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  2. NetBackup™ for SAP Administrator's Guide
  3. Configuring NetBackup for SAP
  4. NetBackup for SAP backup scripts
  5. Example NetBackup for nbsapcustomsort utility
NetBackup™ for SAP Administrator's Guide

Example NetBackup for nbsapcustomsort utility

nbsapcustomsort utility is used to generate the custom_sort_file with name sap_custom_sort_file at:

UNIX or Linux:

<custom_sort_file_path>/sap_custom_sort_file

Windows:

<custom_sort_file_path>/sap_custom_sort_file

nbsapcustomsort utility is available at the following locations:

Linux:

/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbsapcustomsort

Windows:

install_path\NetBackup\bin\nbsapcustomsort.exe

The following are the parameters for nbsapcustomsort:

  1. Required parameter for Linux: -p <custom_sort_file_path> -u <username>.

  2. Required parameter for Windows: -p <custom_sort_file_path>.

    Note:

    User is the SAP administrator account.

  3. Optional parameters: -t <total_streams> -v <streams_per_volume>

    • -t is the total number of streams for entire SAP Instance backup.

    • -v is the maximum number of streams per SAP device.

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