6.11 Backing Up and Restoring Oracle Databases on KVM Guests

Backing up and restoring Oracle databases on KVM guests is the same as backing up and restoring Oracle databases on physical nodes.

• If you are using Exadata storage servers, then each Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) cluster running in guests requires its own Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM) disk group to be designated as the fast recovery area (FRA), such as +RECO. Refer to the Exadata Database Machine Backup and Restore Configuration and Operational Best Practices technical reference paper for details.
• If you are using Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance, refer to the Protecting Exadata Database Machine with the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance: Configuration Best Practices technical reference paper for details.