HP XP7 Replication Manager Application Agent CLI User Guide (TK981-96015, May 2014)

Figure 96 System configuration for backing up an SQL Server database to tape and restoring it from
tape in a multi-target configuration
This example assumes the following conditions:
• The primary volume is NTFS-formatted.
• Both of the primary volumes in the local site and in the remote site are defined as a pair by Con-
tinuous Access Software. In each site, the primary volume and the secondary volume are also
defined as a pair by Business Copy.
• The system is prepared to operate in a multi-target configuration. For details about preparations
for operations in a multi-target configuration, see “Preparations for performing backup or restoration
in a cascade configuration or multi-target configuration” on page 353.
• Both the local site and the remote site have the same directory configuration for an SQL Server
data files and a transaction log file.
• The SQL Server database for which backup operations are to be performed and database ID must
have the same name both at the local and remote sites.
• The data files of the SQL Server database and the directory for storing the VDI metafile are in the
same volume.
• The tape backup management software is installed on the backup server.
• The parameters of the tape backup management software have been registered by using the
drmtapeinit command.
Operation for SQL Server databases336