Software Suite for Oracle Owner's manual

Contents
1 Overview of Recovery Manager Operations..................................................7
Virtual Copies..........................................................................................................................7
About the Recovery Manager for Oracle Repository......................................................................7
Interacting with Oracle..............................................................................................................8
Interacting with Symantec NetBackup, HP Data Protector and Oracle RMAN....................................9
Recovery Manager for Oracle Utilities.......................................................................................10
The Database Configuration Utility.......................................................................................10
The Virtual Copy Creation Utility..........................................................................................11
The Virtual Copy Display Utility...........................................................................................12
The Virtual Copy Mount Utility.............................................................................................13
The Virtual Copy Unmount Utility.........................................................................................14
The Virtual Copy Export Utility.............................................................................................14
The Database Cloning Utility...............................................................................................15
The Cloned Database Removal Utility...................................................................................15
The Virtual Copy Removal Utility..........................................................................................16
Integration with HP 3PAR Virtual Lock Software......................................................................16
The Virtual Copy Repository.....................................................................................................16
The Virtual Copy Repository Removal Utility...........................................................................16
Virtual Copy Policy.................................................................................................................17
Database Rollback from a Virtual Copy.....................................................................................17
The Database Rollback Utility..............................................................................................17
Recovery Manager for Oracle and Third-Party Backup Tools.........................................................18
The Database Backup Utility................................................................................................18
Client-side Backup.........................................................................................................20
Server-side Backup........................................................................................................20
The Database Restoration Utility...........................................................................................22
Recovery Manager for Oracle with Oracle Standby Database......................................................23
Recovery Manager for Oracle and Autonomic Groups.................................................................23
Recovery Manager for Oracle and Domain Sets....................................................................23
Recovery Manager for Oracle and Host Sets.........................................................................23
Recovery Manager for Oracle and Virtual Volume Sets...........................................................23
Recovery Manager for Oracle with Remote Copy........................................................................24
Recovery Manager for Oracle and Peer Motion..........................................................................24
Preparing Recovery Manager for Oracle for Peer Motion Data Migration..................................24
Recovery Manager for Oracle and Fat-to-Thin and Thin-to-Fat.......................................................24
Converting Virtual Volumes.................................................................................................24
2 Installing and Uninstalling Recovery Manager..............................................26
Referencing the Support Matrix.................................................................................................26
Preinstallation Requirements.....................................................................................................26
Installing Recovery Manager for Oracle on Linux Systems.............................................................28
Installation........................................................................................................................29
Verifying Installation...........................................................................................................30
Removing Recovery Manager from Linux Systems........................................................................30
Installing Recovery Manager for Oracle on Solaris Systems..........................................................30
Installation........................................................................................................................31
Verifying Installation...........................................................................................................31
Removing Recovery Manager from Solaris Systems......................................................................31
Installing Recovery Manager for Oracle on HP UX Systems..........................................................32
Installation........................................................................................................................32
Verifying Installation...........................................................................................................33
Removing Recovery Manager from HP UX Systems......................................................................33
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