HP 3PAR Application Software Suite for Oracle - Manual (Page 10)

For NBU backup and restoration, Recovery Manager for Oracle interacts directly with NBU to
trigger the backup or restore process. Recovery Manager for Oracle requires that the NBU client
must be installed on the database server and the backup server.
For HP Data Protector backup and restoration, Recovery Manager for Oracle interacts directly with
HP Data Protector to trigger the backup or restore process. HP Data Protector client with Oracle
Integration Agent and User Interface components must be installed on the database servers and
backup server.
For Oracle RMAN backup, Recovery Manager for Oracle supports backup to tape and backup
to local disk. If Recovery Manager is configured to perform backup to local disk, Recovery Manager
for Oracle interacts with Oracle RMAN to trigger the backup process. If Recovery Manager for
Oracle is configured to perform backup to tape, Recovery Manager for Oracle interacts with
Oracle RMAN, which in turn interacts with either NBU or HP Data Protector to trigger the backup
or restore process. Recovery Manager for Oracle requires that Oracle database software (Oracle
RMAN) and Symantec NetBackup Client or HP Data Protector Client must be installed on the
database server and the backup server. Additionally, Symantec NetBackup for Oracle (Oracle
Agent) or HP Data Protector Oracle Integration component must be installed on the database
server, backup server, and NetBackup master server, if you select to backup to tape.
Recovery Manager for Oracle requires that at least one NBU policy or HP Data Protector backup
specification must be created per database. Optionally, a separate NBU policy or HP Data Protector
backup specification can be created for archive log backup (backup archive log only). The NBU
policies must be created as "standard" type or "Oracle" type for NBU (user-managed)
backup/restore or Oracle RMAN backup/restore, respectively. The HP Data Protector backup
specifications must be created as an Oracle backup specification. See,
“Setting Up NetBackup
Policies for NBU (User-Managed) Backup” (page 46) or “Setting Up NetBackup Policies for Oracle
RMAN Backup” (page 52) or “Create HP Data Protector Oracle backup specification” (page 49)
for detail information).
Recovery Manager for Oracle Utilities
Read this section for general information regarding HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for Oracle utilities
available through the Recovery Manager for Oracle command line interface and graphical user
interface.
The Database Configuration Utility
The database configuration utility (rmora_config) of HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for Oracle
creates a Recovery Manager for Oracle configuration file for each database. All operations that
are available from Recovery Manager for Oracle require this configuration file. After the Recovery
Manager for Oracle configuration file is created for a database, it is stored at:
/etc/3par/solutions/<db_server>.ora.<oracle_sid>/config
An equivalent environment file is also created for each configuration file. It contains all configuration
options that are specified in the configuration file. Recovery Manager for Oracle uses the
environment file for its operations. The environment file is also stored at the same location as the
configuration file.
/etc/3par/solutions/<db_server>.ora.<oracle_sid>/config_exp.sh
If a configuration file of a database instance exists, it is overwritten. The permission of the
configuration file is set to the user that created the file.
To check the configuration on a specific database, use the rmora_checkconfig command.
Resolve any issues before you create Virtual Copies.
10 Overview of Recovery Manager Operations