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My life as a BI consultant The blog of Raphael Branger Backup & Recovery in BO 4.0 SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 11 COMMENTS (HTTPS://RBRANGER.WORDPRESS.COM/2012/09/10/BACKUP‑RECOVERY‑IN‑BO‑4‑ 0/#COMMENTS) This post is dedicated to the available means of backup & recovery in SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0. There are several changes compared to the previous version XI 3.1 including some literally missing functionality. The recovery scenario: Partial restore of report and universe objects In my eyes the typical recovery scneario is a partial restore. It happens quite quickly that you either delete a folder with a whole bunch of reports or that you want to revert a change in a report or universe development. Especially if we consider the ad‑hoc reporting capabilities of Web Intelligence you probably don’t have a local copy of the corresponding report. In addition people which do any mistake leading to a recovery procedure tend to notice that they did such a mistake only with a certain gap in time, this means they request the recovery e.g. of a given folder not immediately after its deletion but perhaps two weeks later when they realize they deleted some reports too much. In the meanwhile the system might have been used heavily, that’s why a full recovery of the system itself is not really an option. What you need in such a situation is the possibility to recover only selected objects from a backup set to the original system. In this blog I will concentrate on this scenario. I use “original” system as a term to identify the system on which I take the backup and to which I want to recover something back. The available possibilities in BO 4.0 There are three major approaches in taking a backup of BO 4.0 and recover partial content: 1. Create some kind of BIAR file (multiple options available, see below) and try to recover selected elements back to the original system. 2. Do a full backup, restore the full backup to a separate BO “recovery” system and finally use LCM to “promote” selected objects
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Backup&RecoveryinBO4.0
SEPTEMBER10,2012 11COMMENTS(HTTPS://RBRANGER.WORDPRESS.COM/2012/09/10/BACKUPRECOVERYINBO40/#COMMENTS)
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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(https://rbranger.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/backup1.png)
Youcanschedulethisjobtorunnoworatalaterpointintime.Bytheway:Allthejobsscheduledwith360Viewcanbetriggeredbyanexternalschedulerlike$Universeetc.
Oncehavingexecutedthebackupjobyoullfindanewentryinthecontextmenuofanygivenfolderordocument:
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AndforfolderswhichdonotexistanymorecompletelyyoullfindtheTrashBinicon:
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Afterallyoucanchoosefromavailablerecoveryoptionsasyouareusedtofromanyotherprofessionalbackup&recoverysolution:
(https://rbranger.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/backup3.png)
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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