HP 3PAR Recovery Manager 4.5.0 for Oracle on Solaris, Red Hat Linux, and Oracle Enterprise Linux User's Guide (QL226-97705, May 2014)

Configure RMAN Recovery Catalog
Recovery Manager for Oracle requires an Oracle RMAN recovery catalog database when using
RMAN backup. To create RMAN Recovery catalog, see “Creating an RMAN Recovery Catalog”
(page 52)
When using RMAN backup with HP Data Protector, if the Oracle release of the recovery catalog
database is 11g R2 or later:
• Ensure that the owner of the recovery catalog is granted the CREATE ANY DIRECTORY and
the DROP ANY DIRECTORY system priviledges.
SQL> grant CREATE ANY DIRECTORY to <recovery_catalog_user> ;
SQL> grant DROP ANY DIRECTORY to <recovery_catalog_user>
• Ensure that the owner of the recovery catalog has SELECT permissions on v_$instance view.
SQL> grant select on v_$instance to <recovery_catalog_user> ;
Setting Up HP Data Protector Backup
The following sections describe how to configure HP Data Protector to work with Recovery Manager
for Oracle.
To perform Oracle RMAN with HP Data Protector backup, you must have HP Data Protector Oracle
Agent component installed on the Cell Manager, HP Data Protector client with User Interface and
Oracle Integration components installed on the database servers and backup server. Refer to HP
Data Protector document for installation and configuration instructions. In addition, you must create
an Oracle RMAN Recovery Catalog and configure Oracle TNS Service and Listener to allow
connections to the Recovery Catalog from the database server and backup servers. The Recovery
Catalog can be created on any server. Recovery Manager for Oracle recommends that the Recovery
Catalog be created on the backup server. For more details, see “Creating an RMAN Recovery
Catalog” (page 52).
When performing Oracle RMAN with HP Data Protector backup of a database, Recovery Manager
supports full, differential, and cumulative incremental level 1 to level 4 backup. Recovery Manager
also support full archive log backup (backup only archive logs).
Recovery Manager for Oracle requires that you create an HP Data Protector Oracle backup
specification for database backup. If you wish to perform archive log backup, you must create a
separate HP Data Protector Oracle backup specification for it.
NOTE: This section is intended for users familiar with Oracle Database and HP Data Protector.
For more information on how to create HP Data Protector Oracle backup specification, refer to HP
Data Protector documentation.
NOTE: With HP Data Protector, Recovery Manager for Oracle only supports Oracle RMAN
backup. File system backup using HP Data Protector is not supported.
Enable Recovery Manager for Oracle Feature for HP Data Protector
To enable Recovery Manager for Oracle feature for HP Data Protector:
54 Configuring Recovery Manager for Oracle