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Use SnapManager for SAP to create the database profile and assign a protection policy

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You must create a profile in SnapManager for SAP, enable protection in the profile, and assign a protection policy to create a protected backup.

About this task

A profile contains information about the database being managed, including its credentials, backup settings, and protection settings for backups. After you create a profile, you do not need to specify database details each time you perform an operation. A profile can reference only one database, but that same database can be referenced by more than one profile.

Steps

  1. Go to the SnapManager for SAP client.

  2. From the Repositories tree, right-click the host, and select Create Profile.

  3. On the Profile Configuration Information page, enter the profile details, and click Next.

    Example

    You can enter the following information:

    • Profile name: P01_BACKUP

    • Profile password: payroll123

    • Comment: Production Payroll database

  4. On the Database Configuration Information pages, enter the database details, and click Next.

    Example

    You can enter the following information:

    • Database name: P01

    • Database SID: P01

    • Database host: Accept the default. Because you are creating a profile from a host in the repository tree, SnapManager displays the host name.

    • Host Account, representing the Oracle user account (for ora<sid>): orapayrolldb

    • Host Group, representing the Oracle group: dba

  5. On the Database Connection Information page, click Use database Authentication to allow users to authenticate using database information.

  6. Enter the database connection details and click Next.

    Example

    You can enter the following information:

    • SYSDBA Privileged User Name, representing the system database administrator who has administrative privileges: sys

    • Password (SYSDBA password): oracle

    • Port to connect to database host: 1527

  7. On the Snapshot Naming Information page, specify a naming convention for the Snapshots associated with this profile by selecting variables.

    The smid variable creates a unique snapshot identifier.

    Perform the following:

    1. In the Variable Token list, select usertext and click Add.

    2. Enter prod01.sample.com_ as the host name and click OK.

    3. Click Left until the host name appears just after smsap in the Format box.

    4. Click Next.

    The Snapshot naming convention of smsap_hostname_smsapprofile_dbsid_scope_mode_smid becomes "smsap_prpd01.sample.com_P01_BACKUP_P01_f_a_x" (where "f" indicates a full backup, "a" indicates the automatic mode, and "x" represents the unique SMID).

  8. Select Protection Manager Protection Policy.

    The Protection Manager Protection Policy enables you to select a protection policy that was configured by using NetApp Management Console.

  9. Select TechCo Payroll Data: Backup as the protection policy from the protection policies retrieved from NetApp Management Console, and click Next.

  10. On the Perform Operation page, verify the information and click Create.

  11. Click Operation Details to see information about the profile create operation and volume-based restore eligibility information.

Result

  • The assignment of a NetApp Management Console protection policy to the database profile automatically creates a nonconformant dataset, visible to the NetApp Management Console operator, with the name convention smsap_<hostname>_<profilename>, or in this example: smsap_prod01.sample.com_P01_BACKUP.

  • If the profile is not eligible for volume restore (also called "fast restore"), the following occurs:

    • The Results tab indicates that the profile creation was successful and that warnings occurred during the operation.

    • The Operation Details tab includes a WARNING log, which states the profile is not eligible for fast restore and explains why.