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.
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.
Name |
Key |
Description |
More information |
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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, |
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/ |
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 |
You have connected the backup tool to your system.
More information:
Documentation for the third-party backup tool
Connecting Third-Party Backup Tools, Connecting Third-Party Backup Tools
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
Use the normal backup and restore functions.
More information:
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).
Database Studio, Defining Backup Templates
Loader, Exporting and Importing Using Third-Party Backup Tools
SAP Note 822240
Certification of Third-Party Backup Tools
See