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NetBackup™ Backup Planning and Performance Tuning Guide

Best practices: Avoiding media server resource bottlenecks with Oracle VLDB backups

Very Large Database (VLDB) support is a NetBackup 10.1 feature that enables Oracle database backups to span across multiple MSDP storage units or multiple nodes in a cluster for better performance.

VLDB support is designed to remedy media server resource bottlenecks by redirecting workloads to one or more MSDP storage units or cluster nodes.

When you configure MSDP storage units in the NetBackup web UI, it is critical to add all defined media servers for optimal load balancing and maximum performance, as shown in this screen shot:

Then in the NetBackup web UI:

  1. Create an Oracle type policy.

  2. Populate all fields as you do for a standard Oracle agent.

  3. In the Oracle tab, select multiple MSDP storage units or cluster nodes.

  4. Save the policy as in this screen shot:

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