NetVault Plug-in for Oracle 12.2 - Release Notes

Added a Do not Include Connect Strings option to the Generate RMAN Script tab. Selecting this option to exclude connection strings ensures that Oracle passwords are not included in the RMAN script file.

DNPO-1143

Updated existing support for Oracle Multitenant Architecture. In addition to supporting non-Container Databases (non-CDBs), the plug-in now supports CDBs and Pluggable Databases (PDBs).

DNPO-1154

For CLI-based RMAN backups, including Control File Autobackup, added three options that you can configure at the database level: CLI Backup/Autobackup Advanced Options Set, CLI Backup/Autobackup Target Set, and CLI Database Name. These options let you use different settings for different databases.

DNPO-1183

Validated support for Oracle Database 12.2 (12c Release 2) and 18c with Windows Server 2016.

DNPO-1267

Updated the plug-in to ensure that it looks for backup pieces from various clients after first checking to see if a value was defined in the Restore Backup taken from NetVault Backup Client field on the Configure dialog box or if a backup piece exists for the client that is being used to perform the restore.

DNPO-1296, DNPO-1317

Improved the plug-in to exclude archive logs from a Stepwise Disaster Recovery, even if the logs were selected as part of the saveset to recover.

DNPO-1297

Added support for Oracle 18c on-premises.

DNPO-1298

Added support for Oracle 11.x and 12.x running on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 SP2 and SLES 12 SP3.

DNPO-1300

Improved the plug-in to include the set until clause, if it is selected, in a RESTORE DATABASE VALIDATE command.

DNPO-1306

Updated the plug-in to include the name of the Virtual Client in the name of the saveset created during a backup.

DNPO-1315

Corrected an issue that caused backup jobs to fail with a “Job Manager lost message channel” error message even when the RMAN backup completed successfully. This issue occurred only on Linux operating systems

DNPO-1284