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NetVault Plug-in for Oracle 12.2 - User Guide

Table of Contents

Introducing Quest® NetVault® Backup Plug-in for Oracle

Quest 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

User Managed backup method Recovery Manager (RMAN) backup method

Reviewing the supported Oracle file types Defining an RMAN backup strategy

Choosing the location for the RMAN repository Reviewing the RMAN Tablespace and Datafile backup types Reviewing the Control File backup types Reviewing the other backup types

Flash Recovery Area (FRA) backups

Developing a Recovery Catalog backup strategy Examples of backup sequences Defining a Backup Destination strategy

Oracle Flashback technology NetVault Backup Policy Management

Installing and removing the plug-in

NetVault Backup Server and Client software Database in ARCHIVELOG mode

Prerequisites for RMAN backups

Adding the Oracle user to the local administrator group on Windows Determining the Oracle SID and Home directory in a non-RAC environment

Windows Linux and UNIX

Creating the RMAN repository

Configuring the Recovery Catalog database Creating the Recovery Catalog owner Creating the Recovery Catalog

Registering the target database Enabling Control File Autobackups Enabling Flashback Database

Determining whether Flashback Database is enabled Setting a retention target

Enabling Block Change Tracking

Recommended configuration for a single-instance non-RAC environment Installing or upgrading the plug-in Removing the plug-in

Configuring the plug-in

Configuring a default Target Set for RMAN backups Configuring default settings Adding a database

Editing database information Setting the database password Removing a saved password Removing a database Viewing database details Using RMAN Post-Backup Scripts

Creating an RMAN Post-Backup Script Updating a Post-Backup Script Removing a Post-Backup Script

Language support

Backing up data

Performing User Managed backups

Selecting data for a backup Selecting backup options Finalizing and submitting the job

Performing RMAN backups

Selecting data for a backup Setting backup options Finalizing and submitting the job

Using Plug-in for FileSystem to back up Oracle ACFS

Using the Oracle Flashback Database

Flashback Database: an overview

Viewing Flashback Database status Flashback Database options Flashback Database restrictions Restoring data with the plug-in and Flashback Database

Restoring and recovering data: an overview

Understanding User Managed recovery

Determining which datafiles require recovery Recovering datafiles and archive logs Restoring Control Files

Understanding RMAN recovery

How RMAN backups are selected for use in recovery operations Choosing between Incremental Backups and Redo Logs Choosing the restore source Datafile media recovery Block Media Recovery

Performing User Managed restores

Preparing the database for recovery Selecting data for a restore Finalizing and submitting the job Recovering the database Opening the database for use

Using advanced User Managed restore procedures

Renaming or relocating Control File, Datafile, or individual Archived Log files Renaming or relocating the Archive Log Directory

Performing RMAN restores

Selecting data for a restore Setting restore options

Viewing the contents of backup pieces 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

Using RMAN types of recovery in a non-RAC environment

Restoring the Control File from an Autobackup Recovering individual datafiles and tablespaces to the same server Recovering Whole Database to same server Performing disaster recovery with RMAN

Using the Stepwise Disaster Recovery process Disaster recovery to same server Retrieving a Control File manually

Using advanced procedures with RMAN restores

Renaming or relocating files 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

Uses of table-level recovery Table-level requirements and limitations Configuring channels for table-level recovery Performing table-level recovery from the RMAN CLI Performing table-level recovery from the NetVault Backup WebUI

Maintaining the Recovery Catalog

Resynchronizing the Recovery Catalog

Using CROSSCHECK to update the RMAN repository

Using the RMAN CLI

CLI-based RMAN backups and restores: an overview Prerequisites for CLI-based backups and restores

Verifying that the proper RMAN executable is in use (Linux only) Ensuring an "SBT_TAPE" channel is established Running the NetVault Backup 'nvpluginaccess' utility

Performing CLI-based backups

Example of a basic CLI backup More parameters: the "format" clause More parameters: the "send" and "PARMS" clauses Querying the NetVault Backup media name

Performing CLI-based restores

Using the Plug-in with Oracle RAC

Oracle RACs: an overview Recommended additional reading Defining a deployment strategy

RMAN backup process for RAC environment RMAN restore process for RAC environment

Licensing Installing the plug-in in a RAC environment

RAC configuration requirements Installation prerequisites

Enabling Control File Autobackups in a RAC environment

Installing or upgrading the plug-in

Configuring the plug-in

Configuring default attributes Determining the local Oracle SID and Home directory in a RAC environment Adding a database to the plug-in

Backing up data

Performing backups after node failure

Restoring data in a RAC environment

Recovering a Whole Database to the same RAC environment Restoring SPFILE in a RAC environment Restoring Control Files in a RAC environment Performing disaster recovery in a RAC environment

Prerequisites Performing the disaster recovery

Performing restores after node failure Duplicating a database in a RAC environment

Prerequisites Post-restore procedure

Using the Plug-in in a failover cluster environment

Oracle Server Fail Safe Failover Clustering: an overview Installing the plug-in

Installation prerequisites Installing or upgrading the software

Creating a Virtual Client

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

Back up from Primary only Back up from both Primary and Standby Back up from Standby only

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

Installation prerequisites

Optional RMAN configuration settings

Installing or upgrading the plug-in

Backing up data

Creating a User Defined Backup Tag Performing manual backups of Control File and SPFILE

Configuring a restore to an alternate server in a Data Guard environment Restoring data to an alternate server in a Data Guard environment Recovering Whole Database to Primary Database Server

Using the plug-in with Oracle Container Databases (CDBs) and Pluggable Databases (PDBs)

Oracle PDBs: an overview Enabling connection to a PDB Querying CDB, PDB, and non-CDB databases Restrictions for backing up and restoring a PDB Backing up data Restoring data

Troubleshooting

Unable to add a database Backup fails Backup job hangs Restore fails Oracle RMAN output is not displayed correctly in binary logs

Using the plug-in with Oracle Data Guard

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Oracle Data Guard: an overview

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Defining a deployment strategy

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Installing the plug-in in a Data Guard environment

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Backing up data

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Oracle Data Guard: an overview

Oracle’s Oracle Data Guard “ensures high availability, data protection, and disaster recovery for enterprise data. Data Guard provides a comprehensive set of services that create, maintain, manage, and monitor one or more standby databases to enable production Oracle databases to survive disasters and data corruptions. Data Guard maintains these standby databases as copies of the production database. If the production database becomes unavailable because of an outage, Data Guard can switch any standby database to the production role, minimizing the downtime associated with the outage. Data Guard can be used with traditional backup, restoration, and cluster techniques to provide a high level of data protection and data availability.”

With Data Guard, administrators can optionally improve production database performance by offloading resource-intensive backup and reporting operations to Standby Database Servers. In addition, backups can be used to recover either the Primary or Standby Database Server, regardless of whether the backups were taken from the Primary or the Standby Database Server.

Plug‑in for Oracle provides support for a limited number of Oracle versions in a Data Guard environment. The installation, configuration, backup, and restore procedures differ slightly in a Data Guard environment. This topic offers specifics on how the plug-in operates in a Data Guard environment.

For a complete list of supported Oracle versions and platforms in a Data Guard environment, see the Quest NetVault Backup Compatibility Guide.


	NOTE: The plug-in’s RMAN backup method is the only method supported in Data Guard environments. Unless outlined in the following topics, backups and restores performed with the plug-in for Data Guard physical or standby databases are the same as backups and restores performed with non-Data Guard databases.

Defining a deployment strategy

Determining a strategy for protecting and recovering a Data Guard environment is essential to deploying and using the plug-in in the Data Guard environment. All strategies are valid for any of the supported deployments as detailed in Deployment.

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Back up from Primary only

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Back up from both Primary and Standby

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Back up from Standby only

Back up from Primary only

The simplest strategy is to perform all the backups from the Primary Database Server. You can use these backups to recover the Primary or one of the Standby Database Servers. While this strategy is valid, resource-intensive backup operations affect database performance on the Primary Database Server. With this strategy, the plug-in is installed on the Primary Database Server. Plug‑in for Oracle is only required to be installed on the Standby Database Server when it is targeted for a restore.

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