The following table shows you the most important directories of the database system.
You can make your own choice of installation directory for the database tools. You can install the database tools either on the database computer or on another computer.
Directory Name |
Description |
<independent_data_path>/config |
Configuration directory that, among other things, contains configuration files for database parameters, database tools, and files for user authorization |
<independent_data_path>/wrk/ |
Default for the run directory of the database instance <database_name> |
<independent_program_path> |
Programs that are independent of the database system version These programs are installed once for each computer. In this directory and its subdirectories, you will always find the programs for the most recently installed version of the database software. Libraries for the client runtime environment These libraries are installed once for each computer, however, you must have the option of storing them in different versions. |
<dependent_path> |
Location of the software that is dependent on the version of the database system This software is installed once for each database instance. The specified path must be unique. Many different directories with different versions can exist alongside each other. Any programs in these version-specific directories are not executed directly by the users; instead, they are called by programs located in <independent_program_path>. |
The following additional conventions apply to SAP systems:
/sapdb/<database_name>/data |
Directory for data volumes |
/sapdb/<database_name>/log |
Directory for log volumes and mirrored log volumes |
/sapdb/<database_name>/save |
Directory for backup files of log backups and data backups |
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