About Real Application Clusters
In a Real Application Clusters (RAC) environment, many Oracle database instances exist on separate servers, each with direct connectivity to a single Oracle database. All the servers can run transactions concurrently against the same database. Should any single server or instance fail, processing continues on the surviving servers.
RAC supports all Oracle backup features that are available in exclusive mode, including online backups and offline backups of an entire database or individual tablespaces.
Note:
NetBackup has full Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) support when you set up an Oracle policy in the NetBackup web UI. The NetBackup Administration Console does not have support for Oracle RAC policy setup. However, this manual contains all information for creating an Oracle RAC policy that applies to the policy creation in the web UI. The NetBackup Web UI Security Administrator's Guide contains the instructions to add an Oracle RAC.
Warning:
Note that all setup information in Appendix A is deprecated as of NetBackup 8.3. The next NetBackup maintenance release removes the support for the setup that is described in this appendix. All OIP users should use the Oracle RAC feature in the web UI to protect any RAC setup.