Complete the Databases Guided Setup for SAP MaxDB

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

Go to the Databases Guided Setup

From the navigation pane, go to Guided setup.

The Welcome page appears.
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.
From the Configure Database Server wizard, select SAP for MaxDB.

Click NEXT.

The backup 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 backup plan that you can use, you can skip this step.

Note

To create a backup plan, you must have the Plan creator role assigned to your user account.

Go to Configure Database Server wizard.

You can select an existing backup plan or add a new backup plan.
To add a new backup plan, click the Add icon available on the right side of the Search Plans by plan name box.

The Create backup plan dialog box appears.
If you only want to create a backup plan and skip the other advanced options, enter the following details:
- In the Plan name box, enter the name of the backup plan.
- In the Storage box, select an existing storage from the storage list.
- From the Retention rules section, select a retention plan.
- Click DONE.
If you want to create a backup plan with advanced options, click For advanced options click here option at the bottom of the dialog box.

The Create backup plan wizard appears.

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

Settings	Steps
General	Enter the following information: Choose whether to create a new backup plan or use a base plan. If you selected Create a new plan, in the Plan name, enter a name for the backup plan. If you selected Use existing base plan, specify the backup plan name and select a base plan. It allows you to create a backup plan by inheriting setting from a base plan.
Backup destinations	Click Add copy. The Add copy dialog box appears. In Name, enter a name for the backup destination. 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. To specify the start time for backups on a specific date and later, move the Backups On and After toggle key to the right. For Retention rules, enter the amount of time to retain the backups. To specify additional backups, such as weekly full backups, move the Extended retention rules toggle key to the right, and then add rules. Click SAVE.

Settings

Steps

General

Enter the following information:
1. Choose whether to create a new backup plan or use a base plan.
2. If you selected Create a new plan, in the Plan name, enter a name for the backup plan.
3. If you selected Use existing base plan, specify the backup plan name and select a base plan. It allows you to create a backup plan by inheriting setting from a base plan.

Backup destinations

Click Add copy.

The Add copy dialog box appears.
In Name, enter a name for the backup destination.
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.
To specify the start time for backups on a specific date and later, move the Backups On and After toggle key to the right.
For Retention rules, enter the amount of time to retain the backups.
To specify additional backups, such as weekly full backups, move the Extended retention rules toggle key to the right, and then add rules.
Click SAVE.