NetBackup server and client requirements
Before you install NetBackup, review the requirements for the NetBackup server and the NetBackup clients.
Verify that the following requirements are met for the NetBackup server:
The NetBackup server software is installed and operational on the NetBackup server.
See the NetBackup Installation Guide.
One or more Oracle database instances must exist.
Make sure that you configure any backup media that the storage unit uses. The number of media volumes that are required depends on several things:
The devices that are used and the storage capacity of the media.
The sizes of the databases that you want to back up.
The amount of data that you want to archive.
The size of your backups.
The frequency of backups or archives.
The length of retention of the backup images.
Verify that the following requirements are met for the NetBackup clients:
The NetBackup client software is installed on the computer that has the databases you want to back up.
If the database is clustered, you must use the same version of NetBackup on each node in the cluster.
For an Oracle RAC cluster that is used in backups, all nodes must run the NetBackup client and the same NetBackup version.