Using NetBackup for SAP on a MaxDB database to perform backups and restores
SAP on a MaxDB database does not include the BR*Tools. Instead SAP provides completely different methods of initiating a backup or restore.
You can initiate backup and restore operations through the MaxDB administrative interface when you invoke one of the following interfaces:
DBM GUI
DBM CLI
Web DBM
For example, when you use the MaxDB administrative interface through the DBM CLI, the following occurs:
The DBM CLI communicates with the MaxDB server, which creates one or more named pipes.
The MaxDB server streams the data from the MaxDB instance to the named pipes.
The MaxDB server calls NetBackup for SAP with a list of named pipes.
NetBackup for SAP reads named pipes and sends data to NetBackup.
In case of a restore, the process is same except that data goes from NetBackup for SAP to the MaxDB server by the named pipes.