User's Manual

6.4
COMMAND
Recovery Manager for Oracle User’s Guide
For NBU (user-managed) backup:
■ The Veritas NetBackup client must be installed on the backup host and primary host.
■ At least one NBU policy of standard type must be created and configured for database
backup. Optionally, a separate NBU policy of standard type can be created and configured
for archive log backup.
■ When vcdba_backup is executed, it generates an include list file, that contains a list of
datafiles and/or archive log destination on the mounted virtual copy and stores it in
/usr/openv/netbackup/include_list.<policy_name> on the NBU client (the
backup host).
For Oracle RMAN backup (to tape or disk):
■ To perform RMAN backup to tape, the Veritas NetBackup client must be installed on the
backup host and primary host. In addition, Veritas Netbackup for Oracle (Oracle Agent)
must be installed on the backup host, primary host, and the NBU master server.
■ To perform RMAN backup to tape, at least one NBU policy of Oracle type must be created
and configured for database backup. Optionally, a separate NBU policy of Oracle type can
be created and configured for archive log backup.
■ Regardless of tape or disk backup, an Oracle RMAN Recovery Catalog database must be
created and configured prior to running this command.
■ During a backup, vcdba_backup starts up a clone database in MOUNTED mode using the
mounted virtual copy on the backup host.
■ During a backup, vcdba_backup executes the RMAN backup script
vcdba_rman_dbbackup.sh or vcdba_rman_archbackup.sh to backup the clone data
base.
■ The RMAN backup scripts (vcdba_rman_dbbackup.sh and
vcdba_rman_archbackup.sh) are generated at /etc/3par/solutions/
<primary_host>.ora.<oracle_sid>
during the creation of the Recovery Manager
configuration file (see
vcdba_config).
Depending on which backup method has been configured for the Recovery Manager, the
vcdba_backup command performs the following actions:
■ Creates a virtual copy (online, offline, or datafile) for the database or archive log
destination if a virtual copy is not specified.
■ Mounts the virtual copy on the backup host.