User's Manual

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Recovery Manager and Third-Party Backup Tools
Recovery Manager for Oracle User’s Guide
For an Oracle RMAN backup:
■ The NBU client executes the backup script vcdba_nbu_dbbackup.sh or
vcdba_nbu_archbackup.sh, which must be specified in the Backup Selection List of the
NBU policy.
■ The backup script creates a virtual copy of the database or archive log destination, mounts
it on the backup host, starts up a cloned database in MOUNTED mode, then calls the RMAN
backup scripts (
vcdba_rman_dbbackup.sh or vcdba_rman_archbackup.sh) to
backup the cloned database.
If the virtual copy is to be backed up using Oracle RMAN, a Recovery Catalog must have been
created and configured prior to using the backup utility.
NOTE: The bpstart_notify and bpend_notify scripts are generated at /
usr/openv/netbackup/bin
during the creation of the Recovery Manager
Configuration file. By default, the bpstart_notify script (for database backup
policy) will perform an online backup. If an offline or datafile backup is desired,
edit this file to set the value of BACKUP_MODE to 'offline' or 'datafile'
respectively. In addition, the database must be manually shutdown for offline
backup.
NOTE: The backup scripts (vcdba_nbu_dbbackup.sh and
vcdba_nbu_archbackup.sh
) and the RMAN backup scripts
(
vcdba_rman_dbbackup.sh and vcdba_rman_archbackup.sh) are
generated at
/etc/3par/solutions/
<primary_server>.ora.<oracle_sid>
during the creation of the Recovery
Manager Configuration file. By default, the
vcdba_nbu_dbbackup.sh script
(for database backup policy) will perform an online backup. If an offline or
datafile backup is desired, edit this file to set the value of BACKUP_MODE to
'offline' or 'datafile' respectively. In addition, the database must be manually put
in MOUNTED mode for offline backup.
NOTE: To perform automatic backup, RSH or SSH must have been configured for
root user as Veritas NetBackup always initiates a backup as root user.