For a backup operation, the NetBackup for Oracle agent performs the following steps:

• Receives a list of files to back up from RMAN.

• A unique backup file name identifies each file in the NetBackup catalog. To ensure that this procedure occurs, use the format operand to give each data file a unique name.

• Queries the policy to check whether the Snapshot Client policy attributes are specified.

• Initiates a configured number of Snapshot Client backups and waits until the jobs are completed.

For a restore operation, the NetBackup for Oracle agent performs the following steps:

• Receives a list of files to restore from RMAN.

• Sends a restore request to the NetBackup server for all files in the list.

• Waits for NetBackup to restore all files in the file list.