Adding a new script-based Oracle policy
This topic describes how to add a new backup policy for a database.
To add a new script-based Oracle policy
- Log on to the master server as administrator (Windows) or root (UNIX), and start the NetBackup Administration Console.
- If your site has more than one master server, choose the one on which you want to add the policy.
- In the NetBackup Administration Console, select NetBackup Management > Policies. Then select Actions > New > New Policy.
- In the Add a New Policy dialog box, in the Policy name box, type a unique name for the new policy. Click OK.
- In the Add New Policy dialog box, in the Policy type list, select Oracle. The tabs along the top of the dialog change to include an Instances and Databases tab.
The database agent policy type does not appear in the drop-down list unless your master server has a license for the database agent.
- Click the Instances and Databases tab and select Clients for use with scripts.
- Click Yes on the Backup Policy Management dialog box. The tabs along the top of the dialog change again to include a Clients tab.
- Click OK to return to the main screen of the NetBackup Administration Console. Select View > Refresh to refresh the GUI so that the appropriate schedule information appears in the Schedules tab.
- In the right pane, double-click the policy that you have added. Another option is to right-click on the policy name in the center pane and select Change from the menu.
- Complete the entries on the Attributes tab.
Add other policy information as follows:
Add schedules.
Note:
Be aware of what may happen if an automatic schedule invokes a script that a user authored. NetBackup does not provide safeguards to prevent an automatic backup schedule from running a restore or a recovery script.
Add clients. On the Clients tab, click Clients for use with scripts option. Then click New to display a list of all possible clients. Select new clients from this list, then click OK.
Add scripts to the backup selections list.
- When you have added all the schedules, clients, and backup selections you need, click OK.