Archiving application logs with keep until expiry flag

[former_member188883]

Hello,

We are running Archiving project with Object BC_SBAL. Observation here is that for many of the Application logs, Keep until expiry flag is enabled with some future date.

With this situation Archiving write program is not able to pick up these logs and we are not able to get good archiving results.

We would like to understand a solution towards archiving applications log who has keep until expiry flag set.

Regards,

Deepak Kori

[former_member222508]

Hi Deepak,

Please look into OSS notes 195157. I hope this would resolve your issue.

Thanks,

Bala.

[former_member188883]

Hi Bala,

I already checked the SAP note as well as the report you replied earlier.

Report SBAL_DB_DELETE will delete the application log files . I am looking to archive them first before deletion.

OSS note 195157 is a general note on Archiving BC_SBAL. It does not contain solution on archiving application logs which has keep until expiry flag enabled.

I am still checking whether such flags are enabled when we activate ILM or it is a standard SAP behaviour even without ILM

Regards,

Deepak Kori

[former_member222508]

Hi Deepak,

You can only delete the application logs which has not yet reached the expiration date. They can't be archived.

I assume that to be yes even if you have ILM enabled. let me check on the same. you are not changing any application data while activating ILM, you are just imposing retention rules to save / destroy the data that is archived from SAP.

Thanks,

Bala.

[former_member188883]

Hi Bala,

Incase we need to archive them do we have any solution ?

Regards,

Deepak Kori

[former_member222508]

Hi Deepak,

No you can't archive them. you have to delete the application logs.

Thanks,

Bala.

[former_member190120]

My suggestion would be to find out from the business why the expiry flag was set?  If there was a valid business reason to keep this data, then, you will not be able to archive it.  If it was set by mistake, you can then correct the configuration and try archiving again.

Best Regards,

Karin Tillotson

[former_member188883]

Hi Karin,

My analysis on the issue says that there is no application level configuration . It seems to be some standard behaviour of SAP.

Regards,

Deepak Kori

[former_member222508]

HI Deepak

Try deleting the same with report "SBAL_DELETE".

Thanks

Bala