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

NetBackup Policies for NBU (User-Managed) Backup” (page 39) or “Setting Up NetBackup Policies
for Oracle RMAN Backup” (page 41) for detailed 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
HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for Oracle’s database configuration utility (rmora_config) 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.
The Virtual Copy Creation Utility
HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Software for Oracle’s create utility creates an online, offline, datafile,
or archive log virtual copy of an Oracle database (rmora_create command).
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Online or offline virtual copy - A point-in-time snapshot image of a database while it is OPEN
(online) or CLOSED (offline).
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Archive log virtual copy - A snapshot image of the archive log destination of a database while
it is online (OPEN).
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Datafile virtual copy - A point-in-time snapshot image of the datafiles of a database while it
is online (OPEN). A datafile virtual copy alone cannot be used for recovery without the archive
logs generated up to the point when the virtual copy is taken. It is assumed that the user is
responsible for making sure all required archive logs exist.
Once created, the virtual copy can be mounted on the backup server for off-host processing purposes
such as backup and database cloning.
A database virtual copy consists of multiple virtual copies of underlying 3PAR virtual volumes used
by Oracle datafiles, archive log destination, or both, depending on which option is specified
(online, offline, datafile, or archonly). An archive log virtual copy can be used in conjunction with
online or offline virtual copy to simulate an incremental backup.
If Recovery Manager for Oracle is configured to use Oracle RMAN for backup, an RMAN Recovery
Catalog must have been created and configured prior to running the create utility. The Recovery
Manager create utility performs Recovery Catalog synchronization during the virtual copy creation
process.
10 Overview of Recovery Manager Operations