Requirements for using the SAP Agent

You can find a list of compatible operating systems, platforms, and applications at the following URL:

http://entsupport.symantec.com/umi/V-269-1

Other requirements are as follows:

  • The SAP Agent license key must be installed on the media server.

  • The SAP Agent must be installed on the SAP server.

  • The Backup Exec Remote Agent for Windows Systems must be installed on the SAP server.

    Note:

    The Backup Exec Remote Agent for Windows Systems is automatically installed on the SAP server as part of the SAP Agent installation.

  • All SAP databases that you want to back up must be placed in ARCHIVE_LOG mode. Also, Automatic Archival must be enabled using the database administration tools.

    See the SAP User Manual or your SAP Database Administrator’s Guide.

  • All Oracle databases that you want to back up must be managed by the SAP system.

  • BRTOOLS 6.40 must be installed on the Oracle server that is being backed up if you use Oracle 9.i. BRTOOLS 7 or 7.10 must be installed on the Oracle server that is being backed up if you use Oracle 10g.

  • The SAP Agent must be configured.

    See Configuring biparam.ini for the SAP Agent.

  • The backup operator must be a member of the ORA_DBA group.

  • You must create the ORA_<SID>_OPER group and add the backup user.

  • For RMAN backup and restore jobs, the Backup Exec Oracle Agent must be installed on the SAP server.

The SAP Agent follows the BC-BRI BACKINT Interface for ORACLE Databases specification, version 3.0.

Note:

The SAP Agent does not support the data that is stored on RAW partition types.

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Requirements for using the SAP Agent