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Veritas NetBackup™ for SAP Administrator's Guide

Last Published: 2018-02-16

Product(s): NetBackup (8.1.1, 8.1)

Introduction to NetBackup for SAP
1. About NetBackup for SAP
2. Features of NetBackup for SAP
3. Technical overview of NetBackup for SAP
4. Sequence of operation for NetBackup for SAP
5. Using NetBackup for SAP on Oracle databases without RMAN
6. Using NetBackup for SAP on Oracle databases with RMAN
7. SAP tools overview
8. NetBackup for SAP on MaxDB databases
Introduction to NetBackup SAP HANA
1. About NetBackup for SAP HANA
2. NetBackup for SAP HANA databases
Installing NetBackup for SAP
1. Planning the installation of NetBackup for SAP
2. Verifying the operating system and platform compatibility
3. NetBackup server and client requirements
4. SAP server software requirementsSAP server software requirements for NetBackup for SAP
5. Requirements for using NetBackup for SAP in a NetBackup cluster
6. Configuration and licensing requirements for NetBackup for SAP with Snapshot Client
7. About the license for NetBackup for SAP
8. Copying the SAP binary file (Windows Oracle databases without RMAN only)
9. Linking NetBackup for SAP with backint (UNIX or Linux Oracle databases without RMAN only)
10. Linking the Oracle instances with the SBT library (UNIX or Linux Oracle databases with RMAN only)
Installing NetBackup for SAP HANA
1. Planning the installation
2. Verifying the operating system and platform compatibility for NetBackup for SAP HANA
3. NetBackup server and client requirements for NetBackup for SAP HANA
4. SAP HANA software requirements for NetBackup for SAP HANA
Configuring NetBackup for SAP
1. About configuring NetBackup for SAP
2. About configuring a backup policy for an SAP database
3. NetBackup for SAP backup scripts
4. Configuring the logon account for the NetBackup Client Service for NetBackup for SAP
5. About SAP configuration files
6. Backing up files mounted with LOFS with NetBackup for SAP (UNIX or Linux)
7. About permissions for NetBackup for SAP log files (UNIX)
8. Reviewing the auto-discovered mappings in Host Management
9. Configuring the Maximum jobs per client for NetBackup for SAP
10. Performing a manual backup
11. Testing multiple concurrent backup jobs for NetBackup for SAP for Oracle (without RMAN)
Configuring NetBackup for SAP HANA
1. About configuring the master and the media servers
2. Configuring the media server for NetBackup SAP HANA
3. Configuring the master server for NetBackup SAP HANA
4. Configuring the NetBackup client
  1. Updating the initsap.utl file
5. Configuring the SAP HANA Agent
  1. Node level configuration
  2. SAP HANA backint configuration
6. Configuring SAP HANA Instance for redirected restore
Performing backups and restores of SAP
1. Using NetBackup for SAP to perform a backup
2. Using BRTools to start an SAP backup (for Oracle database only)
  1. Performing an SAP offline backup with SAPDBA
  2. Performing brbackup online SAP backups
3. Performing an SAP archive
  1. Using the NetBackup multiple copies feature to create an SAP archive
  2. Using two brarchive commands in sequence to create an SAP archive
4. Performing SAP restores using the SAPDBA utility (SAP on Oracle databases only)
5. Redirecting a restore to a different client (SAP on Oracle databases only)
6. SAP redirected restore sample environment (UNIX)
7. Disaster recovery using BRRECOVER
8. Restarting failed NetBackup for SAP backups and restores
  1. Restarting NetBackup for SAP backups
  2. Restarting SAP database restores on Oracle
Performing backups and restores of SAP HANA
1. About backup and restore of SAP HANA
2. Using the SAP HANA studio for backup
3. Using the SAP HANA studio for restore
4. Using SAP HANA studio for SAP HANA instance redirected restore
NetBackup for SAP with Snapshot Client
1. NetBackup for SAP with Snapshot Client overview
2. Using NetBackup for SAP with Snapshot Client to back up large databases
3. How the NetBackup for SAP Snapshot Client works
4. Configuration requirements for snapshot backups with NetBackup for SAP
5. About configuring Snapshot Client with NetBackup for SAP
6. About configuring NetBackup for SAP block-level incremental backups on UNIX
7. About restoring individual files from a NetBackup for SAP snapshot backup
8. About NetBackup for SAP restores of volumes and file systems using snapshot rollback
9. About NetBackup for SAP sample backup scripts (UNIX or Linux)
10. About NetBackup for SAP sample backup scripts (Windows)
11. Mixing RMAN stream and RMAN proxy NetBackup for SAP backups
12. Performing user-directed snapshot backups with NetBackup for SAP
NetBackup for SAP on MaxDB databases
1. About NetBackup for SAP on MaxDB databases
2. About configuring NetBackup for SAP on MaxDB databases
3. Creating a backup medium for NetBackup for SAP
4. Using NetBackup for SAP on a MaxDB database to perform backups and restores
Troubleshooting NetBackup for SAP and SAP HANA
1. About troubleshooting NetBackup for SAP
2. NetBackup debug logs and reports
3. sapdba logs and messages (Oracle-based SAP environments only)
  1. NetBackup for SAP backup and restore log files
  2. NetBackup for SAP archive log files
4. Minimizing timeout failures on large database restores
5. About troubleshooting NetBackup for SAP HANA
6. Disaster recovery of an SAP Hana database
Appendix A. backint command line interface
1. About backint command line interface for SAP
  1. About the BC-BRI BACKINT Interface
2. About backint command line interface for SAP HANA
Appendix B. Input and output files for SAP HANA
1. About input and output files for SAP HANA
Appendix C. backint -i in_file contents
1. About backint -i in_file contents
Appendix D. backint -o out_file contents
1. About backint -o out_file contents
Appendix E. NetBackup for SAP environment variables for backint
1. NetBackup for SAP backint interface environment variables
Appendix F. NetBackup for SAP configuration or bp.conf file settings
1. NetBackup for SAP configuration or bp.conf file settings
Appendix G. Parameters used in initSID.utl
1. About parameters used in initSID.utl
2. initSID.utl parameter summary
3. backup_stream_buffersize <size>
4. client <client_name>
5. custom_sort_file <file_path>
6. drives <number_of_drives>
7. inquiry_query_period <months>
8. master_time_offset <minutes> (UNIX or Linux)
9. multistream_restore
10. policy <policy_name>
11. policy2 <policy_name>
12. restore_stream_buffersize <size>
13. retry_backup <number_of_retries>
14. schedule <schedule_name>
15. schedule2 <schedule_name>
16. server <server_name>
17. sort_backup_type <value>
  1. sort_backup_type custom
  2. sort_backup_type device
  3. sort_backup_type drive
  4. sort_backup_type size (default)
18. sort_restore_type <value>
  1. sort_restore_type custom
  2. sort_restore_type drive
  3. sort_restore_type image (default)
19. switch_list <control_file_path>
20. switch_log <control_file_path>
21. switch_sem <control_file_path>
Appendix H. Configuring split mirror backups
1. About configuring split mirror backups
2. Local-host snapshot method: nbu_snap (Solaris SPARC platform only)
3. Local-host snapshot method: VxVM (Solaris SPARC, HP-UX, Windows)
4. Local-host snapshot method: VxFS_Checkpoint (UNIX or Linux)
5. Off-host alternate client, FlashSnap method
6. Off-host alternate client, VVR method (Solaris SPARC, HP-UX)
7. Hardware array-based snapshot method: Hitachi Shadow Image, EMC TimeFinder, HP Business Copy (UNIX or Linux)
Appendix I. Register authorized locations
1. Registering authorized locations used by a NetBackup database script-based policy

Modifying the bsi.env file (NetBackup for SAP on MaxDB databases)

The bsi.env file specifies the following:

The backint for MaxDB program's location, which is NetBackup for SAP on MaxDB.
How to communicate with backint.

The database manager uses this information when it performs backups and restores.

bsi.env is the default name for this configuration file. If you want to change this name, you can specify a different name in the BSI_ENV environment variable in the MaxDB user environment.

Table: bsi.env file parameters lists the parameters that you can include in the bsi.env file.

Table: bsi.env file parameters

Parameter	Description
BACKINT /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/backint BACKINT <install_path>\Veritas\NetBackup \bin\backint.exe	Specifies the absolute path and file name of the backint for MaxDB program.
INPUT absolute_path/file_name INPUT absolute_path\file_name OUTPUT absolute_path/file_name OUTPUT absolute_path\file_name ERROROUTPUT absolute_path/file_name ERROROUTPUT absolute_path\file_name	The INPUT parameter specifies the absolute path and file name of the standard input file. The OUTPUT parameter specifies the absolute path and file name of the standard output file. The ERROROUTPUT file specifies the absolute path and file name of the standard error output file. The database manager creates these files temporarily and uses them for standard input, output, and error output for backint for MaxDB.
PARAMETERFILE absolute_path/file_name PARAMETERFILE absolute_path\file_name	Specifies the absolute path and file name of the configuration file for the backint for MaxDB program, initSAP.utl.
TIMEOUT_SUCCESS seconds	The number of seconds after which the backup tool exits and after the database kernel has copied all data successfully. Default is 300. This value is the period of time after which the database manager terminates the backup tool if all data has been copied to the pipes. Note that the backup tool always exits after this defined period. This exit occurs whether all the data is copied from the database kernel is backed up by the backup tool or not.
TIMEOUT_FAILURE seconds	This parameter is effective only if the database kernel has stopped the backup due to an error. In such a case, seconds specifies the number of seconds after which the backup tool exits. Default is 300. Allow enough time for the backup tool to save all the data that the database kernel copies. The backup tool always exits when this timeout is reached, even if not all of the copied data has been saved yet. However, do not specify too much time. You risk a situation in which a backup that is stopped by the database kernel blocks other backups, such as automatic nightly backups, from being started.
ORIGINAL_RUNDIRECTORY absolute_path	Specifies the absolute path of the run directory of the source database. The default value is the run directory of the current database instance. This value is case-sensitive. Specify this parameter only for a migration. The following prerequisite must be met for migration from one computer to another: The version of backint for MaxDB that you use is capable of backing up from the source computer available on the target computer.

To create a MaxDB configuration file

Use a text editor to create the MaxDB configuration file, bsi.env.
You can give the MaxDB configuration file a name other than bsi.env. If so, edit the BSI_ENV environment variable and include the full path to this file.

Use the parameters to specify backup characteristics.

You must include the following parameters in bsi.env: BACKINT, INPUT, OUTPUT, ERROROUTPUT, and PARAMETERFILE. All other parameters are optional.

The following is an example of a file with the minimum configuration specified:

UNIX or Linux:

BACKINT /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/backint
INPUT /export/home/sapdb/logs/backint.in
OUTPUT /export/home/sapdb/logs/backint.out
ERROROUTPUT /export/home/sapdb/logs/backint.err
PARAMETERFILE /export/home/sapdb/indep_data/wrk/initSAP.utl

Windows:

BACKINT install_path\NetBackup\bin\backint
INPUT C:\sapdb\logs\backint.in
OUTPUT C:\sapdb\logs\backint.out
ERROROUTPUT C:\sapdb\logs\backint.err
PARAMETERFILE C:\sapdb\indep_data\wrk\initSAP.utl

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