HP A.06.11 - Manual (Page 158)

Figure 31 SAP R/3 architecture: RMAN mode
Backup flow
1. If the backup session is started:
• Using the Data Protector interface (or the scheduler): BSM is started, which
reads the appropriate Data Protector backup specification, checks if the
devices are available, and starts omnisap.exe on the SAP R/3 client. The
omnisap.exe
agent exports the appropriate environment variables and
starts BRBACKUP or BRARCHIVE.
• Using SAP BRTOOLS interface: BRBACKUP or BRARCHIVE are started directly.
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