Is a challenge to backup your Oracle Applications 11i E-Business Suite and make sure the recovery was working fine.

There was few folder and directory in Oracle Applications 11i E-Business Suite that we needs to backup for future recovery need.

The top directory of $COMMON_TOP, $ORACLE_HOME and $APPL_TOP was major system directory that contains applications files, startup & shutdown script for Oracle Applications 11i E-Business Suite.

Just an example, if your $COMMON_TOP, $ORACLE_HOME and $APPL_TOP was stored in /oracle/applications/11i then you can backup by using tar command as below: -

Backup Script Command For Oracle Applications 11i

$ cd /oracle/applications/11i
$ tar -cvf /backup/PROD_backup_recovery/PROD_appl_backup_<ddmmyy>.tar 
prodcomn prodappl prodora

If the $COMMON_TOP, $ORACLE_HOME and $APPL_TOP was to huge to fit into 1 backup file, then use the tar command below to backup the directory in separate backup file

$ cd $COMMON_TOP/..
$ tar -cvf /backup/PROD_backup_recovery/PROD_prodcomn_backup_<ddmmyy>.tar prodcomn 
 
$ cd $ORACLE_HOME/..
$ tar -cvf /backup/PROD_backup_recovery/PROD_prodora_backup_<ddmmyy>.tar prodora
 
$ cd $APPL_TOP/..
$ tar -cvf /backup/PROD_backup_recovery/PROD_prodappl_backup_<ddmmyy>.tar prodappl