BR*Tools User Interface
Use
The user interface to BR*Tools provides you with menus to perform a wide range of
database administration functions for your Oracle database. The menus are controlled by
BRTOOLS, which in turn calls one of the functional BR programs.
You can use BR*Tools with a:
Character-based interface, as in the following example, which shows the main menu:
BR0280I Time stamp 2003-03-06 11.30.57
BR0656I Choice menu 1 - please make a selection
---------------------------------------------------------------BR*Tools main menu
1 = Instance management
2 - Space management
3 - Segment management
4 - Backup and database copy
5 - Restore and recovery
6 - Check and verification
7 - Database statistics
8 - Additional functions
9 - Exit program
Standard keys: c - cont, b - back, s - stop, r - refr, h - help
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BR0662I Enter your choice:
GUI, as in the following example, which shows the main menu:
BRGUI is the graphical interface for BR*Tools. It displays output and gathers user input
for BR*Tools.
Features
You see the following types of menus when using BRTOOLS:
Control
This type of menu leads you from step to step in a pre-defined sequence. You can repeat
steps in the correct sequence. Here is an example:
BR0655I Control menu 101 - please decide how to proceed
--------------------------------------------------------------Complete database recovery main menu
1 = Check the status of database files
2 * Select database backup
3 * Restore data files
4 * Apply incremental backup if needed
5 * Restore and apply archivelog files
6 * Open database
7 - Exit program
8 - Reset input values
Standard keys: c - cont, b - back, s - stop, r - refr, h - help
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Choice
This type of menu lets you make an independent choice from the menu in any sequence.
You can repeat the choice as often as required. Here is an example:
BR0656I Choice menu 120 - please decide how to proceed
--------------------------------------------------------------Restore of individual backup files
1 = Restore files from BRBACKUP backup
2 - Restore individual files from tape
3 - Restore individual files from disk
4 - Restore individual files from backup utility
5 - Apply incremental backup
6 - Exit program
7 - Reset input values
Standard keys: c - cont, b - back, s - stop, r - refr, h - help
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Input
This type of menu lets you enter required parameters or options. Here is an example:
BR0657I Input menu 123 - please check/enter input values
--------------------------------------------------------------BRRESTORE main options for restore from BRBACKUP backup
1 - BRRESTORE profile (profile) ........ [[Link]]
2 - BRBACKUP backup run (backup) ....... [[Link]]
3 - Fill-up previous restores (fillup) . [no]
4 - Restore device type (device) ....... [util_file]
5 - BACKINT/Mount profile (parfile) .... [[Link]]
6 # Database user/password (user) ...... [system/*******]
7 ~ Destination directory (dest_dir) ... []
8 - Files for restore (mode) ........... [2,11-12]
Standard keys: c - cont, b - back, s - stop, r - refr, h - help
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List
This type of menu displays a list of items from which you select one entry. Here is an
example:
BR0658I List menu 121 - please select one entry
--------------------------------------------------------------BRBACKUP database backups for restore
Pos. Log
Start
Type
Files Device
Rc
1 = [Link] 2003-01-29 17.30.51 offline 110/0 disk
2 - [Link] 2003-01-29 17.05.14 offline 112/0 tape
3 - [Link] 2003-01-29 16.48.42 offline 112/0 util_onl
0
1
0
4 - [Link] 2003-01-29 16.26.55 onl_cons 115/0 tape
5 - [Link] 2003-01-29 16.16.29 onl_cons 115/0 util_onl
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There are a number of sub-types for the list menu:
List menu with optional single selection
BR0658I List menu 365 you can select one entry
--------------------------------------------------------------List of BRSPACE export runs
Pos. Run
Date
Tables Dumps
Size[KB]
1 - [Link] 2003-09-11 20.28.36 1
2 - [Link] 2003-09-10 20.01.43 2
14
3 - [Link] 2003-09-10 18.58.42 2
4 - [Link] 2003-09-10 18.34.29 2
18
5 - [Link] 2003-09-10 18.25.06 2
12
0
0
...
Press <Rtn> to scroll, <n> to select, 'c' to continue, 's' to stop scrolling..
List menu with multiple selection
BR0659I List menu 312 + please select one or more entries
--------------------------------------------------------------List of tablespaces for alter
Pos. Tablespace Files/AuExt. Type Status SegMan. ExtMan. Backup
1 - DRSYS
1/1
2 - EXAMPLE
3 - INDX
1/0
1/1
4 - PSAP1111D
5 - PSAP1111I
DATA ONLINE AUTO LOCAL
NO
DATA ONLINE AUTO LOCAL
DATA ONLINE AUTO LOCAL
1/1
1/1
NO
DATA ONLINE AUTO LOCAL
DATA ONLINE AUTO LOCAL
NO
NO
NO
...
Standard keys: c - cont, b - back, s - stop, r - refr, h - help
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List menu with optional multiple selection
BR0659I List menu 259 + you can select one or more entries
--------------------------------------------------------------List of database tablespaces
Pos. Tablespace
Type Status
Total[KB] Used[%]
ExtMan. SegMan. Backup Files/AuExt.
Free[KB] ExtSize[KB] FreeExt.
Largest[KB]
1 - DRSYS
10240
DATA ONLINE
47.50
5376
LOCAL AUTO
1038336
NO
1/1
1038336+:5312:64
:0:0
2 - EXAMPLE
123520
DATA ONLINE
8.29
113280
LOCAL AUTO
0
NO
1/0
93056:16128:22
[Link]
3 - INDX
5120
DATA ONLINE
1.25
5056
LOCAL AUTO
1043456
NO
1043456+:5056:0:
0:0
...
Standard keys: c - cont, b - back, s - stop, r - refr, h - help
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List display without selection
BR0660I List display 352 - no selection possible
--------------------------------------------------------------List of tables for reorganization
Pos. Owner Table
Part.
Rows Space[KB] Data[KB:%]
1 - SAPR3
DBABARL
NO
2 - SAPR3
DBABD
NO
1068
3 - SAPR3
DBABL
NO
763
4 - SAPR3
DBADFL
NO
429
64
42:65
320
253:79
256
64
1/1
189:74
0:0
5 - SAPR3
DBAERR
NO
64
0:0
...
Standard keys: c - cont, b - back, s - stop, r - refr, h - help
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Display in form of input menu, but no input possible
BR0692I Display menu 260 # no input possible
--------------------------------------------------------------Information about tablespace DRSYS
1 - Tablespace type (type) ................... DATA
2 - Tablespace status (status) ............... ONLINE
3 - Extent management (extent) ............... LOCAL
4 - Segment space managenent (space) ......... AUTO
5 - Backup status (backup) ................... NO
6 - Number of files in tablespace (files) .... 1
7 - Number of autoextensible files (autoext) . 1
8 - Total tablespace size in KB (total) ...... 10240
9 - Used space in tablespace in % (used) ..... 47.50
10 - Free space in tablespace in KB (free) .... 5376
11 - Maximal extension size in KB (extsize) ... 1038336
12 - Number of free extents (freext) .......... 2
13 - Largest free extents (largest) ........... 1038336+:5312:64:0:0
Standard keys: c - cont, b - back, s - stop, r - refr, h - help
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