Performing a background copy process during a backup operation

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions being executable by a processor to cause the processor to:

• provide, by the processor, an interface between a performance monitoring facility of a database and a data protection manager, wherein the performance monitoring facility is configured to measure performance of the database and the data protection manager is configured to control a backup operation of the database on a storage subsystem;
• start, by the processor, the backup operation while informing the performance monitoring facility about the start of the backup operation;
• send, by the processor, information from the performance monitoring facility to the data protection manager to cause compliance with a predefined performance criterion in response to determining that the predefined performance criterion being violated.