HP Application Recovery Manager software Integration guide (March 2008)

1. On the SAP R/3 system on which you plan to start the backup, verify a backup
directly to disk, as follows:
brbackup -d disk -u user/password
If it fails, refer to the SAP Online help for instructions on how to execute a backup
to disk using the SAP backup utility.
2. On the SAP R/3 system on which you plan to start the backup, verify a restore
from the disk, as follows:
brrestore -d disk -u user/password
If it fails, refer to the SAP Online help for instructions on how to execute a restore
to disk using the SAP restore utility.
3. On the SAP R/3 system on which you plan to start the backup, verify that SAP
is configured properly.
Verifying the configuration
Before you begin this section, be sure that you completed all the steps provided in
the sections “Verifying the prerequisites (Oracle side)” on page 185 and
“Verifying the prerequisites (SAP side)” on page 187.
Perform the following verification steps, in numerical order, to verify that Application
Recovery Manager is configured properly:
1. On the application system, verify an Application Recovery Manager filesystem
backup of the SAP Database Server:
Perform a filesystem backup of the Oracle Server system so that you can eliminate
any potential communication problems between the Oracle Server and the
Application Recovery Manager Cell Manager system.
See the online Help index “standard backup procedure” for details about how
to do a filesystem backup.
If it fails, refer to the online Help for help with troubleshooting a filesystem
backup.
2. Verify the environment variable on the application system:
If you have to export some variables before starting the SAP backup utilities,
Oracle Server Manager, or the TNS listener, set these environment variables
using the Application Recovery Manager GUI.
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