Introducing CA ARCserve Backup Agents and Options › Using Options › Enterprise Option for SAP R/3 for Oracle › Introducing the Option › Option Integration with SAP R/3 for Oracle › How SAPDBA Backs Up Data

How SAPDBA Backs Up Data

The option performs backups with SAPDBA using the following steps:

1. A user issues a backup command from the SAPDBA user interface.

   SAPDBA directs the request to the backup option integration module.

2. The backup option integration module receives the backup request and passes it to the option.
3. The option passes the backup request to CA ARCserve Backup.
4. SAPDBA begins copying backup data from the database and passes it to the backup option integration module.
5. The backup option integration module passes the backup data to the option.
6. The option passes the backup data to CA ARCserve Backup.
7. CA ARCserve Backup saves the data to a storage medium.