Creating Virtual Private Catalog Accounts

RMAN must connect to the Recovery Appliance catalog when backing up to a Recovery Appliance. In this step, you create a virtual private catalog user for a specific protected database or set of protected databases.

Assumptions

Assume that you are a Recovery Appliance administrator with the following requirements:

• You want to enroll database orcld with a Recovery Appliance.

• You want to create a virtual private catalog account named ravpc1. When backing up orcld, you plan to run CONNECT CATALOG with the ravpc1 credentials.

To create a virtual private catalog account:

1. Log in to the Recovery Appliance as your named db_user with the user type admin.

2. Change to the bin directory:

   # cd /opt/oracle.RecoveryAppliance/bin

3. Run the command to add the new virtual private catalog account.

   The following command adds a virtual private catalog account named ravpc1:

   # ./racli add db_user --user_name=ravpc1 --user_type=vpc

   When prompted, enter the password for the ravpc1 user.

See Also:

• Oracle Database Security Guide to learn how to create database user accounts

• Oracle Database Backup and Recovery User's Guide to learn about virtual private catalogs