HP 3PAR Application Software Suite for Oracle - Manual (Page 118)

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Recovery Manager 3.0.3/3.0.4 for Oracle User’s Guide
However, incremental (differential or cumulative) backup of the whole Oracle database is only
available for Oracle RMAN backup method. Incremental (differential or cumulative) backup of
archive log destination is only available for NBU (User-managed) backup method.
Backup is not supported on Remote Copy configuration.
The following are restrictions and automated scripts that are generated when configuring
Recovery Manager. The automated scripts will be executed while the vcdba_backup
command is running.
For NBU (user-managed) backup:
■ The Veritas NetBackup client must be installed on the backup host and database host.
■ At least one NBU policy of standard type must be created and configured for database
backup. Optionally, a separate NBU policy of standard type can be created and configured
for archive log backup.
■ When vcdba_backup is executed, it generates an include list file, that contains a list of
datafiles and/or archive log destination on the mounted virtual copy and stores it in
/usr/openv/netbackup/include_list.<policy_name > on the NBU client (the
backup host).
For Oracle RMAN backup (to tape or disk):
■ To perform RMAN backup to tape, the Veritas NetBackup client must be installed on the
backup host and database host. In addition, Veritas Netbackup for Oracle (Oracle Agent)
must be installed on the backup host, database host, and the NBU master server.
■ To perform RMAN backup to tape, at least one NBU policy of Oracle type must be created
and configured for database backup. Optionally, a separate NBU policy of Oracle type can
be created and configured for archive log backup.
■ Regardless of tape or disk backup, an Oracle RMAN Recovery Catalog database must be
created and configured prior to running this command.
■ During a backup, vcdba_backup starts up a clone database in MOUNTED mode using the
mounted virtual copy on the backup host.
■ During a backup, vcdba_backup executes the RMAN backup script
vcdba_rman_dbbackup.sh or vcdba_rman_archbackup.sh to backup the clone data
base.