Ransomware attackers specifically target and attempt to destroy backup systems to increase the probability of payment. Hardening your system is critical. Please ensure you have reviewed your platform security using the Security Hardening Checklist
Cohesity

COHESITY Documentation

Explore our documentation to get started, discover products & new features, access troubleshooting guides, register sources, platforms support.

Products
Data Security Alliance
Visit Cohesity.com
Demos
Support
Blogs
Developers
Partner Portals
Cohesity Community
© 2026 Cohesity, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Terms of Use|
Privacy Policy|
Legal|
  1. Home
  2. NetBackup™ for Oracle Administrator's Guide
  3. Installing NetBackup for Oracle
  4. About linking Oracle RMAN with NetBackup for UNIX
  5. Linking Oracle RMAN with NetBackup on UNIX platforms
NetBackup™ for Oracle Administrator's Guide

Linking Oracle RMAN with NetBackup on UNIX platforms

The procedures in this topic show how to link RMAN with NetBackup. The automatic method is preferred. Use the manual method only if the link script fails or if you receive Oracle messages to indicate that manual linking is required.

Link the library with NetBackup when you license NetBackup for Oracle for the first time.

For more information about what Oracle database release that NetBackup for Oracle supports, review the Application/Database Agent Compatibility List.

To automatically link Oracle RMAN with NetBackup

  1. Run the oracle_link script that is located in /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/.

    This script determines the Oracle version level and then links Oracle with the NetBackup API library. This script writes output to /tmp/make_trace.<pid>. To change the trace file location, change the MAKE_TRACE variable in the oracle_link script.

  2. If this installation is an upgrade, restart the Oracle database instance.

To manually link Oracle RMAN with NetBackup, follow the instructions in one of the platform-specific sub-topics:

  • See Manually linking AIX (64-bit).

  • See Manually linking HP Itanium (64-bit).

  • See Manually linking Linux x86 (64-bit).

  • See Manually linking IBM pSeries or zSeries.

  • See Manually linking Solaris x86 (64-bit).

  • See Manually linking Solaris SPARC (64-bit).

Feedback

Was this page helpful?
Previous

Verifying environment variables and shutting down Oracle

Next

Manually linking AIX (64-bit)

Feedback

Was this page helpful?