Technical overview of NetBackup for SAP
Figure: NetBackup for SAP environment on an Oracle or MaxDB database shows the major components in a NetBackup for SAP configuration. The server that is hosting the Oracle or the MaxDB database must be a NetBackup client. It must also have NetBackup for SAP licensed.
NetBackup for SAP assumes either an Oracle or a MaxDB database as the underlying database.
The following additional components are present depending on the underlying database:
In an Oracle environment, the SAP tools perform database-related tasks. The brbackup, brarchive, and brrestore utilities communicate with NetBackup through the NetBackup for SAP backint interface. The sapdba component of SAP tools also communicates with NetBackup through the backint interface. The component queries the NetBackup image catalog and determines the status of backup images. The component also accesses the backup catalog used by NetBackup in order to determine the status of the valid backups.
In a MaxDB environment, you initiate backups and restores through the MaxDB administrative interface. This interface can be the database manager graphical user interface (DBM GUI), the database manager command line interface (DBM CLI), and the Web database manager (Web DBM).