Hi Craig,
please check the following expert session / recording and Slides) where we discuss the Backup/Recovery issues especially in Content Server environment.
Alll sessions can be found here:
SAP MaxDB: The SAP Database - Training
You will find the slides:
http://maxdb.sap.com/training/expert_sessions/SAP_MaxDB_Content_Server_Housekeeping.pdf
and the recording: http://maxdb.sap.com/training/expert_sessions/SAP_MaxDB_Content_Server_Housekeeping.mp4
hope this answers your questions.
Regards, Christiane