User-directed backup or restore from the Windows client
This section explains the process to prepare a Microsoft Cluster environment for a user-directed backup or restore operation.
Note:
When performing user-directed backups, make sure that you are on the node that owns the shared drive where the Oracle database is installed.
Note:
When user-directed client restores are performed with different configuration options of NetBackup failover media servers and a UNIX or Windows master server, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.
To perform a user-directed backup or restore from the client
- Take the clustered Oracle database instance offline.
- Shut down and then startup the database in mount state.
The sequence is necessary to perform administrative tasks like backup and recovery. Use the svrmgrl or sqlplus utility from Oracle. At the command line, type the following:
Shutdown option [normal, abort, immediate] startup mount
- Perform the backup or recovery.
- Bring the Oracle database online with failsafe after the desired backup or restore is complete. The database is then enabled to fail over between the configured cluster of nodes.