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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ for SAP Administrator's Guide
  3. NetBackup for SAP on MaxDB databases
  4. Using NetBackup for SAP on a MaxDB database to perform backups and restores
  5. Performing a MaxDB database restore
Veritas NetBackup™ for SAP Administrator's Guide

Performing a MaxDB database restore

The following procedure shows you how to perform a MaxDB database restore using NetBackup for SAP.

To perform a restore

  1. To obtain the external backup identification information, perform a query.

  2. Type the following command to initiate the restore:

    dbmcli> recover_start medium_name backup_type ExternalBackupId "database_name BID medium_path"

    where:

    medium_name

    Name of the backup medium.

    backup_type

    Specify either DATA, PAGES, or LOG.

    BID

    The external backup identifier. This information is returned when you perform a backup.

    database_name

    Name of the SAP database.

    medium_path

    Specify full path to the named pipe.

    For example, /export/home/medium1 or \\.\PIPE\medium1.

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Performing a MaxDB database query

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