HP 3PAR Application Software Suite for Oracle - Manual (Page 18)

Recovery Manager for Oracle saves an ASCII control file and a binary control file for each created
Virtual Copy in its repository. After a rollback, you may need to restore the control file in order to
perform database recovery.
Recovery Manager for Oracle and Third-Party Backup Tools
HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Software for Oracle integrates HP 3PAR Virtual Copy Software with
Symantec NetBackup (NBU), HP Data Protector and/or Oracle RMAN to perform off-host backup.
Off-host backups can dramatically reduce performance impact on the database server and minimize
database down time or database in backup mode during backup.
Recovery Manager for Oracle creates a Virtual Copy (snapshot) of the database, mounts it to the
backup server, then performs backup of the Virtual Copy.
Recovery Manager for Oracle supports online (hot), offline (cold), datafile, or archive log backups.
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Online backup - A database backup while it is OPEN.
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Offline backup - A database backup while it is CLOSED.
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Datafile backup - A backup of datafiles only.
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Archive log backup - A backup of archive logs only.
Recovery Manager for Oracle can be configured to perform Symantec NetBackup (user-managed)
backup, Oracle RMAN, Oracle RMAN with Symantec NetBackup or Oracle RMAN with HP Data
Protector backup..
The Database Backup Utility
HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Software for Oracle’s database backup utility supports full and/or
incremental backup of an Oracle database or archive log destination. Full backup of an Oracle
database or archive log destination are always supported regardless of backup method (Symantec
NetBackup, Oracle RMAN, Oracle RMAN with Symantec NetBackup, or Oracle RMAN with HP
Data Protector backup). However, incremental (differential or cumulative) backup of a whole Oracle
database is only available using Oracle RMAN, Oracle RMAN with Symantec NetBackup, or
Oracle RMAN with HP Data Protector backup. Incremental (differential or cumulative) backup of
archive log destination is only available for the Symantec NetBackup (user-managed) backup
method.
18 Overview of Recovery Manager Operations