NetVault Plug-in for Oracle 7.1 - Release Notes

Known issues

The following is a list of issues, including those attributed to third-party products, known to exist at the time of release.

 

Table 2. General known issues

Known issue	Issue ID
The plug-in does not support the Tablespace Point-in-Time Recovery (TSPITR) feature in Oracle.	15818, 16295, 22312
If you abort an RMAN backup job on a Windows system, the plug-in might fail to allocate an SBT_TAPE channel for subsequent backup jobs.	21345
The plug-in name has been changed to use the “Plug-in for <product>” naming convention (that is, Plug‑in for Oracle). If you upgrade the plug-in for a system that is managed by a NetVault Backup Server 9.2 or earlier, a consequence of the name change is that savesets created with the upgraded plug-in are not displayed in the NVBU Restore window when the Selection Method is set to Plugin; only savesets created with an earlier version are displayed. Workaround for NetVault Backup Server 9.2 or earlier: On the Selections tab of the NVBU Restore window, select Job in the Selection Method list to view savesets or backups created with a previous version or the upgraded plug-in. This issue was corrected in NetVault Backup 10.0.	23470

System requirements

Before installing Plug‑in for Oracle 7.1, ensure that your system meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements.

 

Table 3. Requirements

Platform	Application
AIX® 5.3L (64-bit)	Oracle 9.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 10.1.x (64-bit) Oracle 10.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 11.1.x (64-bit) Oracle 11.2.x (64-bit)
AIX® 6.1L (64-bit)	Oracle 10.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 11.1.x (64-bit) Oracle 11.2.x (64-bit)
AIX® 7.1L (64-bit)	Oracle 11.2.x (64-bit)
Asianux 2 (32/64-bit)	Oracle 9.2.x (32/64-bit) Oracle 10.1.x (32/64-bit) Oracle 10.2.x (32/64-bit) Oracle 11.1.x (32/64-bit) Oracle 11.2.x (32/64-bit)
Asianux 3 (32/64-bit)	Oracle 10.2.x (32/64-bit) Oracle 11.1.x (32/64-bit) Oracle 11.2.x (32/64-bit)
HP-UX Itanium 11.23 (64-bit) HP-UX PA-RISC 11.11 (64-bit) HP-UX PA-RISC 11.23 (64-bit)	Oracle 9.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 10.1.x (64-bit) Oracle 10.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 11.1.x (64-bit)
HP-UX Itanium 11.31 (64-bit) HP-UX PA-RISC 11.31 (64-bit)	Oracle 9.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 10.1.x (64-bit) Oracle 10.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 11.1.x (64-bit) Oracle 11.2.x (64-bit)
Linux® Itanium (64-bit)	Oracle 9.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 10.1.x (64-bit) Oracle 10.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 11.1.x (64-bit)
Oracle Linux 4 (32/64-bit)	Oracle 9.2.x (32/64-bit) Oracle 10.1.x (32/64-bit) Oracle 10.2.x (32/64-bit) Oracle 11.1.x (32/64-bit) Oracle 11.2.x (32/64-bit)
Oracle Linux 5 (32-bit)	Oracle 10.2.x (32-bit) Oracle 11.1.x (32-bit) Oracle 11.2.x (32-bit)
Oracle Linux 5 (64-bit)	Oracle 10.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 11.1.x (64-bit) Oracle 11.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 12.1.x (64-bit)
Oracle Linux 6 (32-bit)	Oracle 11.2.x (32-bit)
Oracle Linux 6 (64-bit)	Oracle 11.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 12.1.x (64-bit)
Oracle Linux 7 (64-bit)	Oracle 11.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 12.1.x (64-bit)
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® (RHEL) 4 (32/64-bit)	Oracle 9.2.x (32/64-bit) Oracle 10.1.x (32/64-bit) Oracle 10.2.x (32/64-bit) Oracle 11.1.x (32/64-bit) Oracle 11.2.x (32/64-bit)
RHEL 5 (32-bit)	Oracle 10.2.x (32-bit) Oracle 11.1.x (32-bit) Oracle 11.2.x (32-bit)
RHEL 5 (64-bit)	Oracle 10.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 11.1.x (64-bit) Oracle 11.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 12.1.x (64-bit)
RHEL 6 (32-bit)	Oracle 11.2.x (32-bit)
RHEL 6 (64-bit)	Oracle 11.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 12.1.x (64-bit)
RHEL 7 (32-bit)	Oracle 11.2.x (32-bit)
RHEL 7 (64-bit)	Oracle 11.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 12.1.x (64-bit)
Solaris® 9 (SPARC®) (64-bit)	Oracle 9.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 10.1.x (64-bit) Oracle 10.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 11.1.x (64-bit)
Solaris® 10 x86-64 (64-bit)	Oracle 10.1.x (64-bit) Oracle 10.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 11.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 12.1.x (64-bit)
Solaris® 10 (SPARC®) (64-bit)	Oracle 9.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 10.1.x (64-bit) Oracle 10.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 11.1.x (64-bit) Oracle 12.1.x (64-bit)
Solaris® 11 x86-64 (64-bit) Solaris® 11 (SPARC®) (64-bit)	Oracle 11.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 12.1.x (64-bit)
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server (SLES™) 10 (32-bit) SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server (SLES™) 11 (32-bit)	Oracle 10.2.x (32-bit) Oracle 11.1.x (32-bit) Oracle 11.2.x (32-bit)
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server (SLES™) 10 (64-bit)	Oracle 10.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 11.1.x (64-bit) Oracle 11.2.x (64-bit)
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server (SLES™) 11 (64-bit)	Oracle 10.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 11.1.x (64-bit) Oracle 11.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 12.1.x (64-bit)
Windows® Server 2003/2003 R2 (32-bit)	Oracle 9.2.x (32-bit) Oracle 10.1.x (32-bit) Oracle 10.2.x (32-bit) Oracle 11.1.x (32-bit) Oracle 11.2.x (32-bit)
Windows® Server 2003/2003 R2 (64-bit)	Oracle 10.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 11.1.x (64-bit) Oracle 11.2.x (64-bit)
Windows® Server 2008 (32-bit)	Oracle 10.2.x (32-bit) Oracle 11.1.x (32-bit) Oracle 11.2.x (32-bit)
Windows® Server 2008 (64-bit)	Oracle 10.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 11.1.x (64-bit) Oracle 11.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 12.1.x (64-bit)
Windows® Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)	Oracle 10.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 11.2.x (64-bit) Oracle 12.1.x (64-bit)
Windows® Server 2012 (64-bit)	Oracle 11.2.0.4 (64-bit) Oracle 12.1.x (64-bit)

Upgrade and compatibility

•	Plug‑in for Oracle 7.1 requires NetVault Backup 8.6.1 or later. For complete supported-platform information, refer to the Dell NetVault Backup Plug-in Compatibility Guide.

•	Upgrading from 5.0 – When upgrading from 5.0 of the plug-in, note the following:

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If you are using a permanent 5.0 Edition-Based License Key, you must obtain a new license key before upgrading to a later version. The 5.0 Edition-Based License Keys were issued between June 2007 and May 2008. If you are using an older Oracle Online or Oracle RMAN permanent license key, a new permanent license key is not required.

•	After upgrading to the new version, the default attributes must be entered again. This is true whether you are currently using an evaluation key or permanent key for 5.0.

•	Upgrading from Oracle Online and Oracle RMAN Plug-ins – When upgrading from the Oracle Online or Oracle RMAN plug-ins, note the following:

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The concept of a backup method has been introduced. The plug-in offers two backup methods: User Managed and RMAN. The User Managed backup method correlates to the backup method used by previous versions of the Oracle Online plug-in while the RMAN backup method correlates to the backup method used by previous versions of the Oracle RMAN plug-in.

•	Backups taken with previous versions of the Oracle Online or Oracle RMAN plug-in can be restored with the consolidated Plug-in for Oracle.

•	All backup jobs from previous versions of the Oracle Online or Oracle RMAN plug-in must be re-created due to the introduction of a backup method option and other new features built into the consolidated plug-in.

Pure64 Builds

Starting with NetVault Backup 8.6, a new build type named “LinuxX86Pure64” has been added, while the pure 32-bit Linux version has been retired. To understand the impact of this change, review the following:

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Hybrid 32/64-bit Build – The hybrid 32/64-bit build has been retained. However, the platform type has been renamed from “LinuxX8664” to “LinuxX86Hybrid.” This build functions as the standard build for Linux users who do not have a pure 64-bit-only requirement. This build lets you upgrade from pure 32-bit as well as from hybrid builds of NetVault Backup.

The LinuxX86Hybrid build retains binary compatibility with all previous versions of plug-ins, including those marked as 32-bit and those designated 64-bit. Additionally, this build will work on 32-bit systems that do not have 64-bit capability.

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Pure 64-bit Build – A new type of build named “LinuxX86Pure64” has been introduced for pure 64-bit Linux distributions. If you have a specific reason that you cannot use any 32-bit components (for example, you are using a Linux distribution that does not run 32-bit code), use this type. Note that you cannot use this new type to upgrade existing NetVault Backup installations. You must remove the existing version and install the pure 64-bit version separately. To reduce confusion, warning messages have been added to both the upgrade and installation packages to ensure that you understand that they are not compatible.

 

Table 4. Pure64 builds

OS	Core Build	Plug-in
		32-bit	64-bit	Hybrid	Itanium	Pure64
32-bit	32-bit	X		X
	Hybrid	X		X
64-bit	Itanium				X
	64-bit		X	X
	Hybrid		X	X
	Pure64			X		X

 

NOTE: X = Compatible Some plug-ins do not support Pure64-bit builds.

Product licensing

To obtain the license key for your NetVault Backup Server environment, you must first provide the NetVault Machine ID of your main NetVault Backup Server along with the machine IDs of any clients running application plug-ins such as Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL, Exchange, and so on.

You can use the NetVault Configuration Wizard to install the product license keys. Alternatively, you can install the license keys from the Manage Clients page.

To obtain a machine ID

1	Start the NetVault WebUI.

2	In the Navigation pane, click Manage Clients.

3	In the list of NetVault Backup machines, select the applicable machine, and click Manage.

4	On the View Client page, note the machine ID exactly as it appears in the Client Summary table.

To install permanent license keys using the configuration wizard

1	In the Navigation pane, click Guided Configuration.

2	On the NetVault Configuration Wizard page, click Install Licenses.

3	In the list of NetVault Backup Clients, select the applicable machine, and click Next.

4	In the Enter the license key string box, type or copy and paste the license key, and click Apply.

After the key is applied successfully, a message is displayed.

To install the license keys from the Manage Clients page

1	In the Navigation pane, click Manage Clients.

2	In the list of NetVault Backup Clients, select the applicable machine, and click Manage.

3	On the View Client page, click Install License.

4	In the Install License dialog, type or copy and paste the license key, and click Apply.

After the key is applied successfully, a message is displayed.

5	To dismiss the dialog, click Close.