HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide First Edition (T4283-96026, August 2006)

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7 Database Maintenance and Management
This chapter contains the following topics:
• ”Database Maintenance Window” on page 225
• ”Overview of Backups” on page 226
• ”Database Mode” on page 227
• ”Architectural Overview of RMAN Backups” on page 228
• ”Performing an RMAN Hot Backup” on page 230
• ”Scheduling RMAN Hot Backups of the Database” on page 230
• ”Viewing Results from RMAN Backup” on page 231
• ”About the Database Admin Utility” on page 232
• ”Database Password” on page 241
• ”Troubleshooting Listener and Database Connection Problems” on page 242
Database Maintenance Window
Schedule a maintenance window of two to four hours weekly during off peak hours of operation to
do the following database maintenance operation:
1. Stop the service for the management server. See ”Stopping the Service for the Management
Server” on page 14.
2. Access the Database Admin Utility. See ”Accessing the Database Admin Utility” on page 232
for more information.
3. Using the Database Admin Utility, verify the database is in an open state and the listener is
running. See ”Checking the Database and Listener Status” on page 233.
If the database state is not OPEN and shows error get the following logs and then contact
technical support:
• Log file for the Database Admin Utility (%MGR_DIST%/logs/dbAdmin.log)
• Database alert log which can be found in \oracle\admin\APPIQ\bdump, where
ORACLE_BASE is c:\oracle
4. Reset the temporary tablespace, as described in ”Resetting the Temp and Undo Tablespace” on
page 237.
5. Export the database, as described in ”Exporting the Database” on page 234.
6. If the database is running in archive mode, set the database to no-archive mode, as described
in ”Setting the Archive Mode” on page 238. Then, clean the
\oracle\oradata\APPIQ\archive.