Integrating SAP R/3 and Data Protector

Backing Up an SAP R/3 Database

Backup Methods

NOTE

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Backing Up an SAP R/3 Database

To run a backup of an SAP R/3 database, use any of the following methods:

•Schedule a backup of an existing SAP R/3 backup specification using the Data Protector Scheduler. See “Scheduling a Backup” on

page 198.

•Start an interactive backup of an existing SAP R/3 backup specification using the Data Protector GUI or the Data Protector CLI. See “Running an Interactive Backup” on page 200.

•Start an interactive backup on SAP R/3 Database Servers using either the brbackup or the sapdba command. See “Using SAP R/3 Commands” on page 202.

If you use brbackup or sapdba to start a backup session, you do not receive any Data Protector messages about the progress of the session.

Messages from the Data Protector backup session are logged in the Data Protector database. SAP R/3 messages generated by the brbackup or sapdba commands are logged to the Data Protector database only if Data Protector is used to start the backup.

Concurrent backups of systems with the same Oracle SID in the same cell are not supported.

Configurable backup modes that were used in Data Protector versions earlier than A.03.00 are not supported in the current version of Data Protector. However, their functionality is now supported using templates.

Incremental

Before starting an incremental backup, ensure that the appropriate full

Backups

backup is done using the following option (note that this is valid for SAP

 

tools version 4.5 and later):

 

-m full (using BRBACKUP) or backup_mode=full (in the SAP

 

parameter file).

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