Three departments at ABC Cape Town use the Microsoft SQL database to store their data and the company uses Microsoft Exchange Server for mailing services. These databases, currently containing 11 GB and 15 GB of data, respectively, are backed up to 2 HP StorageWorks DAT24 autoloaders.

The system architecture of ABC Cape Town includes the SAP R/3 system using Oracle databases. Three HP T600 servers are used as SAP database servers. ABC Cape Town uses K260 SAP application servers that are configured into application groups, i.e. Sales and Distribution, Finance, and Production. The application servers are not highly available. The current backup environment of ABC Cape Town is depicted in Figure 95 on page 314.

Figure 95 Current ABC Cape Town backup topology

Currently, backups of the SAP database servers at ABC Cape Town are performed using the SAP BRBACKUP and BRARCHIVE utilities to 3 HP StorageWorks DAT24 autoloaders. Data is copied manually by employees to their respective servers on a daily basis. The Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft SQL database are backed up separately each to an HP StorageWorks DAT24 autoloader by the backup administrator.

The same system is used at both ABC Durban and ABC Pretoria, with the difference that no SAP system is in place at these sites. Employees copy their data to their respective servers. Data is backed up to an HP StorageWorks DAT24 autoloader on a daily basis.

Two of the servers at ABC Pretoria have more than 500 000 files each.

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HP B6960-96035 manual Current ABC Cape Town backup topology