Complete the Databases Guided Setup for SAP MaxDB

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The Databases guided setup guides you through creating a server plan and adding an SAP MaxDB database server.

Go to the Databases Guided Setup

  1. From the navigation pane, go to Guided setup.

    The Welcome page appears.

  2. On the Protect tab, in the Databases tile, click Configure.

    the database Guided setup page appears.

    Note

    If you click Go To App, the database Instances tab appears.

  3. From the Configure Database Server wizard, select SAP for MaxDB.

    Click NEXT.

Create a Server Plan That You Can Use for SAP MaxDB

The server plan defines how often the software backs up the database and the log files, and where it stores the backups.

If you already have a server plan that you can use, you can skip this step.

Note

  • The backups scheduled from the server plans are not honored for SAP For MaxDB.

  • The RPO settings are not honored for the SAP MaxDB.

  • SAPMaxDB does not support Multi-region support.

Before You Begin

To create a server plan, you must have the Plan Creator Role assigned to your user account.

Procedure

  1. Go to Configure Database Server wizard.

    You can select an existing server plan or add a new server plan.

  2. To add a new server plan, click the Add icon available on the right side of the Search Plans by plan name box.

    The Create server backup plan dialog box appears.

  3. If you only want to create a server backup plan and skip the other advanced options, enter the following details:

    • In the Plan name box, enter the name of the server plan.

    • In the Storage box, select an existing storage from the storage list.

    • From the Retention rules section, select a retention plan.

    • Click DONE.

  4. If you want to create a server backup plan with advanced options, click For advanced options click here option at the bottom of the dialog box.

    The Create Server Backup Plan wizard appears.

  5. Specify the settings for a server plan that you can use for the SAP MaxDB instance.

    Settings

    Steps

    General

    1. Fill in the following plan information:

      1. Choose whether to create a new plan or use a base plan.

      2. If you selected Create a new plan, in the Plan name, enter a name for the server plan.

      3. If you selected Use existing base plan, specify the plan name and select a Base plan. It allows you to create a plan by inheriting setting from base plan.

    Backup destinations

    1. Click Add copy.

      The Add copy dialog box appears.

    2. In Name, enter a name for the backup destination.

    3. From the Storage list, select the storage to use for the backups.

      You can use the Air Gap Protect cool storage class for creating secondary copies, but not for creating primary copies.

    4. To specify the start time for backups on a specific date and later, move the Backups On and After toggle key to the right.

    5. For Retention rules, enter the amount of time to retain the backups.

    6. To specify additional backups, such as weekly full backups, move the Extended retention rules toggle key to the right, and then add rules.

    7. Click SAVE.

  6. Click SUBMIT.