Zero Downtime Backup of MaxDB database with HP Data Protector

Executive summary

At the moment, there is no official DP-MaxDB interface to perform Zero Downtime Backup (ZDB) and

Instant Recovery for Data Protector versions 5.5, 6.0, as well as 6.1. However, it is possible to

perform ZDB using a scripted solution. This white paper provides the procedure on how to ZDB a

MaxDB instance and potentially restore it to any point in time or to the latest point in time.

Supported systems

The MaxDB ZDB solution presented in this document has been tested on a combination of MaxDB 7.6

and Data Protector 6.1 on Windows 2003 32 bit OS in conjunction with EVA snapshot functionality.

This combination is supported.

The MaxDB ZDB solution may also work on other operating systems, like HP-UX and Linux variants.

However, these combinations have not been tested, and therefore, not supported.

Note

Do not modify the scripted MaxDB ZDB solution presented in this document.

Modification

s are not supported and you will end up operating in an

unsupported configuration.

For latest support information on Data Protector 6.1 and MaxDB, see Data Protector’s Platform and

Integration Support matrix. You can navigate to it from www.hp.com/go/dataprotector

, click Support

Matrices, click HP Data Protector V6.1 Software, and click General Reference.

Introduction

Data Protector

HP Data Protector Software is backup and disaster-recovery software that provides reliable data

protection and high accessibility for your fast-growing business data. Data Protector offers

comprehensive backup and restore functionality specifically tailored for enterprise-wide and

distributed environments. Data Protector can be used in environments ranging from a single system to

thousands of systems on several sites. Due to the network component concept of Data Protector,

elements of the backup infrastructure can be placed in the topology according to user requirements.

The numerous backup options and alternatives to setting up a backup infrastructure allow the

implementation of virtually any configuration you want.

HP Data Protector enables you to back up to a large number of backup devices simultaneously. It

supports high-end devices in very large libraries. Various backup possibilities, such as local backup,

network backup, online backup, disk image backup, synthetic backup, backup with object mirroring,

and built-in support for parallel data streams allow you to tune your backups to best fit your

requirements.

As Data Protector supports heterogeneous environments, most features are common to the UNIX and

Windows platforms.