Create Instance
Choose Parameters
Init Instance
Create SQL User
Init backup Strategy
Define Data Backup Medium
Run First Data backup
Define Medium for Autosave Log
Start Autosave Log
Automate Startup / Shutdown
For a Linux-Installation add this lines to your /etc/init.d/sapdb74
At the end of the start-section:
$SAPDB_BIN -d DATABASE -u dbm,dbm db_cold $SAPDB_BIN -d DATABASE -u dbm,dbm db_warm
At the beginning of the stop-section:
$SAPDB_BIN -d DATABASE -u dbm,dbm db_cold $SAPDB_BIN -d DATABASE -u dbm,dbm db_offline -immediate
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