Creating an Oracle Intelligent Policy (OIP)
This topic guides you through the steps for setting up an Oracle Intelligent Policy (OIP) using the NetBackup Administration Console. An OIP is used with Oracle CDB and PDB databases, Copilot, and regular Oracle database instance backups. This method precludes the need to create templates and scripts for your Oracle policies.
Table: Steps for creating an OIP
Steps | Task | Instructions |
|---|---|---|
Step 1 | Register Oracle instances. | NetBackup automatically discovers Oracle instances and displays them in the instance repository. An instance must be registered in order for that instance to be included in an OIP. |
Step 2 | (Conditional) Create Oracle instance group. | Instance groups are for instances with common credentials. Add an instance to a group to register that instance. This step is not required to create an OIP. |
Step 3 | Add new policy and policy name. | In the left pane of the NetBackup Administration Console, expand. Select or right-click on in the center pane and click on the shortcut menu. Enter a unique name in the Policy name: dialog box and click . |
Step 4 | Configure the Attributes tab. | In the Policy Type pull-down menu, select . This action causes the tabs along the top of the display to change to a unique Oracle tab set. For information on the Attributes tab, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I. The option has a different function when used with an OIP. This option is automatically selected when certain options in the Backup Selections tab are set during Copilot configuration. |
Step 5 | Configure the Schedules tab. | The schedules that are defined on the Schedules tab determine when backups occur for an OIP. For information on the Schedules tab, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I. |
Step 6 | Configure the Instances and Databases tab. | Select the instances or the instance groups that the OIP will back up. An OIP must include either the or the option. |
Step 7 | Configure the Backup Selections tab. | You can backup the , , , , , or the . |
Step 8 | Configure the Oracle tab. | The tab contains setup options for databases, tablespaces, data files, archived redo logs, file name formats, and database backup shares. |
More Information
Instance management for an Oracle Intelligent Policy
About the NetBackup Discovery Service
Manually adding an Oracle database instance to the repository
Registering an Oracle database instance
About Oracle database instance groups
Adding an instance to an instance group
Automatic Registration of an instance group
NetBackup for Oracle backup policy types
About using a NetBackup appliance share for Oracle backups (Copilot)
Configuring an OIP using a share on the NetBackup appliance (Copilot)