1. A method, comprising: providing 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 regularly and the data protection manager is configured to control a backup operation of the database on a storage subsystem; starting the backup operation while informing the performance monitoring facility about the starting of the backup operation; continuously evaluating performance of the database while to determine when a predefined performance criterion is violated; and in response to the predefined performance criterion being violated, sending information from the performance monitoring facility to the data protection manager to cause compliance with the predefined performance criterion, wherein at least one of the foregoing operations is performed by a hardware processor.