Table 8 on page 164 shows which restore methods are available, depending on the
ZDB session you restore from.
Table 8 Backup and restore sessions
Restore methodsZDB type
Standard restoreZDB to tape
Instant recoveryZDB to disk
Standard restore, instant recoveryZDB to disk+tape
When the restore completes, you can recover the database to a specific point in time
using the SAP BRTOOLS interface.
Table 9 Supported disk arrays and array configurations
Supported configurationsSupported array
TimeFinder, SRDF, combined SRDF+TimeFinderEMC Symmetrix
BC, CA, combined BC+CAHP StorageWorks Disk Array XP
(XP)
BC, combined CA+BCHP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual
Array (EVA)
BCHP StorageWorks Virtual Array
(VA)
This chapter provides information specific to the Data Protector SAP R/3 ZDB
integration. For general Data Protector procedures and options, see the online Help.
For details on ZDB terminology, ZDB types, advantages of offline and online backups,
and instant recovery concepts, see the HP Data Protector zero downtime backup
concepts guide.
Integration concepts
Figure 41 on page 165 shows the architecture of the Data Protector SAP R/3 ZDB
integration. The figure illustrates the preferred configuration, in which the Oracle
control file, online redo log files, and Oracle SPFILE reside on a different volume
group than the Oracle data files.
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