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Use

You can use third-party backup tools to back up and restore data and log entries. Some of these backup tools are supported directly by SAP MaxDB. With operating system scripts, you can also use all other backup tools that can process backups from pipes, even if they are not directly supported by SAP MaxDB.

Caution

For backup tools not directly supported by SAP MaxDB: After the database system has backed up data to a pipe, it cannot check whether the backup was successful (the backup history does not offer reliable information in this case). Use your operating system script to check whether the backup was successful.

Table 1: Supported Third-Party Backup Tools

Name

Key

Description

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TSM (IBM/Tivoli)

TSM

You can connect TSM using the TSM client adint2.

Connecting Third-Party Backup Tools, Connecting to TSM

NetWorker (Legato)

NETWORKER

You can connect NetWorker using the command line clients SAVE, RECOVER and MMINFO that are included in the Networker software, or using the Backint for Oracle interface.

The command line clients deliver better performance.

Connecting Third-Party Backup Tools, Connecting to NetWorker,

Connecting to a Backint for Oracle Interface

NetBackup (Veritas)

BACKINT

-

Connecting Third-Party Backup Tools, Connecting to VERITAS NetBackup

All backup tools that support Backint for SAP MaxDB

BACKINT

Backint for SAP MaxDB is an interface that is supported by various third-party vendors.

Connecting Third-Party Backup Tools, Connecting to a Backint for SAP MaxDB Interface

For more information about the requirements for the Backint for SAP MaxDB interface, see http://maxdb.sap.com/archive/Information published on SAP site

All backup tools that support Backint for Oracle

BACKINT

Backint for Oracle is an interface that is supported by various third-party vendors.

Connecting Third-Party Backup Tools, Connecting to a Backint for Oracle Interface

Prerequisites

  • You have connected the backup tool to your system.

    More information:

  • You have created a backup template with the following properties:

    • Device Type: Pipe

    • Backup Tool: Identification code of the backup tool

    • Device/File: Operating system path of the pipe

    More information: Backup Templates and Data Carriers

Procedure

Use the normal backup and restore functions.

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Result

When data is backed up using a backup tool that is supported directly by the database system, each backup or data stream is given an external backup ID ( External Backup ID).

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Certification of Third-Party Backup Tools

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