Overview

Veeam Plug-In for SAP MaxDB uses the backup and restore functionality of SAP MaxDB built-in functionality and transfers backups to Veeam backup repositories. For details, see How Veeam Plug-In for SAP MaxDB Works.

With the configured Veeam Plug-In, you can perform full, incremental or log backups for SAP MaxDB databases. Use Veeam Plug-In to back up databases in the following cases:

• If you want the database administrator to fully control the backup and recovery processes.
• If you want to back up and restore individual databases.
• If you want to use existing scripts or external schedulers.

• If you use high availability disaster recovery (HADR).

You can install Veeam Plug-In manually on the computer whose databases you want to protect and use the Veeam Backup & Replication console to initiate and manage the Veeam Plug-In backup operations. For backup operations, use the SAP MaxDB functionality. Veeam Plug-In transfers backup data to the Veeam backup repository and stores the data in the Veeam proprietary format for backups. To learn more about backup operations, see Data Backup.

In case of malware activity or unplanned actions, you can perform restore operations based on the backup data transferred by Veeam Plug-In to the Veeam Backup & Replication backup repositories. All restore operations are performed on the SAP MaxDB side. To learn more about restore operations with Veeam Plug-In, see Data Restore.