Setting environmental variables, Using the data protector gui, Environmental variables – HP A.06.11 User Manual

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Setting environmental variables

Use environmental variables to modify backup environment to suit your needs.
Environmental variables are Oracle database specific. It means that they can be set
differently for different Oracle databases. Once specified, they are saved to related
Data Protector Oracle database configuration files.

For details on how environmental variables affect your environment, see

Table 5

.

NOTE:

Environmental variables are not supported on HP OpenVMS systems.

Table 5 Environmental variables

Description

Default
value

Environmental variable

This variable is applicable when Data
Protector tries to connect to a target or
catalog database. It specifies how long (in
seconds) Data Protector waits for RMAN to
respond that the connection succeeded. If
RMAN does not respond within the specified
time, Data Protector aborts the current
session.

300 s

OB2_RMAN_COMMAND_TIMEOUT

This variable is applicable when Data
Protector issues an SQL*Plus query. It
specifies how long Data Protector waits for
SQL*Plus to respond that the query
completed successfully. If SQL*Plus does not
respond within the specified time, Data
Protector aborts the current session.

300 s

OB2_SQLP_SCRIPT_TIMEOUT

To set environmental variables, use the Data Protector GUI or CLI.

Using the Data Protector GUI

You can set a variable when you create a backup specification or modify an existing
one:

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