Determining the Backup Frequency and Location

The backup frequency of SAP Mobile Platform is determined by a variety of factors.

  1. Determine how frequently the backups need to occur. This is determined by the:
    • Volume of transactions
    • Use of transaction log mirroring. If you are not using mirroring, determine amount of data that can potentially be lost during the backup increment you select. A typical incremental backup frequency is anywhere from 5 to 60 minutes.
  2. For each database and log, determine where the backups are saved and record that decision.
    The best practice is to backup to an entirely different physical location. For a list of database and log files you can back up, see SQL Anywhere Storage.