When developing a disaster recovery plan, the following backup strategies should be used:

• Make at least one flat file database backup and make regular offline backups using CCMS. See your SAP Database Administrator's Guide.

• Back up the Windows directory on the SAP database server, including the Windows registry.

• If the structure of the database is altered, perform a full offline database backup.

  For example, if you create a new tablespace or remove an old one, make a complete offline database backup.

• Always include the backint.xml file in your regular flat file backups of the SAP database server.

  The backint.xml file is usually located in the following directory:

  Usr\sap\<SID>\sys\exe\run
  

• Schedule full online backups of your SAP database server regularly.