Introducing Dell™ NetVault™ Backup Plug-in for Oracle®
Dell NetVault Backup Plug-in for Oracle: at a glance
Key benefits
Feature summary
Target audience
Recommended additional reading
Defining a backup strategy
Defining a strategy: overview
Reviewing the available backup methods
Reviewing the supported Oracle file types
Defining an RMAN backup strategy
Installing and removing the plug-in
Reviewing the RMAN Tablespace and Datafile backup types
Reviewing the Control File backup types
Reviewing the other backup types
Developing a Recovery Catalog backup strategy
Examples of backup sequences
Defining a Backup Destination strategy
Oracle Flashback technology
Prerequisites
Prerequisites for RMAN backups
Configuring the plug-in
Determining the Oracle SID and Home directory in a non-RAC environment
Creating the RMAN repository
Registering the target database
Enabling Control File Autobackups
Enabling Flashback Database
Enabling Block Change Tracking
Recommended configuration for a single-instance non-RAC environment
Installing the plug-in
Removing the plug-in
Configuring a default Target Set for RMAN backups
Configuring default settings
Adding a database
Backing up data
Using the Oracle® Flashback Database
Editing database information
Setting the database password
Removing a saved password
Removing a database
Viewing database details
Using RMAN Post-Backup Scripts
Language support
Flashback Database: an overview
Viewing Flashback Database status
Flashback Database options
Flashback Database restrictions
Restoring data with the plug-in and Flashback Database
Restoring data
Restoring and recovering data: an overview
Performing User Managed restores
Using advanced User Managed restore procedures
Maintaining the Recovery Catalog
Using the RMAN CLI
Renaming or relocating Control File, Datafile, or individual Archived Log files
Renaming or relocating the Archive Log Directory
Performing RMAN restores
Setting restore options
Using RMAN types of recovery in a non-RAC environment
Setting the Pre-Restore and general Restore Options
Setting recovery options
Setting Block Media Recovery options
Setting Post Recovery options
Setting Destination Details
Setting the Recovery Catalog details
Setting the Clone Database options
Setting Generate RMAN Script options
Finalizing and submitting the job
Recovering individual datafiles and tablespaces to the same server
Recovering Whole Database to same server
Performing disaster recovery with RMAN
Using advanced procedures with RMAN restores
Duplicating a database in a non-RAC environment
Restoring a Duplicate Database to the same server
Restoring a Duplicate Database to an alternate server with the same directory structure
Restoring a Duplicate Database to an alternate server with an alternate directory structure
Performing table-level recovery
CLI-based RMAN backups and restores: an overview
Prerequisites for CLI-based backups and restores
Performing CLI-based backups
Using the Plug-in with Oracle® RAC
More parameters: the "format" clause
More parameters: the "send" and "PARMS" clauses
Querying the NetVault Backup media name
Performing CLI-based restores
Oracle RACs: an overview
Recommended additional reading
Defining a deployment strategy
Licensing
Installing the plug-in in a RAC environment
Configuring the plug-in
Using the Plug-in in a failover cluster environment
Determining the local Oracle SID and Home directory in a RAC environment
Adding a database to the plug-in
Backing up data
Restoring data in a RAC environment
Oracle Server Fail Safe Failover Clustering: an overview
Installing the plug-in
Licensing the plug-in
Configuring the plug-in and adding a database
Backing up data
Restoring data
Using the plug-in with Oracle® Data Guard
Oracle® Data Guard: an overview
Defining a deployment strategy
Deployment
Troubleshooting
Single-instance to single-instance Data Guard deployment
Multi-instance RAC to single-instance Data Guard deployment
Multi-instance RAC to multi-instance RAC Data Guard deployment
Installing the plug-in in a Data Guard environment
Backing up data
Restoring data
NetVault Backup 10.x service (netvault-pgsql) does not start on Windows
Unable to add a database
Backup fails
Backup job hangs
Restore fails
Glossary
Configuring the plug-in and adding a database
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Oracle SID: Enter the local SID to the active node in the cluster for the target Oracle® database. The local SID is the Oracle instance name on the local node for the target database. |
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Control File Autobackup enabled: Dell recommends that you select this option. |
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PFILE usage: If the local instances in the cluster nodes of the targeted Oracle Database use PFILE instead of SPFILE, you might want to clear the Use RMAN Commands to Backup SPFILE option on the RMAN Details tab. Access this tab through the Add Database or Edit Database options, and enter the applicable information in the Parameter File(s) Path box on the Oracle Instance Details tab. |
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IMPORTANT: If a failover to a different node occurs, use the Add Database option to add the Oracle Database information to the plug-in on the active node (the one to which the cluster failed over). You only need to enter this information once; in subsequent failovers, the plug-in automatically retrieves the information. |
Backing up data
Backing up data using Plug‑in for Oracle that has been set up for use in a Virtual Client is relatively simple. On the NetVault Backup Selections page, open the Virtual Client node, open Plug‑in for Oracle, and select the Oracle® Server Instances (or the items contained within) for inclusion in the backup.
Restoring data
Restoring data to a Virtual Client is conducted in the same manner as a restore performed to a traditional NetVault Backup Client. All options available for a restore with Plug‑in for Oracle are also available for Failover Clustering environments, and data selection is also performed in the same way. The difference is that restorable backups of a Virtual Client are displayed on the Create Selection Set page under the name of the Virtual Client, not the specific NetVault Backup Client or node that was active during each backup. When a restore job is initiated, NetVault Backup communicates with all member Clients to determine which machine is in control of the failover cluster, and targets this machine for the restore.
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IMPORTANT: The Restore Backup taken from NetVault Backup Client field on the Configure dialog box must contain the network name that resolves to the virtual IP of the failover cluster; otherwise, restores fail. For more information on using the Configure dialog box, see Configuring the plug-in. |
All the instructions offered about performing a restore can be used in the recovery of a Virtual Client. For more information on restoring a NetVault Backup Virtual Client, see the various sections in Restoring data.