Maintenance Tasks for Recovery Appliance

Typically, you must perform the following tasks:

Task 1: Monitor activity on Recovery Appliance

Using Cloud Control, monitor Recovery Appliance to ensure that business requirements are being met. For example, do the following:

  • Review any alerts or warnings

  • Verify that available space can meet all recovery windows

  • Verify that backup throughput meets performance requirements

See "Basic Tasks for Monitoring the Recovery Appliance".

Task 2: Monitor backup jobs (for DBA)

Protected database administrators must periodically monitor backup job reports for errors.

See Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance Protected Database Configuration Guide.

Task 3: Generate and review reports on Recovery Appliance

Using Cloud Control, generate and review BI Publisher reports for storage usage and capacity planning.

See "Basic Tasks for Accessing Recovery Appliance Reports".

Task 4: Restart the Recovery Appliance

If necessary, shut down and start up the Recovery Appliance using operating system utilities and DBMS_RA procedures. See Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance Owner's Guide to learn how to restart the Recovery Appliance.