Configuring policies for BLI backups with NetBackup for Oracle
This topic explains how to configure BLI backups for Oracle policies. BLI backups do not back up all database objects. Include schedules to perform stream-based backups.
Your backup configuration must ensure that the entire database can be successfully restored.
To configure a policy for BLI backups, configure the following:
The BLI backup method on the policy attributes dialog box.
An Automatic Backup schedule to perform full and incremental snapshot backups of the data files.
An Application Backup schedule to perform a stream-based backup of control files and archived redo logs. These files are backed up with standard RMAN operations.
To configure a policy for BLI backups
- Open the policy you want to configure.
- Click the Attributes tab.
- From the Policy type list, choose Oracle.
- Select the Policy storage.
- Select Perform block-level incremental backups.
- To configure schedules, click the Schedules tab.
Oracle does not support proxy backups of database control files and archived redo logs. To perform a whole database proxy backup, which automatically includes a backup of the control file, configure the following:
One or more automatic backup schedules to perform proxy BLI backups of the data files.
An Application Backup schedule type to back up the control files and archived redo logs.
- On the Clients tab, specify clients to be backed up with this policy.
- On the Backup Selections tab, specify the script.