Other requirements are as follows:

• The SAP Agent license key must be installed on the media server.

• The SAP Agent must be installed on the SAP server.

• The Backup Exec Remote Agent for Windows Systems must be installed on the SAP server.

  Note:

  The Backup Exec Remote Agent for Windows Systems is automatically installed on the SAP server as part of the SAP Agent installation.

• All SAP databases that you want to back up must be placed in ARCHIVE_LOG mode. Also, Automatic Archival must be enabled using the database administration tools.

  See the SAP User Manual or your SAP Database Administrator's Guide.

• All Oracle databases that you want to back up must be managed by the SAP system.

• BRTOOLS 6.40 must be installed on the Oracle server that is being backed up if you use Oracle 9.i. BRTOOLS 7 or 7.10 must be installed on the Oracle server that is being backed up if you use Oracle 10g.

• The SAP Agent must be configured.

  See Configuring biparam.ini for the SAP Agent.

• The backup operator must be a member of the ORA_DBA group.

• You must create the ORA_<SID>_OPER group and add the backup user.

• For RMAN backup and restore jobs, the Backup Exec Oracle Agent must be installed on the SAP server.