About storing templates

NetBackup for Oracle saves backup templates on the master server and restore templates on the client. A backup template is retrieved from the master server as part of a backup (server-directed, scheduled, or user-directed) and is run on the client. Backup templates are associated with a policy by specifying its name in the policy backup selections list. Because backup templates are stored on the server in a known location, server-directed and scheduled backups use the same copy of the template. The server-directed and scheduled backups use the same copy of the template for each client in the policy client list.

When templates are saved, if the template does not end with '.tpl', the extension is appended to the file name before the template is saved.

Before you run a template on a NetBackup for Oracle client, NetBackup verifies the validity of the template for that client. The verification is done by checking the Oracle installation information that is stored in that template. Only valid templates are run on each client.

The NetBackup for Oracle Recovery saves a template to a user-specified location on the client. The location that is specified should include a fully qualified path to a directory where the user has write access.

Templates store the encrypted passwords that are decrypted at run-time.