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NetVault Plug-in for Oracle 12.2 - User Guide

Introducing Quest® NetVault® Backup Plug-in  for Oracle Defining a backup strategy Installing and removing the plug-in Configuring the plug-in Backing up data Using the Oracle Flashback Database Restoring data
Restoring and recovering data: an overview Performing User Managed restores Using advanced User Managed restore procedures Performing RMAN restores Using RMAN types of recovery in a non-RAC environment Using advanced procedures with RMAN restores
Maintaining the Recovery Catalog Using the RMAN CLI Using the Plug-in with Oracle RAC Using the Plug-in in a failover cluster environment Using the plug-in with Oracle Data Guard Using the plug-in with Oracle Container Databases (CDBs) and Pluggable Databases (PDBs) Troubleshooting

Defining a deployment strategy

Deploying Plug‑in for Oracle in a multi-instance database environment is almost identical to a single-instance database environment except that RMAN-based backups are the only available backup method for RAC databases. The plug-in is installed on one of the nodes that hosts one of the instances for the RAC-enabled database. All RMAN-based backups and restores are performed from this single installation of the plug-in. The following topics detail how the plug-in performs RMAN backups and restores in a RAC environment.

RMAN backup process for RAC environment

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Plug‑in for Oracle converts the job definition into the corresponding RMAN backup commands.

RMAN restore process for RAC environment

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Plug‑in for Oracle converts the job definition into corresponding the RMAN restore and recovery commands.

Licensing

Licensing of the plug-in in a single-instance, or non-RAC environment, differs from the licensing of the plug-in in a multi-instance or RAC environment.

In a single-instance environment, one Edition-Based Plug‑in for Oracle license lets you back up and recover an unlimited number of Oracle databases that reside on a single Database Server.
In a multi-instance or RAC environment, one RAC Database-Based Plug‑in for Oracle license lets you back up and recover a single database within the single RAC environment. This guideline applies no matter how many instances or nodes reside in the RAC environment. If you have five databases residing in the single RAC environment, purchase five RAC Database-Based Plug‑in for Oracle licenses, and so on.

Each RAC environment needs its own licensing. For example, if the production RAC environment has five databases and the test RAC environment has one database, five licenses are required for the production environment and one license is required for the test environment.

To request permanent RAC Database-Based Plug‑in for Oracle license keys, go to https://support.quest.com/contact-us/licensing.

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