Prerequisites and Features
- ssh communication between source and target without password (authorized_keys(2)) for both sidadm
via "ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048" and ".ssh/authorized_keys2" (only source --> target)
=> ssh sourceadm@sourcehost must work without PW
=> ssh targetadm@targethost must work without PW - the target database is large enough (automatic check)
- copy this script to the source host and set the execution right
- xuser DEFAULT for ABAP/JAVA DB User (SAP or SAPDB) must be available
- if passwords from source and target are different, xuser for copy can not be used
- the source database must be online, the target database must be able to start in state admin
- adjust the configuration of source and target system in this script
- best use with screen tool for unix/linux
- automatic function and prerequisites check
- backup to 2 parallel PIPE
- can use compressed and uncompressed backup (default uncompress)
- root is not needed
- copy status bar with size, transfered, left and speed (5 second update)
- automatic size check
- dd over ssh from source to target
- ssh encryption default cipher is aes192-ctr
- automatic rename database to target
- automatic export of custom tables (incl. templates of the most common)
- you can use a custom db user or xuser for backup and restore