Specifications

110 Optimizing IBM Netfinity Servers for SAP R/3 and Windows NT
Version 2 or Version 3 server platform, which can be different from the database
platform.
4.5 ADSM and SAP: A Powerful Combination
ADSM integrates with both your SAP R/3 system and your database tools,
enabling the entire environment to be backed up, including database files such as
executables, control files, and user data. IBM’s SAP R/3 database backup and
recovery solution includes the following building blocks:
• Database-specific administration utilities for Oracle, Informix, DB2, and
Microsoft SQL Server databases
• An interface agent between the database and the ADSM
• A client to backup/restore SAP R/3 non-database files using ADSM's
incremental backup/restore functions
4.6 Flexible SAP R/3 Protection
ADSM can be configured to use your existing infrastructure and resources
efficiently. ADSM can help safeguard Oracle, DB2, and Microsoft SQL Server
databases in an SAP R/3 environment through each database's backup/restore
utilities. ADSM also supports ADABAS databases in an SAP R/3 environment
through a special service offering (ADINT/ADSM) that interfaces with ADABAS's
utilities.
A variety of techniques can be used with ADSM to help protect an Oracle
database in an SAP R/3 environment. The first is SAP's Oracle Backup tool. IBM
Backup/Restore Interface for Oracle for SAP R/3 (BACKINT/ADSM) seamlessely
integrates the SAP R/3 Oracle database backup/restore administration utilities
(SAP BRBACKUP and BRARCHIVE) with ADSM. SAP BRBACKUP and
BRARCHIVE provide a list of data to be backed up to BACKINST/ADSM. Then
BACKINT/ADSM sends the list to one or more ADSM servers. Certified by SAP,
this solution for Oracle databases provides the following capabilities:
• Online/offline backup for SAP R/3 databases, log files, redo logs, and
system-direct restore
• High-speed backup/restore through parallelism
• Automatic management of saved backups, storage devices, and media
• Alternate backup paths can improve performance and enable backups to
continue even when there are problems on the network