You can perform IntelliSnap backups on the SAP Oracle database files of the split-mirror disks. You must perform these backups on a backup (proxy) server instead of a production server using BRBACKUP tool through the Splitint Interface. This will allow you to offload your production server from data protection operations as these operations are now moved and performed on the proxy server. You can control the splitting and synchronization of the split-mirror disks using BRBACKUP. BRBACKUP also communicates with the production database to obtain the information about the database structure and stores all results of the backups. This process allows the Computing Center Management System (CCMS) to monitor the backups in the SAP production system.
You can use the backint util_file interface to perform an IntelliSnap backup of the split-mirror disks on the production server. Later, you can even mount these snapshots on the proxy or production server and copy any data file needed. You can also perform restores on the production or proxy server either from the snapshots or the snap copies depending upon the selected copy precedence.