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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ for SAP Administrator's Guide
  3. NetBackup for SAP on MaxDB databases
  4. Creating a backup medium for NetBackup for SAP
Veritas NetBackup™ for SAP Administrator's Guide

Creating a backup medium for NetBackup for SAP

As part of the configuration process, also create at least one backup medium. Create this medium before you perform any backups. databases require at least one backup medium before a backup or restore can be performed.

To create a backup medium

  • Use the DBM CLI interface and enter the following commands:
    OS_prompt% dbmcli -d database_name -u usr,passwd
    dbmcli> medium_put medium_name medium_path PIPE backup_type

    where

    database_name

    Name of the SAP database

    usr

    user name.

    passwd

    password.

    medium_name

    Name of the backup medium. The first four characters must be BACK. The medium_name must be in format BACKname. For example, BACKData.

    medium_path

    Full path to the named pipe. For example:

    /export/home/medium1

    or

    \\.\PIPE\medium1

    backup_type

    Specify one of the following:

    • DATA for a full data backup

    • PAGES for an incremental data backup

    • LOG for a log backup

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