Document Outline

• 3PAR Recovery Manager 3.0.2 for Oracle on Solaris and Red Hat Linux User’s Guide
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
  • 1.1 Audience
  • 1.2 Related Documents
  • 1.3 Organization
  • 1.4 Typographical Conventions
  • 1.5 Advisories
• Overview of Recovery Manager Operations
  • 2.1 Virtual Copies
  • 2.2 About the Recovery Manager Repository
  • 2.3 Interacting with Oracle
  • 2.4 Interacting with Veritas Volume Manager
  • 2.5 Interacting with Veritas NetBackup and Oracle RMAN
  • 2.6 Recovery Manager Utilities
    • 2.6.1 The Database Configuration Utility
    • 2.6.2 The Virtual Copy Creation Utility
    • 2.6.3 The Virtual Copy Display Utility
    • 2.6.4 The Virtual Copy Mount Utility
    • 2.6.5 The Virtual Copy Unmount Utility
    • 2.6.6 The Virtual Copy Export Utility
    • 2.6.7 The Database Cloning Utility
    • 2.6.8 The Cloned Database Removal Utility
    • 2.6.9 The Virtual Copy Removal Utility
  • 2.7 The Virtual Copy Repository
    • 2.7.1 The Virtual Copy Repository Removal Utility
  • 2.8 Virtual Copy Policy
  • 2.9 Database Rollback from a Virtual Copy
    • 2.9.1 The Database Rollback Utility
  • 2.10 Recovery Manager and Third-Party Backup Tools
    • 2.10.1 The Database Backup Utility
    • 2.10.2 The Database Restoration Utility
  • 2.11 Recovery Manager with Remote Copy
• Installing and Deinstalling Recovery Manager
  • 3.1 Referencing the Support Matrix
  • 3.2 Preinstallation Requirements
  • 3.3 Installing Recovery Manager on Linux Systems
    • 3.3.1 Starting Installation
    • 3.3.2 Verifying Installation
  • 3.4 Removing Recovery Manager from Linux Systems
  • 3.5 Installing Recovery Manager on Solaris Systems
    • 3.5.1 Starting Installation
    • 3.5.2 Verifying Installation
  • 3.6 Removing Recovery Manager from Solaris Systems
• Configuring Recovery Manager
  • 4.1 Setting Up Connections on Recovery Manager
  • 4.2 Setting up RSH/CLI Connections for Recovery Manager
    • 4.2.1 Setting Up an RSH Connection from the Backup Host to the Primary Host
    • 4.2.2 Verifying the RSH Connection from the Backup Host to the Primary Host
    • 4.2.3 Setting Up RSH Connections from the Backup Host to the NetBackup Master Server
    • 4.2.4 Verifying RSH Connections from the Backup Host to the NetBackup Master Server
    • 4.2.5 Setting Up a CLI Connection from the Primary Host to the InServ Storage Server
    • 4.2.6 Verifying the CLI Connection from the Primary Host to the InServ Storage Server
    • 4.2.7 Setting Up a CLI Connection from the Backup Host to the InServ Storage Server
    • 4.2.8 Verifying the CLI Connection from the Backup Host to the InServ Storage Server
  • 4.3 Setting Up SSH Connections for Recovery Manager
    • 4.3.1 SSH Restrictions
    • 4.3.2 Modifying the SSH Daemon Configuration
    • 4.3.3 Generating an SSH Key Pair for the Backup Host
    • 4.3.4 Generating an SSH Key Pair for the Primary Host
    • 4.3.5 Setting Up Connections from the Backup Host to the Primary Host
    • 4.3.6 Verifying Connections from the Backup Host to the Primary Host
    • 4.3.7 Setting Up Connections from the Backup Host to the NetBackup Master Server
    • 4.3.8 Verifying Connections from the Backup Host to the NetBackup Master Server
    • 4.3.9 Setting Up Connections from the Backup Host to the InServ Storage Server
    • 4.3.10 Verifying Connections from the Backup Host to the InServ Storage Server
    • 4.3.11 Setting Connections from the Primary Host to the InServ Storage Server
    • 4.3.12 Verifying Connections from the Primary Host to the InServ Storage Server
  • 4.4 Setting up National Language Host Support
  • 4.5 Setting up Manual Pages on Both Primary and Backup Hosts
  • 4.6 Setting up a Search Path on Both Primary and Backup Hosts
  • 4.7 Setting Up NetBackup Policies for NBU (User-Managed) Backup
    • 4.7.1 Configuring the NetBackup Policy for Database Backup
    • 4.7.2 Configuring the NetBackup Policy for Archive Log Backup
    • 4.7.3 Setting Up NetBackup Configuration Parameters
  • 4.8 Setting Up NetBackup Policies for Oracle RMAN Backup
    • 4.8.1 Configuring the NetBackup Policy for Database Backup with RMAN
    • 4.8.2 Configuring the NetBackup Policy for Archive Log Backup
    • 4.8.3 Creating an RMAN Recovery Catalog
  • 4.9 Recovery Manager Configuration Files
    • 4.9.1 Creating a Recovery Manager Configuration File without Remote Copy
    • 4.9.2 Creating a Recovery Manager Configuration File Using Remote Copy
• Using Recovery Manager from the Menu-Driven Application
  • 5.1 Starting the Menu-Driven Application
  • 5.2 Managing Virtual Copies
    • 5.2.1 Displaying Virtual Copies
    • 5.2.2 Creating a Virtual Copy
    • 5.2.3 Removing a Virtual Copy
    • 5.2.4 Mounting a Virtual Copy
    • 5.2.5 Unmounting a Virtual Copy
    • 5.2.6 Exporting a Virtual Copy
    • 5.2.7 Removing a Virtual Copy’s Repository
    • 5.2.8 Setting Virtual Copy Policy
  • 5.3 Backing Up Virtual Copies
    • 5.3.1 Performing Immediate Backups
    • 5.3.2 Performing Automatic Backups
  • 5.4 Performing Restores
    • 5.4.1 Performing Restores
  • 5.5 Performing Periodic Remote Copy
• Using the Recovery Manager Command Line Interface
  • vcdba_backup
  • vcdba_checkconfig
  • vcdba_config
  • vcdba_create
  • vcdba_createdb
  • vcdba_display
  • vcdba_export
  • vcdba_main
  • vcdba_mount
  • vcdba_remove
  • vcdba_removedb
  • vcdba_restore
  • vcdba_rmrep
  • vcdba_rollback
  • vcdba_rsync
  • vcdba_umount
• Using the Recovery Manager Graphical User Interface
  • 7.1 Starting and Stopping the Recovery Manager GUI
    • 7.1.1 Starting the GUI
  • 7.2 Stopping the GUI
  • 7.3 Creating Configuration Files
  • 7.4 Modifying Configuration Files
  • 7.5 Removing Configuration Files
  • 7.6 Using Virtual Copies
    • 7.6.1 Creating a Virtual Copy
    • 7.6.2 Setting up Virtual Copy Policy
    • 7.6.3 Refreshing Virtual Copy Information
    • 7.6.4 Mounting a Virtual Copy
    • 7.6.5 Unmounting a Virtual Copy
    • 7.6.6 Removing a Virtual Copy
    • 7.6.7 Backing up a Virtual Copy
    • 7.6.8 Removing a Virtual Copy Repository
    • 7.6.9 Restoring Datafiles
    • 7.6.10 Refreshing Database Information
    • 7.6.11 Exporting a Virtual Copy to an Alternate Backup Host
    • 7.6.12 Cloning a Database
    • 7.6.13 Removing a Cloned Database
  • 7.7 Periodic Database Synchronization
    • 7.7.1 Starting Periodic Synchronization
    • 7.7.2 Verifying the Periodic Synchronization Process
    • 7.7.3 Removing the Recovery Manager Periodic Sync Lock
    • 7.7.4 Refreshing Remote Copy Information
• Using the Recovery Manager Rollback Utility
  • 8.1 vcdba_rollback Usage
  • 8.2 Database Volumes Not Under Veritas VxVM Control
    • 8.2.1 Rollback with Read-Only Virtual Copies
    • 8.2.2 Rollback with Read-Write Virtual Copies
  • 8.3 Database Volumes Under Veritas VxVM Control
    • 8.3.1 Rollback with Read-Write Virtual Copies
    • 8.3.2 Rollback with Read-Only Virtual Copies
• Using Remote Copy with Recovery Manager
  • 9.1 Overview
  • 9.2 System Configuration
    • 9.2.1 Recovery Manager’s Remote Copy Requirements
  • 9.3 Verifying Remote Copy Settings
    • 9.3.1 Verifying the Primary/Local Remote Copy Setting
    • 9.3.2 Verifying the Secondary/Remote Copy Setting
  • 9.4 Using Remote Copy
• Index
• Revision History