesarebackedup.Butbythewayyoucannotdecidewhethertorestorerecurringinstancesornot,asmentionedbeforeyouhavetorestoreeverythingbelongingtotheBIARfile.
AnextapproachinusingBIARfilesistousethenewUpgradeManagementToolorthelegacybiarengine.jar.ThegoodnewsherearethatLCMfinallyiscapabletoimportregularBIARfileswhichwerecreatedbythesetwomeans.Thefollowingthingsshouldbeconsidered:
IncontrasttoLCMBIARfiles,regularBIARfilescanbeimportedwithoutanydependancytoanyLCMjob.TheUpgradeManagementToolaswellasthebiarengine.jartakesabackupofboth,recurringaswellassuccessfulreport
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instances.UnfortunatelySAPwassostupidsorrytosayitlikethis,butIcouldntfindanyothertermtoexpressmyfeelingsaboutthissituationtoremove(orjustnotallow)thepossibilitytoimportaBIARfileofthesamesoftwareversionusingtheUpgradeManagementTool.InXI3.1thisbecamequitestandardduringarecoveryproceduretoloadtheBIARfileusingImportWizardandthenselectonlytheobjectsyouneedtorecover.IncombinationwiththeshortcomingofLCMnottobeabletoselectindividualobjectsthisisarealsadthing(#factoryofsadness).DearSAP:JustgiveusbackbasicfunctionalitieslikerestoringselectivelyeitherusingUpgradeManagementToolorLCM!
Forthoseinterestedinthebiarengine.jarIcouldntfindanyhintsonitintheBI4documentation,soItooktheadminguidefromXI3.1anditseemsthateverythingstillworksasbefore(formoredetailedinfosseethisblog(http://ritnoa.com/blog/?p=131)):
Firstofallyouneedapropertiesfiletospecifywhatyouwanttobebackedup:
exportBiarLocation=C:/temp/BiarEngineBackup.biaraction=exportXMLuserName=Administratorpassword=CMS=cloudsrv012:6400authentication=secEnterpriseexportDependencies=trueexportQuery=select*fromci_infoobjectswheresi_parent_folder=ORSI_ID=
Savetheselinesoftextinafile,e.g.mybackup.properties.Afterallyoucanexecutethefollowingcommandsonthecommandlineorinabatchfile(replaceC:\BOE4etc.withyourownBOinstallpath):
cdC:\BOE40\SAPBusinessObjects\SAPBusinessObjectsEnterpriseXI4.0\win32_x86\jre\binjavajarC:\BOE40\SAPBusinessObjects\SAPBusinessObjectsEnterpriseXI4.0\java\lib\biarengine.jarC:\Temp\mybackup.properties
YoucanuseeitherthebiarengineorLCMtorestorecontenttotheoriginalsystem.AsyoucanonlyrestorethefullBIARfile,IrecommendtohaveadedicatedrecoveryorsandboxsysteminplacewhereyoucanimporttheBIARfileassuchandthenuseLCMtorestoreonlywhatyouneedbacktotheorginalsystem.Suchadedicatedsystemyouneedanywayforthesecondmajorapproach,restoringobjectsfromafullbackup.
Thefullbackup/restoreapproach
AslongasyouhaveadedicatedsystemavailabletomountthefullbackupintoarunningBOsystemthisappraochisquite
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AslongasyouhaveadedicatedsystemavailabletomountthefullbackupintoarunningBOsystemthisappraochisquitestraightforwardandnothingtobeafraidof(aslongasyouknowwhatyoudo;)).Thefollowinghighlevelstepswillguideyouthroughtherecoveryprocess:
1. Takeafullbackupofyouroriginalsystemonaregularbasis.ThisincludesatleastabackupofyourCMSsystem/repositorydatabase,theFileStorefolder(s).AsofFP3/SP04SAPaddedanofficialhotbackupoption(seetheSettingsareainCMC),thereforeyoudontneedtoshutdownyourBOsystemtotakethebackup.Justdefineatimewindowinwhichyoucreateboth,firstthebackupofyoursystemdatabaseandthenthebackupoftheFileStore.InadditiontosystemdatabaseandFileStore,pleasenoteyourClusterKeyandAdministratorpasswordfromtheoriginalsystem!
2. PreparetheRecoverySystem:Iassumeyouhaveanalreadyinstalledrecoverysystem.Thiscanbeasandboxoraswelle.g.aQAsystemyouwanttotemporarilyuseasyourrecoverysystem.StopallexistingSIAandTomcatservicesontheRecoverysystem.HavealookintoTaskManagerandmakesurethatallCMS.exeandsia.exeprocesseshavebeenstopped.
3. RestoretheSystemDB:Restorethebackupofyouroriginalsystemdatabasetoanew,emptydatabase/schema.Afterrestore,executethefollowingSQLstatementonthisrestoredDBtoremoveallserverentries:DeletefromCMS_INFOOBJECTS7whereParentID=16
4. RestoretheFileStore:OntheRecoverysystemrenametheexistingFileStorefoldertoFileStore_orig.RestoretheFileStorefromOrginaltotheRecoverysystemintoitsoriginallocation.
5. CreateODBCsource:IncaseyourrecoveredsystemDBishostedonaSQLserver,createa64bitODBCsourcetoitontheRecoverysystem.
6. CreateRecoverySIA(1/2):OntheRecoverysystem,createanewSIAwithanewCMS.PointtheCMStotherecoveredsystemdatabase(probablyusingtheODBCsourcecreatedinthepreviousstep).SelecttheUseatemporaryCMSoption.
7. CreateRecoverySIA(2/2):OncethenewSIAisadded,changetheClusternamefromtheorginalnametoanewname,e.g.Recovery.StartthenewlycreatedSIAandcheckinTaskManagerifCMSstartsupandkeepsuprunning.ThenstoptheSIAagain.(ifyouwantyoucancombinestep6and7andaddonlyoneadditionalSIA)
8. CreatesecondSIAtoaddregularservers:AddasecondSIAincludingregularservers,youcanevenaddasecondCMS.StartthisSIAandTomcat.LogintoCMContheRecoverysystemandcheckintheServersareaifallexpectedserversareupandrunning.
9. VerifyFileRepositoryServers:CheckifthefilepathindicatedinthePropertiesoftheInputandOutputFileRepositoryServerscorrespondtothelocationwheretheFileStorehasbeenrecovered.
10. RuntheRepositoryDiagnosticTool:RuntheRepositoryDiagnosticToolinordertoremoveanyinconsistenciesbetweenFileRepositoryServersand(recovered)systemdatabase.(replaceC:\BOE4\withyourownBOinstallpath;moreinfoaboutthecommandlineparametersyoullfindintheBOadminguide):cdC:\BOE4\SAPBusinessObjectsEnterpriseXI4.0\win64_x64reposcan.exedbdriversqlserverdatabasesubsystemconnectUID=sa;PWD=;DSN=dbkey
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key>inputfrsdirC:\BOE4\SAPBusinessObjectsEnterpriseXI4.0\FileStore\InputoutputfrsdirC:\BOE4\SAPBusinessObjectsEnterpriseXI4.0\FileStore\Output
11. DoaselectiverestorefromtherecoverytotheoriginalsystemusingLCM(oroneoftheotherwaysexplainedabove,mostlydependingwhetheryouneedtorecoverreportinstancesornot)
12. RecreateoriginalsettingsonRecoverysystem:IfyoudontneedtheRecoverysystemanymore,youcanreseteverythingtomatchtheoriginalsettings.ForthissimplystopthecreatedSIAsandeithersettheirstartupmodetodisabledordeletetheSIAsfromthesystementierly(apracticalhowtoyoullfindhere(http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windowsvista/howtodeleteawindowsserviceinvistaorxp/)).RenameyourFileStoreontheRecoverysystemfromFileStore_origbacktoFileStore.ThismeansyouneedtoeitherdeletetherecoveredFileStorefolderorgiveitanothernamebefore.Inadditionyoucanremovetherecovereddatabase(schema).
Onceyouexcerisedthisprocessafewtimesitwillserveyouasareliablewaytorecover(partial)elementsinareasonableamountoftime.Butstillitisnottheelegantwaytogo.AndthereforeIwouldliketointroduceyoutomythirdandfavoredmajorapproach.WhatSAPfailstodeliverisusuallydeliverdbyoneoftheaddonproviders.
Theprofessionalapproach
AsaprofessionalBOadministratorIlikeprofessionaltools.360Viewisoneofmyfavoritetools,notonlyregardingbackup&recovery.ButthisisoneofthemajorreasonswhyIrecommendthissolution.360ViewdoesntkeepanyseparateinformationoutsidetheregularBOsystemdatabase,itsjustanalternativeviewtoitscontentinadditiontotheCMC.
Letthepicturesspeakforthemselves:
Firstofallyouneedtocreateabackupjobinthewebbasedinterfaceof360View,youcanchoosefromvariousobjecttypes.Inadditionyoucanchoosewhethertoincludesubfolders,reportinstancesorFavoritesfoldersincaseyouchoosegroupsandusers:
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Youcanschedulethisjobtorunnoworatalaterpointintime.Bytheway:Allthejobsscheduledwith360Viewcanbetriggeredbyanexternalschedulerlike$Universeetc.
Oncehavingexecutedthebackupjobyoullfindanewentryinthecontextmenuofanygivenfolderordocument:
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AndforfolderswhichdonotexistanymorecompletelyyoullfindtheTrashBinicon:
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Afterallyoucanchoosefromavailablerecoveryoptionsasyouareusedtofromanyotherprofessionalbackup&recoverysolution:
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Thatsit.Theonlythingyouneedtodoinadditionistosavethe360ViewfilefolderonyourBOserverbyaregularfilebackuptool.
Areyoudissatisfiedwiththeexistingbackup&recoverycapabilitiesinBO4.0too?Ordoyouseedifferentwaysofimprovingthisprocess?Letmeandotherknowsandwriteacomment!Thanksforyourparticipation!
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Ifyouneedsomekindofplaygroundforeitherapproach,havealookatCloudshare.com(http://www.cloudshare.com)and/orusemypreconfiguredBO4environment(https://rbranger.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/testingbobi4xusingthecloud/).Ofcoursethisincludesa360Viewinstallation.ForthosecurrentlyvisitingtheASUGSAPBusinessObjectsUserConferencegoaandvisitGBandSmithattheirbooth221!
ForEuropean/Germanspeakingpeoplehavealookatwww.boak.ch(http://www.boak.ch)Illhavefivepresentationsmyselfnextweek.Backup&RecoverywillbeincludedduringmyWhatsNewinBO4.0session.
FILEDUNDER360SUITE,MIGRATIONBO4.X,SAPBO TAGGEDWITH360VIEW,4.0,BACKUP,BIARENGINE,BIARENGINE.JAR,BO,BO4.X,BUSINESSOBJECTS,CLOUDSHARE,CMC,GBANDSMITH,GBS,LCM,LIFECYCLEMANAGER,MIGRATION,PROMOTION,PROMOTIONMANAGEMENT,RECOVERY,SAP,XI3.1
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Vamsisays:October1,2012at23:53Hi,
LikedItverymuch.Ifyoucouldshare/compare360ViewwithotheralternativesinthemarketalongwithwhatSAPisprovidinginatabularformatwithsomerecommedations,itwillbequitehelpful.
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Vamsi
Replyrbrangersays:October2,2012at05:23HiVamsi
Thanksforthesuggestion.IllthinkaboutitonceIhavetimetorevisethisblogpost.
CheersRaphael
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ethansays:April2,2014at15:23Hi,18monthsafteryouroriginalpost,doyouknowifthesearestillthebestwaysofbackinguptherepository?orhaverecentversionsofBusinessObjectsaddedtheabilitytobackupandrestoreindividualobjectsinasanemanner?
Thanks!
Replyrbrangersays:April3,2014at06:34HiEthanTobehonestIdidntworkmuchwithBO4.1inregardstobackup&recoverymyself.IwilldoublecheckwithmyBOBJplatformteamandpostananswerasap.
BestregardsRaphael
Replyrbrangersays:May9,2014at07:50Hiall
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Myteamdoublecheckedthevariousoptionsmentionedinmyblogandcametotheconclusionthatnothingchangedsignificantly.Soyoucanassumetheoptionsdescribedintheblogarestillvalid(exceptthatthe360productfeaturesbecameevenmorepowerful).
CheersRaphael
ethan1701says:May18,2014at14:02ifyoucreateaBIARwithbiarengine.jar,itcanstillbeopenedwiththeUpgradeManagementTool,inordertoperformapartialrestore.Yousimplyneedtoaddjarupgrademanagementtool.jarinternal_use_only_noversionchecktothecommandopeningtheUMT,andsoitwontcheckiftheBIARwascreatedinapreviousversionofBusinessObjectsornot.
Ithinkthatsagamechanger,andmakesthebiarenginethebestoptionavailable.
ReplyPatrickDelagesays:October13,2014at15:09Thanks,veryusefullbolg.Youprobablysaveadministratorjob.Ifcrashhappenonthecompanyyourtherearework. Idefinitelylikethestepbystepyouprovidetorestorefullbackup.Needtotrynow!
Replyrbrangersays:October16,2014at12:34HiPatrick.Thankyouforreading!Andletmeknowifyouhaveenhancementsbasedonyourexperience.CheersRaphael
ReplyScottsays:January26,2015at15:51WearestillonXI3planningamigrationtoBI4thisyear.Ihavebeenexperimentingwiththebiarengineapproachandjustcannotgetittoworkwithaquery(i.e.select*fromci_infoobjectswheresi_parent_folder=)maybeithassomethingtodowithourCMS,whoknows.Icannotagreemorewithyourhashtag#factoryofsadnessregardingthestateofoutoftheboxbackup/restorecapability.Wearefortunatetoonlyhaveneededtodoarestoveviathefullbackup/restoremethodoncein9orsoyearsofBOEuse.HopeIdidntjustjinxus
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Replyethan1701says:January27,2015at14:27TakealookattheBIARcreationsolutionhere:http://www.forumtopics.com/busobj/viewtopic.php?p=1001069&sid=03315826fbd9b6ed20fc76b4dfca4e43#1001069Thislinkisdirectlytomycomment,withafewimprovementstotheoriginalscript.
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