About NetBackup for Oracle manual backups
You can also run an Automatic Backup schedule manually. For information about performing manual backups of schedules, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.
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You must be the root user to perform all operations using the BLI backup software.
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For HP-UX PA-RISC checkpoints to unmount and be cleaned up, create touch file /usr/openv/netbackup/AIO_READS_MAX that contains the value 1.
To perform a cold (offline) backup, set the environment variable METHOD in the bpstart_notify script on the client to SHUTDOWN_BKUP_RESTART. The bpstart_notify script shuts down the database before the backup begins and the bpend_notify script restarts the database after the backup completes.
To perform a hot (online) backup using Fulldata Storage Checkpoints, make sure the database is running in ARCHIVELOG mode and set the variable METHOD to ALTER_TABLESPACE. The bpstart_notify script changes the tablespaces to online backup mode before the backup begins, and the post_checkpoint_notify script changes the tablespaces back to normal mode after the Fulldata Storage Checkpoints are created.
To perform a Nodata Storage Checkpoint Hot (online) backup, make sure the database is running in ARCHIVELOG mode and set the environment variable METHOD in the bpstart_notify script to NODATA_CKPT_HOT. The bpstart_notify script changes the tablespaces to online backup mode before the backup begins. The bpend_notify script changes the tablespaces back to normal mode after the backup completes.
To perform a quick freeze backup, set the environment variable METHOD in the bpstart_notify script to SHUTDOWN_CKPT_RESTART. The bpstart_notify script shuts down the database and the post_checkpoint_notify script restarts it immediately after the Fulldata Storage Checkpoints are created. Taking VxFS Fulldata Storage Checkpoints is very fast (within a minute), and with the NetBackup queuing delay for scheduling the backup jobs, the database down time is typically only a few minutes.