About SQL Server backups and restores in an SAP environment
Note:
SQL Server in an SAP environment is not supported for SQL Server Intelligent Policy.
With NetBackup you can perform scheduled SAP backups, in accordance with a predefined backup strategy, or manual backups. These backups may not be planned and may be necessary in exceptional situations. The practices that are described here are based on the practices SAP recommends in SAP/MS SQL Server DBA in CCMS.
The NetBackup backup and restore procedures for the SAP R/3 database are identical to the NetBackup procedures with any other SQL Server database.
You can create scripts to perform full or differential backups of databases and backups of transaction logs. In addition to the database backups and restores, NetBackup also provides the capabilities to back up the SAP file systems.