Contents

List of Examples

List of Figures

List of Tables

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Getting Started with Recovery Appliance

• 1.1 Overview of Recovery Appliance
• 1.2 Overview of Protected Databases
  • 1.2.1 Protected Databases and Recovery Appliance Architecture
  • 1.2.2 Benefits of Using Recovery Appliance to Back Up Protected Databases
  • 1.2.3 Tasks of Protected Database Administrators
  • 1.2.4 Overview of Users and Privileges Required for Protected Databases
    • 1.2.4.1 Protected Database Administrator
    • 1.2.4.2 Recovery Appliance User
  • 1.2.5 Overview of Protection Policies
  • 1.2.6 Overview of Sending Protected Database Backups to Recovery Appliance
    • 1.2.6.1 Overview of Backup Polling
  • 1.2.7 Overview of Storing Protected Database Metadata
• 1.3 Backup and Recovery Concepts for Protected Databases
  • 1.3.1 About RMAN SBT Channels and Protected Databases
  • 1.3.2 About Backing Up Protected Databases to Recovery Appliance
    • 1.3.2.1 About Backup Encryption and Recovery Appliance
  • 1.3.3 About Restoring and Recovering Protected Databases Using Recovery Appliance
  • 1.3.4 About the Recovery Appliance Incremental-Forever Backup Strategy
    • 1.3.4.1 Difference Between RMAN Incrementally Updated and Recovery Appliance Incremental-Forever Backup Strategies
  • 1.3.5 About Real-Time Redo Transport
    • 1.3.5.1 How Real-Time Redo Transport Works
    • 1.3.5.2 About Configuring Real-Time Redo Transport for Protected Databases
• 1.4 Tools for Protected Database Operations
• 1.5 Protected Database Administration Task Flow

2 Migration Considerations for Protected Database Administrators

• 2.1 Planning to Migrate Protected Databases to Recovery Appliance
• 2.2 Adapting an Existing Backup Strategy for Recovery Appliance
  • 2.2.1 Modifying RMAN Channel Configurations
  • 2.2.2 Modifying RMAN Backup and Recovery Scripts
  • 2.2.3 Removing Unnecessary RMAN Commands
• 2.3 Migrating Backup Metadata to the Recovery Appliance Catalog
  • 2.3.1 Connecting to the Protected Database and Recovery Appliance Using CLI
  • 2.3.2 Importing Protected Database Metadata into the Recovery Appliance Catalog
    • 2.3.2.1 Steps to Import Protected Database Metadata Into Recovery Appliance
    • 2.3.2.2 Preparing to Import an RMAN Recovery Catalog into Recovery Appliance
    • 2.3.2.3 Importing Protected Database Metadata Using the IMPORT CATALOG Command
• 2.4 Migrating Existing Backups to Recovery Appliance
  • 2.4.1 Setting Up Backup Polling to Migrate Existing Backups to the Recovery Appliance
    • 2.4.1.1 Mounting the NFS Storage for Backup Polling
  • 2.4.2 Making Tape Backups Available to Recovery Appliance
  • 2.4.3 Creating Local Backups
  • 2.4.4 Recovering Protected Databases Using Local Backups

3 Configuring Protected Databases

• 3.1 Overview of Configuring Protected Databases for Recovery Appliance
  • 3.1.1 Steps to Configure Protected Databases for Recovery Appliance
  • 3.1.2 Overview of Recovery Appliance Backup Module
    • 3.1.2.1 Install Location for the Recovery Appliance Backup Module
    • 3.1.2.2 Recovery Appliance Backup Module Configuration File
    • 3.1.2.3 Configuration Parameters for the Recovery Appliance Backup Module
  • 3.1.3 Overview of Enrolling Protected Databases
  • 3.1.4 Overview of Protected Database Backup Settings
  • 3.1.5 Overview of Protected Database Recovery Settings
• 3.2 Enrolling the Protected Database with Recovery Appliance (Cloud Control)
  • 3.2.1 Creating the Enterprise Manager Administrator to Manage Protected Database Operations
  • 3.2.2 Enrolling a Protected Database with Recovery Appliance Using Cloud Control
  • 3.2.3 Accessing the Protected Database Home Page Using Cloud Control
• 3.3 Enrolling the Protected Database with Recovery Appliance (Command Line)
  • 3.3.1 Installing the Recovery Appliance Backup Module
    • 3.3.1.1 Preparing to Install the Recovery Appliance Backup Module
    • 3.3.1.2 Obtaining the Installer for the Recovery Appliance Backup Module
    • 3.3.1.3 Running the Recovery Appliance Backup Module Installer
  • 3.3.2 Enrolling Oracle 10g Protected Databases
  • 3.3.3 Registering a Protected Database with the Recovery Appliance Catalog
• 3.4 Configuring Backup and Recovery Settings for Protected Databases (Cloud Control)
  • 3.4.1 Configuring Backup Settings for Protected Databases Using Cloud Control
  • 3.4.2 Configuring Recovery Settings for Protected Databases Using Cloud Control
  • 3.4.3 Clearing the Backup Configuration of Protected Databases Using Cloud Control
• 3.5 Configuring Backup and Recovery Settings for Protected Databases (Command Line)
  • 3.5.1 Configuring Backup Settings for Protected Databases Using the Command Line
    • 3.5.1.1 Configuring Real-Time Redo Transport
    • 3.5.1.2 Creating an Oracle Wallet on the Protected Database
  • 3.5.2 Configuring Recovery Settings for Protected Databases Using the Command Line
  • 3.5.3 Using RMAN Channels for Recovery Appliance Backup and Recovery Operations
    • 3.5.3.1 Configuring RMAN SBT Channels for Recovery Appliance
    • 3.5.3.2 Allocating RMAN SBT Channels for Recovery Appliance
• 3.6 Performing Test Backup and Recovery Operations
  • 3.6.1 Running a Test Backup Using the Command Line
  • 3.6.2 Running a Test Recovery Using the Command Line
  • 3.6.3 Performing a Test Backup Using Cloud Control

4 Backing Up Protected Databases

• 4.1 Overview of Backing Up Protected Databases
• 4.2 Backing Up the Protected Database Using Cloud Control
  • 4.2.1 Using the Oracle-Suggested Backup Strategy for Protected Databases
  • 4.2.2 Backing Up the Whole Protected Database Using Cloud Control
• 4.3 Backing Up the Protected Database Using the Command Line
  • 4.3.1 Creating the Initial Full Backup of the Protected Database
  • 4.3.2 Creating Incremental Backups of the Protected Database
• 4.4 Monitoring Protected Database Backups Using Cloud Control
  • 4.4.1 Viewing Backup Reports for Protected Databases
  • 4.4.2 Viewing the Status of Protected Database Backup Jobs

5 Recovering Data from Recovery Appliance

• 5.1 Overview of Restoring and Recovering Data from Recovery Appliance
• 5.2 Recovering Protected Databases Using Cloud Control
  • 5.2.1 Prerequisites for Recovering Protected Databases Using Cloud Control
  • 5.2.2 Performing Block Media Recovery Using Cloud Control
  • 5.2.3 Recovering an Entire Database Using Cloud Control
• 5.3 Restoring and Recovering Data from Recovery Appliance Using the Command Line
  • 5.3.1 Prerequisites for Restoring and Recovering Data from Recovery Appliance
  • 5.3.2 Restoring Protected Databases Using a Downstream Recovery Appliance
  • 5.3.3 Example: Restoring and Recovering an Entire Database With the Existing Current Control File
  • 5.3.4 Example: Recovering an Entire Database to a Specified Point-in-Time
  • 5.3.5 Example: Restoring and Recovering the Control File
  • 5.3.6 Example: Restoring and Recovering Tablespaces in the Protected Database
  • 5.3.7 Example: Restoring and Recovering a Data File in the Protected Database
  • 5.3.8 Example: Restoring and Recovering PDBs
    • 5.3.8.1 Performing Complete Recovery of the Whole PDB
    • 5.3.8.2 Performing Point-in-Time Recovery for the Whole PDB
    • 5.3.8.3 Recovering Specific Data Files in a PDB
    • 5.3.8.4 Recovering Specific Tablespaces in a PDB
  • 5.3.9 Example: Recovering a PDB in an Oracle RAC Environment
  • 5.3.10 Example: Restoring and Recovering One or Many Data Blocks in a PDB
  • 5.3.11 Example: Recovering a Database Configured for Real-Time Redo Transport After a Severe Storage Failure
  • 5.3.12 Example: Recovering the Control File and Database When Real-Time Redo Transport is Configured
• 5.4 Database Duplication from Recovery Appliance
  • 5.4.1 Creating a Standby Database for a Protected Database
  • 5.4.2 Cloning a Protected Database

A Differences in RMAN Commands

Index