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  2. NetBackup™ for Oracle Administrator's Guide
  3. Oracle policy configuration
  4. Instance management for an Oracle Intelligent Policy (OIP)
  5. About Oracle database instance groups
NetBackup™ for Oracle Administrator's Guide

About Oracle database instance groups

Instance groups can be a major time saver when you create Oracle policies.

  • You can configure an instance group to automatically add newly discovered database instances to the group.

  • You need only enter a set of credentials once. The Oracle database user is required to have a certain level of credentials. The Oracle database user must have SYSBACKUP or SYSDBA privileges (based on version of Oracle). Thereafter, all discovered instances can be automatically assigned the same set of credentials, registering instances on the fly.

  • With the selection of an instance group, you can create a single policy that backs up and restores hundreds and even thousands of instances.

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Creating an Oracle database instance group

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