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  3. NetBackup™ for Oracle Administrator's Guide
  5. NetBackup Dedupe Direct for Oracle
  7. Installing NetBackup Dedupe Direct for Oracle plug-in on the Oracle database server
NetBackup™ for Oracle Administrator's Guide

Installing NetBackup Dedupe Direct for Oracle plug-in on the Oracle database server

Install NetBackup Dedupe Direct for Oracle plug-in on all database servers. You can enable the communication between Oracle database server and the MSDP storage server by configuring the environment variables.

This plug-in can co-exist with the NetBackup Oracle client. You can also install the plug-in along with the NetBackup Oracle client on the Oracle server. Following table lists the backup and recovery capability.

Table: Backup and recovery capability

Backup

Recovery from the plug-in directly

Recovery from NetBackup Oracle client

Backups from the plug-in

Yes

Yes

Backups from NetBackup oracle client

No

Yes

To install the plug-in on the database servers:

  1. Download NetBackup Dedupe Direct for Oracle plug-in.
  2. Run the following command to install the plug-in.

    command sbt_config with --install option

  3. To ensure the communication between NetBackup Dedupe Direct for Oracle plug-in and the MSDP storage server, set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, MSDP_DBA_USER, and MSDP_DBA_PASSWORD environment variables before performing the backups.

    Set the MSDP_DBA_USER and MSDP_DBA_PASSWORD environment variables to the username and password of the MSDP app user created on the MSDP storage user.

    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/<plugin installation path>/sbt/lib:/home/
oracle/sbt/ost-plugins
export MSDP_DBA_USER=<Your username>
export MSDP_DBA_PASSWORD=<Your password>

    Note:

    MSDP_DBA_USER and MSDP_DBA_PASSWORD are the default environment variables used by the plug-in. If the USER and PASSWORD parameters have been modified in the rman.cfg configuration file, use the updated values as the environment variable names instead of the defaults.

    See NetBackup Dedupe Direct for Oracle rman.cfg file parameters.

    To create an MSDP app user, refer to the following:

    • See About MSDP application user support topic of the NetBackup Deduplication Guide.

    • See Before you install NetBackup Dedupe Direct for Oracle plug-in.

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