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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ for SAP Administrator's Guide
  3. Configuring NetBackup for SAP
  4. About configuring NetBackup for SAP
Veritas NetBackup™ for SAP Administrator's Guide

About configuring NetBackup for SAP

Before attempting to configure NetBackup for SAP, verify that your environment meets the prerequisites and perform any other configuration that is required.

After you complete the installation, follow the procedures in to configure your environment.

Note:

If you use NetBackup for SAP on an Oracle database, all the configuration topics apply. If you use NetBackup for SAP on a MaxDB database, differences are noted in these topics. Also see the information on how to use NetBackup for SAP on MaxDB databases.

Table: Steps to configure NetBackup for SAP

Step

Action

Description

Step 1

Configuring a backup policy.

See About configuring a backup policy for SAP .

Step 2

Create backup scripts.

See NetBackup for SAP backup scripts.

Step 3

(Windows) Configure the logon account for the NetBackup Client Service

See Configuring the logon account for the NetBackup Client Service for NetBackup for SAP .

Step 4

Edit SAP configuration files.

See About SAP configuration files.

Step 5

(UNIX or Linux) Configure the backups of files that are mounted with LOFS.

See Backing up files mounted with LOFS with NetBackup for SAP (UNIX or Linux).

Step 6

(UNIX and Linux) Configure the permissions for log files.

See About permissions for NetBackup for SAP log files (UNIX).

Step 7

Test the configuration settings.

See Performing a manual backup.

Step 8

Test multiple drives.

See Testing multiple concurrent backup jobs for NetBackup for SAP for Oracle (without RMAN).

More Information

About NetBackup for SAP on MaxDB databases

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