Database. The Backup Media Agent (BMA) writes catalog segments and delimiters between data and catalog segments known as file-marks.

Restore

There are two restore options when using direct backup:

•If you are using the HP StorageWorks XP disk array and you have instant recovery capability, you can use it to restore the data. For an explanation of using instant recovery, see the HP Data Protector zero downtime backup administrator's guide.

•Restore of information backed up using direct backup can also be accomplished using the standard Data Protector network restore.

Note that in either case it is important to verify that the application server can handle the load of the restore. This is not an issue on the backup end, as the data does not pass through the server during this process. On restore, however, the data does impact the server.

Requirements and support

This section lists the requirements for using direct backup successfully and the file systems and applications that direct backup supports.

•Data Protector Cell Manager running on any supported operating system

•Resolve Agent running on HP-UX 11.11

•Support of application servers running HP-UX 11.11

•Support of HP LVM on HP-UX 11.11

•XCopy host, source disk, destination device, and XCopy engine must be in the same SAN zone.

•File System support:

•Veritas’ VxFS 3.1, 3.3

•Application support:

•Oracle 9.i

•Raw volume support

•Support of ServiceGuard environments for the application server

•Restore through the standard Data Protector restore interface

•Support of instant recovery for the XP

•XCopy engine in the bridge

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