HP 3PAR Application Software Suite for Oracle - Manual (Page 24)

user and Oracle owner group must exist on the NetBackup master server. No Oracle
binary is required.
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If you choose Oracle RMAN for the backup method, you must create an Oracle RMAN
Recovery Catalog and configure Oracle TNS Service and Listener to allow connecting to the
Recovery Catalog from both the database and backup servers. The Recovery Catalog can be
created on any host. Recovery Manager for Oracle recommends that the Recovery Catalog
is created on the backup server. Refer to Oracle documentation for instructions on how to
create a Recovery Catalog, as well as how to configure Oracle TNS Service and Listener.
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In Linux:
If you are using the device mapper multipath, the supported disk formats on the primary
host are: ◦
– /dev/mapper/diskname
– /dev/mapper/aliasname
– /dev/mapper/mpathn
– /dev/dm-n
– /dev/mpath/diskname
◦ LVM volumes and raw disks (/dev/raw/raw) are not supported.
◦ If you use Oracle asmlib, prefix the name of the Oracle asmlib disk label with ORCL:
(for example, ORCL:datadisk12). Do not directly refer to the asmlib path (/dev/
oracleasm/disks/diskname
).
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Virtual volume snapshots used by an Oracle database must be mapped to a Common
Provisioning Group (CPG). Refer to the HP 3PAR InForm OS CLI Administrator’s Manual for
details about mapping to CPGs.
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If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Recovery Manager for Oracle, do not use any
upgrade utilities provided by the system. Instead, you must first uninstall the earlier version of
Recovery Manager for Oracle as a root user and then install the newer version.
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Refer to the HP 3PAR Implementation Guides for instructions on setting up connections from
hosts to the HP 3PAR storage systems and reserving LUNs with specific Host Bus Adapters
(HBAs).
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To use the Remote Copy feature, you must configure your HP 3PAR storage systems for Remote
Copy Software. The HP 3PAR storage systems must meet the requirements specified in
“Recovery
Manager for Oracle’s Remote Copy Requirements” (page 102) . For instructions on configuring
storage servers for Remote Copy Software, see the HP 3PAR Remote Copy Software User’s
Guide.
NOTE: This version of HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for Oracle supports English only.
Installing Recovery Manager for Oracle on Linux Systems
Use the instructions in this section to install Recovery Manager for Oracle on the database and
backup servers.
If you are not using the backup server as the NetBackup master server, be sure to install Recovery
Manager for Oracle on the NetBackup master server.
24 Installing and Deinstalling Recovery Manager