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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

Example: Restarting a NetBackup for SAP restore job (Windows)

This section shows how to restart a failed restore job. Assume that the you deliberately cancelled the job from the activity monitor. In reality, the job might fail due to different reasons.

This example shows the log messages that brrestore created while restoring the files for the CER database, using the following command:

brrestore -d util_file -b last -m all

The following are excerpts from the corresponding brrestore log file:

BR0280I BRRESTORE time stamp: 2006-05-18 23.18.15
BR0407I Restore of database: CER
BR0408I BRRESTORE action ID: rdsqcxdf
BR0409I BRRESTORE function ID: rsb
BR0449I Restore mode: ALL
BR0419I Files will be restored from backup: bdsqcwtl.aff 2006-05-18 23.14.01
BR0416I 19 files found to restore, total size 645.148 MB
BR0421I Restore device type: util_file
BR0134I Unattended mode with 'force' active - no operator confirmation allowed
  
BR0280I BRRESTORE time stamp: 2006-05-18 23.18.16
BR0229I Calling backup utility with function 'restore'...

BR0278I Command output of 'backint -u CER -f restore -I
C:\oracle\SUD\sapbackup\.rdsqcxdf.lst -t file -p C:\oracle\Ora920\dbs\initCER.utl
-c':

******************************************************************************

Program: backint 6.5
Input File: C:\oracle\SUD\sapbackup\.rdsqcxdf.lst
Profile: C:\oracle\Ora920\dbs\initCER.utl

Function: RESTORE
******************************************************************************
BR0280I BRRESTORE time stamp: 2006-05-18 23.18.57

#FILE..... C:\oracle\SUD\sapdata1\btabd_1\btabd.data1

#RESTORED. VXF1147974254
  
….
….
BR0280I BRRESTORE time stamp: 2006-05-18 23.18.57

#FILE..... C:\oracle\SUD\sapdata1\el46bi_1\el46bi.data1

#RESTORED. VXF1147974254
***********************************************************************
  
BR0374E 7 of 19 files restored by backup utility
BR0280I BRRESTORE time stamp: 2006-05-18 23.18.57
BR0231E Backup utility call failed

After you start the brrestore command, you cancel the restore job from the activity monitor. As the preceding log indicates, brrestore restored 7 out of the 19 files. You can restore the remaining files as part of a new brrestore session. In a production situation, you should identify and correct the cause of failure before restarting brrestore.

Enter the following command with the -f option to start brrestore:

brrestore -d util_file -m all -f last

The following output is an excerpt from the corresponding brrestore log file:

BR0453W Error message found in C:\oracle\SUD\sapbackup\rdsqcxdf.rsb:

'BR0374E 7 of 19 files restored by backup utility'

BR0453W Error message found in C:\oracle\SUD\sapbackup\rdsqcxdf.rsb:

'BR0231E Backup utility call failed'

BR0471W Restore C:\oracle\SUD\sapbackup\rdsqcxdf.rsb terminated with errors
  
BR0428W File C:\oracle\SUD\sapdata6\es46bd_1\es46bd.data1 will be overwritten

BR0280I BRRESTORE time stamp: 2006-05-18 23.19.20
BR0407I Restore of database: CER
BR0408I BRRESTORE action ID: rdsqcxfs
BR0409I BRRESTORE function ID: rsb
BR0449I Restore mode: ALL
BR0419I Files will be restored from backup: bdsqcwtl.aff 2006-05-18 23.14.01
BR0416I 12 files found to restore, total size 520.094 MB
BR0445I 7 files were already restored in the following run: rdsqcxdf.rsb
BR0421I Restore device type: util_file

brrestore checks the previous log file and finds that 12 files need to be restored and that 7 files are already restored. brrestore directs backint to restore the 12 files. The log file is as follows:

BR0134I Unattended mode with 'force' active - no operator confirmation allowed
  
BR0280I BRRESTORE time stamp: 2006-05-18 23.19.20
BR0229I Calling backup utility with function 'restore'...

BR0278I Command output of '/usr/sap/CER/SYS/exe/run/backint -u CER -f restore -I 
C:\oracle\SUD\sapbackup\.rdsqcxfs.lst -t file -p C:\oracle\Ora920\dbs\initCER.utl -c':

***********************************************************************

Program:/usr/sap/CER/SYS/exe/run/backint 6.5
Input File:C:\oracle\SUD\\sapbackup\.rdsqcxfs.lst
Profile:C:\oracle\Ora920\dbs\initCER.utl

Function:RESTORE
***********************************************************************
BR0280I BRRESTORE time stamp: 2006-05-18 23.20.09

#FILE..... C:\oracle\SUD\sapdata6\es46bd_1\es46bd.data1

#RESTORED. VXF1147974254
  
….
….
BR0280I BRRESTORE time stamp: 2006-05-18 23.20.09

#FILE..... C:\oracle\SUD\sapdata1\pooli_1\pooli.data1

#RESTORED. VXF1147974254
***********************************************************************
  
BR0280I BRRESTORE time stamp: 2006-05-18 23.20.09
BR0374I 12 of 12 files restored by backup utility
BR0230I Backup utility called successfully

As the preceding log shows, the remaining 12 files are restored successfully.

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