Unique SAP Features :

• “Hot” backup
• Seamless integration of SAP R/3 backup tools
• Raw data backups
• Backint command line interface support
• Parallel backup support
• Selectable backup operations

NetVault Features:

• Uses native NetVault API for application integration
• Easy to use administration GUI for UNIX, N T, and Linux
• Point and click install of APM to servers or clients across networks
• Extensive media verification
• Thre shold - triggered backup
• Allows pre and post processing scripts
• Supports raw devices and file systems
• Extensive low level error checking, logging and re p o rt i n g
• Turbo Vault provides tunable shared main memory and block size for optimized performance
• Local or remote backup and recovery
• SAN LAN-free backup
• Duplication for off-site disaster re c o v e ry
• Dynamically Shared Devices (DSDTM) allows library sharing across SANs or shared SCSI
• DirecS ANTM client transfer eliminates the backup server from the data path for maximum SAN perf o rm a n c e
• Disk staging for increased performance across networks
• Supports as many data streams as there a re devices
• Standard, non-proprietary tape formats, CPIO for UNIX and MTF for NT

Information is a growing and priceless asset for all organizations. SAP R/3 is the most widely accepted enterp rise resource planning application on the market. With the growing size and importance of SAP R/3 data sets comes the cri t i c a l need to protect its core asset – data. It is essential for administrators to back u p and restore a SAP R/3 server with little or no impact on users.

S t o r age Management for SAP R/3 Administrators

The SAP R/3 Backint Application Plugin Module (APM) provides increased application availability via fast, online backup of SAP R / 3 databases in UNIX and W i n d ow sT MNT environments.The APM includes a wide va riety of import ant features such as hot back up, integration with SAP R/3 backup tools, parallel backup support and selectable backup operations.

Hot backup : With NetVault’s SAP R/3 APM, user databases may remain online and fully accessible during backup operations, assuring zero downtime for users.

Seamless integration of SAP R/3 backup tools: The SAP R/3 Backint APM seamlessly integrates Net Vault and the existing SAP R/3 backup tools, enabling backups to be performed directly from SAP R/3.

Support for raw data back up : In UNIX environments, users may backup raw data including device, bu f fered files or pipes.

Command line interface: User jobs may be submitted using a console or comm a n d line interface. Using Backint command line options, all features provided by NetVault backup jobs are supported .

Parallel backup support : Backups may be split into multiple jobs for parallel execution and load balancing.

Selectable backup operations: Back up only what is needed with the SAP R/3 APM . Using a command line interface, administrators can specify individual files, directories or back up the entire system.