Zero Downtime Backup of MaxDB database with HP Data Protector

 Repeat the above steps as many times as needed until you are certain that appropriate archive logs

have been restored to start recovery. However, with the last archive log restore session, you can

input the MaxDB recovery time, either to:

The latest version

Figure 25. Recovery option to the latest version

Use the option Use existing archive logs if when recovering to the latest version

Any particular point in time in the past

Figure 26. Recovery option to a particular time

Note: The backup admin must determine which archive log se

ssions hold the archive logs necessary

to achieve the recovery goal.

 Click Restore.

Recovering with MaxDB dbmcli

After restoring the MaxDB archive logfiles, if you have stopped short of performing a full recovery via

the Data Protector GUI, you can conclude the pending recovery job by using MaxDB dbmcli

commands.

See Using the MaxDB DBM CLI

section on page 28 to learn how to log into MaxDB’s CLI utility.

When you are logged in, issue the following commands to recover the database:

 To recover until the latest point in time:

dbmcli on MAXDB>db_warm –f

 To recover until a specific point in time:

dbmcli on MAXDB>db_warm -f -u 20090320 160441