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
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NetVault Backup (required for RMAN backups in a RAC environment): Specify the name of the NetVault Backup Server where the Oracle® Database Server was added as a NetVault Backup Client. |
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Do Restores from NetVault Backup Server (required for RMAN backups in a RAC environment): Specify the name of the NetVault Backup Server where the Oracle Database Server was added as a NetVault Backup Client. |
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CLI Backup/Autobackup Target Set (required for RMAN backups in a RAC environment): Specify the name of the Backup Target Set that was specified in the Configuring a default Target Set for RMAN backups. |
Determining the local Oracle SID and Home directory in a RAC environment
In a multi-instance RAC environment, the local SID and Oracle® Home can be determined with the srvctl config database commands.
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Run the following command, where <database_name> represents the database that is being added to the plug-in: |
srvctl config database -d <database_name>
In the following example, Plug‑in for Oracle is being installed on the “faro” node, the local Oracle SID is “o10rac3,” and the local Oracle Home is “/home/o10g/db.”
Adding a database to the plug-in
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Oracle SID: Enter the local SID for the target RAC database. The local SID is the instance name for the target RAC database on the node where the plug-in is installed. |
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Parameter File(s) Path: In a multi-instance RAC environment, the plug-in requires the usage of an SPFILE as a dynamic method of maintaining initialization parameters. The SPFILE must be stored on the shared storage in ASM. Because the SPFILE is included in the Control File Autobackups, this field should be left blank in a RAC environment. |
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Control File Autobackup enabled: Select this option because Control File Autobackups are required in a RAC environment. |
Backing up data
The Parameter File node is not selectable on the NetVault Backup Selection page.
For more information on selecting data for backup, setting backup options, and finalizing and submitting the job, see Performing RMAN backups.
Install the NetVault Backup Client on an alternate node in the RAC environment. During the installation process, be sure to use the same NetVault Machine Name that was used during the installation of the NetVault Backup Client on the original node. For example, if PROD_RAC was the NetVault Machine Name specified during the installation on the original node, PROD_RAC should be used as the NetVault Machine Name on the alternate node.
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IMPORTANT: If the relocation of the plug-in is expected to be permanent or last longer than 45 days, visit https://support.quest.com/licensing-assistance and request relocation of the RAC Database-Based Plug‑in for Oracle license keys. |
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With the plug-in installed on the alternate node, update the Oracle SID field on the Edit Oracle Database dialog box. |
Enter the local SID for the target RAC database. The local SID is the instance name for the target RAC database on the node where the plug-in has been relocated. For more information, see Editing database information.