Backup and

Recovery
Internal WebAS 6.40 J2EE Workshop
Advanced Class
AGSA WebAS Core Team
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Agenda

Backup / Recovery Considerations
Backup / Recovery of individual components


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Inconsistencies
Data in a System Landscape
In a system landscape
Business data is distributed over several
systems and transferred between them
Data is stored in different databases, with no
common checkpoint
Data is also stored in file systems
Consequences:
Data dependencies between systems
No common point of consistency across the
whole landscape
Requirements:
Distributed processes must ensure data
consistency
System failures may not have an impact on
data consistency
Consistent system copies of the whole
environment must be possible
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Aspects of a B&R concept
A backup and Recovery concept should answer the following
questions:
Which system components and which data need to be backed up
Which backup methods shall be used (online/offline)
How is data consistency between the system components
maintained
Is a Consistent System Landscape backup necessary and in which
situations?
What are the impacts of an incomplete recovery and which steps
need to be taken
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Architectural Overview Web AS 6.40
Which system components and which data need to be backed up?
Components
Internet Communication Manager
ABAP Instance
Database Instance
SCS Instance
SAP J2EE Engine 6.40
IGS (Internet Graphics Server)
Monitoring Tools /SAPCCMSR and
SAPOsCol)
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Agenda

Backup / Recovery Considerations
Backup / Recovery of individual components


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General Backup and Restore Strategies
With respect to backup and restore, two concepts are possible:
Backup and restore of a single system component
Consistent backup and restore of the complete system environment
In case of failure of a single system component, only this
component must be restored and recovered completely, to the point
of time of failure
SAP NetWeaver components perform data transfer in such a way that
any aborted transfer is reprocessed after the complete recovery of a
crashed component, that means data consistency is guaranteed
Therefore, every system component can be backed up and restored
individually and independently of the other ones
A consistent backup of the whole system environment is required
only in exceptional cases, such as a copy of all systems in the
landscape

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Supported Backup Methods by SAP NetWeaver 04
Starting with SAP NetWeaver 04 SP Stack 10, online backup & restore is
officially supported for all SAP NetWeaver components.
If you keep data outside the WebAS database, you must back up this data
separately. This is for instance the case for repositories connected to KM,
for TREX indices, for LDAP data, etc.
Data of Web AS 6.40 Java Cluster and deployed applications (EP, KMC) is
stored in DB.
Essential data to start, stop, run and monitor the Web AS 6.40 Java
cluster is stored on the file system.
Which backup methods shall be used (online/offline) depending on the
data storage type (File system, Database)?
Starting with the SPS 10 of SAP NetWeaver 04
ONLINE Backup is supported by SAP without restrictions!

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Web AS 6.40 AddIn Installation J2EE Instance on FS
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Web AS 6.40 Java Only Installation J2EE Instance on FS
Web AS 6.40 Java Only - Which directories need to be backed up?
During any software deployment via SDM and SAPInst, files can be opened.
Thus, it is recommended to backup /usr/sap/<sid>/<instance_00>/SDM,
while no deployments are proceeded (e.g. when SDM is stopped).
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Web AS 6.40 Directory Structure of J2EE Instance
Which directories need to be backed up (2)?
The Bootstrap JAVA program synchronizes the binary data from the Java
database with the local file system and creates a property file, which
describes the processes of the Java instance.

Data consistency between DB and FS is guaranteed by the bootstrapping!
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Required Backup Tasks and Methods
A backup concept of SAP NetWeaver 04 Java must include the
following tasks:
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Individual Backup of Standard Components
For every system component that stores data in a database, use a
standard database backup strategy for the corresponding database
system
It is recommended to perform a full database backup daily, and to
backup transaction log regularly
To protect runtime environment of any system component, backup
the runtime infrastructure of every component in an SAP NetWeaver
landscape after the initial installation and configuration, and later
after every change applied to it
This may reduce downtime after crashes of runtime environments
drastically
Generally, all important data stored in file systems must be backed
up regularly
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Restoring SAP NetWeaver 04 Java Components
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Bootstrapping Synchronisation of Binaries into FS
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Backup / Restore in a System Landscape
Backup & restore of a single system component
Prevent data loss
Ensure recovery to current point in time (point of failure)
Ensure data consistency between systems
No impact on production systems caused by backup
Fast backup/restore/recovery
Easy handling
Recovery is the only chance to get
back lost/corrupt data after a user
error !
Consistent backup & restore of the complete system landscape
Synchronization points
Consistent system copies
(not easy to achieve)

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Important Notes
SAP Note 779708: EP6 on Web AS 6.40 Online Backup and Restore
Strategy
Starting with SP Stack 10, online backup is officially supported.
SAP Note 711093: Release Restriction Note for Web AS 6.40
HA-Setups for SAP NetWeaver 04 are currently released on project base only
Official SAP Consultations are necessary ( 803018)
SAP Note 709354: Release Restrictions for SAP EP 6.0 on Web AS 6.40
DB switch-over solutions on project base only ( 803018)
SAP Note 803018: Central note for NetWeaver04 High Availability
capabilities
HA-Setups for SAP NetWeaver 04 are currently released on project base only
(711093 and 709354)
SAP Note 785848: Hom./Het. System Copy SAP Web AS 6.40 SR1 Java

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