HP Application Recovery Manager software Integration guide (March 2008)

Database recovery scenarios ............................................................... 129
Example of an RMAN recovery script .................................................... 131
Monitoring sessions ......................................................................................... 132
Monitoring current sessions ........................................................................ 133
Viewing previous sessions .......................................................................... 133
Troubleshooting ............................................................................................... 134
Before you begin ...................................................................................... 134
Checks and verifications ............................................................................ 134
Problems .................................................................................................. 136
3 Application Recovery Manager SAP R/3 integration .......... 139
Introduction .................................................................................................... 139
Integration concepts ........................................................................................ 140
ZDB flow ................................................................................................. 141
Application Recovery Manager SAP R/3 configuration file ................................... 143
Setting, retrieving, listing, and deleting Application Recovery Manager SAP R/3
configuration file parameters using the CLI ................................................... 145
Configuring the integration ............................................................................... 148
Prerequisites ............................................................................................. 149
Before you begin ...................................................................................... 149
Cluster-aware clients .................................................................................. 150
Configuring users ...................................................................................... 150
Configuring SQL*Net V2 or Net8 TNS listener ............................................. 152
Checking the connection ............................................................................ 153
Authentication password file ....................................................................... 153
Enabling archived logging ......................................................................... 154
Sharing directories on the application system ................................................ 155
HP-UX application system .................................................................... 156
Windows application system ................................................................ 156
Configuring SAP R/3 databases ................................................................. 157
Before you begin ................................................................................ 157
Using the Application Recovery Manager GUI ....................................... 157
Using the Application Recovery Manager CLI ......................................... 161
Checking the configuration ........................................................................ 163
Using the Application Recovery Manager GUI ....................................... 163
Using the Application Recovery Manager CLI ......................................... 164
Configuring the SAP R/3 parameter file ....................................................... 165
Backup .......................................................................................................... 165
Limitations ................................................................................................ 165
Considerations ........................................................................................ 166
Backing up with third–party backup software ......................................... 166
Creating backup specifications ................................................................... 166
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