Zero Downtime Backup of MaxDB database with HP Data Protector

Performing a MaxDB archive logfiles restore

This section explains how to configure a restore of MaxDB ZDB archive logfiles, which will be used

during recovery process.

Note: You should have already performed a MaxDB datafiles restore, as described in the previous

Performing a MaxDB datafiles restore

section on page 30.

MaxDB archive logfiles are backed up by running a MaxDB-DP integration backup specification in

Trans mode, so to restore the logfiles, you need to restore MaxDB-DP integration objects containing

archive logfiles.

MaxDB archive logfiles can be restored using either Data Protector’s GUI or CLI. For brevity, the

following section only describes how to restore logfiles using the GUI.

If the logfiles required for restore were backed up in several sessions, restore each of those archive

logfile sessions one after the other. Before restoring the last archive log session, choose the appropriate

Recovery options. You may elect only to complete the restore and not follow it with a recovery process

in the Data Protector GUI, in which case you must finish the recovery with MaxDB dbmcli commands.

Therefore to finish the recovery process after restoring the appropriate MaxDB archive logfiles, you have

the option of choosing between the Data Protector GUI or MaxDB dbmcli commands.

The following two sub-sections describe the procedure of restoring MaxDB archive logfiles using Data

Protector GUI and MaxDB dbmcli commands.

Restoring and recovering with the Data Protector GUI

Figure 22. MaxDB archive logfiles restore selection dialog box