HP Storage Essentials SRM 6.0 User Guide for Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition SRM Software (July 2008)

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IMPORTANT: Export and RMAN backups should be done regularly and in combination.
Backup Destination and Operation for RMAN: The management server has three backup points
available for RMAN backups:
• On Microsoft Windows:
%ORA_HOME%\rman\current
%ORA_HOME%\rman\backup1
%ORA_HOME%\rman\backup2
• On UNIX systems:
$ORACLE_HOME/rman/current
$ORACLE_HOME/rman/backup1
$ORACLE_HOME/rman/backup2
Table 26 Description of Backups
Backup Type Description Files Backed Up Database Mode
Export backup Done through the Database
Admin Utility. See ”Exporting
the Database” on page 236
for more information about
exporting the database.
Database Schema,
Oracle network
configuration files
(tnsnames.ora,
listener.ora), CIM
repository, File System
Viewer
Does not matter
RMAN HOT
backup
The backup is referred to as
being “hot” because the
management server is still
running while the backup is
occurring. You can configure
the RMAN backup to run by
default. See ”Scheduling
RMAN Hot Backups” on
page 231.
Database files, Control
files, Redo files, Archive
files, Oracle network
Configuration files
(tnsnames.ora,
listener.ora),CIM
repository, File System
Viewer
To do an RMAN hot
backup, the
management server
must be set to archive
mode. See
”Changing the
Archive Mode” on
page 240.
RMAN Cold
backup
Done through the Database
Admin Utility.
Same files as an RMAN
HOT backup.
If the management
server is set to
no-archive mode,
users can perform an
RMAN cold backup.
See ”Changing the
Archive Mode” on
page 240.