Configuring an OIP using a share on the NetBackup appliance (Oracle Copilot)
The following prerequisites exist for using a NetBackup appliance share:
You must provision a share on the appliance for these options using the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.
These options are available to you but only configurable when you have a NetBackup appliance configured as the media server.
Note:
This feature requires a NetBackup appliance running software version 2.7.1 or later.
The option protects the database backups that an Oracle DBA creates on a share on the NetBackup appliance.
The option enhances the OIP to allow the NetBackup Administrator to choose an appliance share as the destination for the first backup copy. The backup copy is a full set of data file copies that are maintained by updating only the changed blocks if is selected.
If using Oracle Copilot with RAC then the following must be configured:
Each node of the RAC cluster must have access to the Oracle Copilot share.
The Oracle Copilot share has to be mounted on each node of the RAC cluster using the same mount point name on each node.
Table: Appliance share workflow
Step | Description |
|---|---|
Create Oracle Copilot Policy. | Create an Oracle Copilot policy. See Configuring an OIP using a share on the NetBackup appliance (Oracle Copilot). |
Creating an instant recovery point. | Creating an instant recovery point. See Creating an instant recovery point from an Oracle Copilot image (NetBackup Appliance share). |
Common tasks | See Cleaning up the Oracle Copilot share after point in time restore of database. See Single-step restore to ASM storage from an Oracle Copilot recovery point or instant access mount. See About restoring from a data file copy to ASM storage using RMAN. |
Use the following procedure to set up a backup policy that protects shares on the NetBackup appliance.
To configure an OIP using the Database backup shares or Whole Database - Datafile Copy Share options
- (Database Backup Shares option) The Oracle DBA asks NetBackup administrator for the appliance share information.
- The NetBackup administrator uses the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu to create a share on the appliance and then sets permissions for the share.
For more information about how to set up the share, see Creating a share from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu in the Veritas NetBackup 52xx and 5330 Appliance Administrator's Guide
- The NetBackup administrator sends information about the appliance share to system administrator.
- The system administrator mounts an appliance share on the Oracle database server using the OS tools.
- (Database backup shares option) The Oracle DBA uses RMAN to create a database backup on the appliance share.
- Configure an OIP.
Attributes tab
Select Oracle as the Policy type.
The Use Accelerator option is automatically selected when the Whole Database - Datafile Copy Share option is selected. If the Use Accelerator option is unchecked the full set of data files are copied again (including changed blocks). When the Use Accelerator option is used, the Oracle Change Block tracking should be enabled for better performance.
For information on the Attributes tab, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.
Schedules tab
Click Add and select Full backup.
For information on the Schedules tab, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.
Instance and databases tab
Select the Oracle database instance.
Backup selections tab
Select the Database backup shares option.
Oracle tab
Configure the Database backup share options to delete backup sets and backup copies.
Note:
The NetBackup appliance media server can only be configured in a pure IPv4 or dual stack IPv4/IPv6 mode.