Table of Contents

• Title and Copyright Information
• Preface
  • Audience
  • Documentation Accessibility
  • Related Documents
  • Conventions
• Changes in Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance Administrator’s Guide Release 23.1
• Introduction to Recovery Appliance
  • Traditional Database Backup Techniques
    • Weekly Full and Daily Incremental Backups
    • Incremental Backups and RECOVER COPY
    • Full Backups to a Third-Party Deduplicating Appliance
    • Third-Party Storage Snapshots
  • Data Protection Challenges in the Modern Enterprise
  • Oracle’s Recovery Appliance Solution
    • Elimination of Data Loss
      • Protection of Ongoing Transactions
      • Secure Replication
      • Autonomous Tape Archival
      • End-to-End Data Validation
    • Minimal Backup Overhead
      • Delta Push
      • Delta Store
        • Creation of Virtual Full Backups
        • Rapid Recovery Using Virtual Full Backups
    • Improved End-to-End Data Protection Visibility
    • Cloud-Scale Protection
      • Policy-Based Data Protection Management
      • Database-Aware Space Management
      • Scalable Architecture
    • Maximum Availability: Recovery Appliance with Oracle Data Guard
  • What’s Next?
• Recovery Appliance Architecture
  • The Recovery Appliance Environment
    • Main Components of the Recovery Appliance Environment
    • User Accounts in the Recovery Appliance Environment
    • Lifecycle of a Backup: Scenario
  • Protected Databases
    • Recovery Appliance Backup Modules
    • Protection Policies
      • Protection Policy Attributes
      • Recovery Windows
      • Backup Polling Policies
    • Supported Oracle Database Releases
  • Real-Time Redo Transport
  • Recovery Appliance Metadata Database
    • Delta Store
    • Delta Pools
    • Automated Delta Pool Space Management
    • Recovery Appliance Schema
    • Recovery Appliance Catalog
  • Recovery Appliance Storage
    • Recovery Appliance Storage Locations
      • Benefits of Recovery Appliance Storage
      • Oracle ASM and Recovery Appliance Storage
      • DELTA Storage Location
    • Backup Polling Locations
      • Stages of Backup Polling
      • How Recovery Appliance Processes Backups in Backup Polling Directories
    • How Recovery Appliance Manages Storage Space
      • Recovery Window Goal
      • Reserved Space
      • Guaranteed Copy
      • Maximum Retention Window
      • Recover Window Compliance
      • Archival and Encrypted Backups
      • Space-Efficient Encrypted Backups
  • Ransomware and Cybersecurity
  • Oracle Secure Backup
    • Tape Archival
    • Tape Retrieval
  • Recovery Appliance Replication
    • How a Downstream Recovery Appliance Processes Backups
    • Replication Use Cases
  • Data Encryption Techniques
    • Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) on Production Database Tablespaces
    • Redo Encryption Using LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_n
    • Tape Drive-Based Hardware Encryption
• Part I Managing Recovery Appliance
  • Recovery Appliance Workflow
    • Separation of Duties in Recovery Appliance Administration
    • Prerequisites for Recovery Appliance Administration
      • Tools for Recovery Appliance Administration
      • Planning for Recovery Appliance
    • Setup and Configuration for Recovery Appliance
    • Maintenance Tasks for Recovery Appliance
  • Getting Started with Cloud Control for Recovery Appliance
    • Displaying All Recovery Appliances in the Enterprise
    • Accessing the Recovery Appliance Home Page
    • Accessing the Recovery Appliance Storage Locations Page
  • Securing the Operations of the Recovery Appliance
    • Remote Handling of Recovery Appliance System Logs
  • TLS Overview and Configuration
    • Certificate Management
      • Using Your Organization’s CA process for TLS Certificates
      • Manually Creating TLS Certificates with RACLI
    • Configuring TLS Data Security on the Recovery Appliance
    • Configuring TLS Data Security on the Client
    • Trouble-shooting TLS
    • TLS and Replication Setup
  • Managing Protection Policies with Recovery Appliance
    • About Protection Policies
      • Purpose of Protection Policies
      • Overview of Protection Policies
      • Guidelines for Protection Policies
      • User Interfaces for Protection Policies
        • Accessing the Create Protection Policy Page in Cloud Control
        • DBMS_RA Procedures Relating to Protection Policies
        • Recovery Catalog Views for Protection Policies
      • Basic Tasks for Managing Protection Policies
    • Protection Policy Attributes
    • Creating a Protection Policy
    • Updating a Protection Policy
    • Deleting a Protection Policy
    • Creating a Backup Polling Policy (Command-Line Only)
  • Configuring Recovery Appliance for Protected Database Access
    • Overview of Protected Database Access
    • Basic Tasks for Configuring Protected Database Access
    • Creating Virtual Private Catalog Accounts
    • Enrolling Protected Databases
    • Updating Protected Database Properties
    • User Interfaces for Configuring Protected Database Access
      • DBMS_RA Procedures Relating to Protected Database Access
      • Recovery Catalog Views for Protected Database Access
  • Copying Backups to Tape with Recovery Appliance
    • About Copying Backups to Tape with Recovery Appliance
      • Purpose of Copying Backups to Tape with Recovery Appliance
      • Overview of Copying Backups to Tape with Recovery Appliance
        • About Tape Operations on Recovery Appliance
        • Grouping Backup Pieces
        • Recovery Appliance Components for Managing Tape Operations
        • Backup Retention on Tape
        • About Pausing and Resuming Tape Backup Operations
        • About Using Oracle Secure Backup with Recovery Appliance
      • User Interfaces for Recovery Appliance
        • Accessing Recovery Appliance in Cloud Control
        • Accessing Recovery Appliance Using DBMS_RA
          • DBMS_RA Procedures for Tape Backup Operations
          • Recovery Catalog Views for Tape Operations
      • Basic Tasks for Copying Backups to Tape with Recovery Appliance
        • Accessing the Oracle Secure Backup Domain Using Cloud Control
    • Creating Tape Backup Job Components
      • Creating a Media Manager Library
      • Creating an Attribute Set
    • Managing Tape Backup Job Components
      • Managing a Media Manager Library Using Cloud Control
      • Managing an Attribute Set Using Cloud Control
      • Managing an SBT Library Using DBMS_RA
      • Managing an Attribute Set Using DBMS_RA
    • Creating a Tape Backup Job
    • Managing a Tape Backup Job
    • Scheduling a Tape Backup Job
    • Pausing and Resuming Tape Backup Operations
    • Viewing the Status of Tape Backup Operations
      • Viewing the Status of Tape Backup Operations Using Cloud Control
        • Viewing the Media Manager Library Status
        • Viewing the Tape Backup Job Status
      • Viewing the Status of Tape Backup Operations Using DBMS_RA
        • Checking the SBT Library Status
        • Checking the Tape Backup Job Status
        • Reviewing SBT Job Runs Using DBMS_RA
        • Checking the Status of Oracle Scheduler Jobs
  • Converting Tape Configurations to Cloud
    • About Tape to Cloud Conversion
    • Requirements for Converting Tape Configurations to Cloud
    • Converting a Tape Configuration to Cloud
  • Archiving Backups to Cloud
    • Grouping Backup Pieces
    • Pre-requisites for Archive-to-Cloud
    • Flow for Archive-to-Cloud Storage
    • Oracle Key Vault and Recovery Appliance
      • Review: Oracle Key Vault
      • Creating the Endpoints
      • Creating the Endpoint Group
      • Creating a Wallet
      • Associating Default Wallet with Endpoints
      • Acquiring the Enrollment Tokens
      • Downloading the OKV Client Software
    • Recovery Appliance Cloud Archive Configuration
      • Configuring the Credential Wallet and Encryption Keystore
      • Installing the OKV Client Software
      • Enabling the Encryption Keystore and Creating a TDE Master Key
      • Creating Cloud Objects for Archive-to-Cloud
      • Adding Cloud Location
      • Adding an Immutable Cloud Location
    • Configuring the ZFS OCI Object Storage as a Cloud Repository
    • Creating a Job Template
    • Creating or Re-Creating Protected Database TDE Master Keys
  • Implementing Immutable Backups
    • Managing Recovery Window Compliance
    • Managing Compliance Holds
  • Archival Backups
    • Managing Archival Backups
  • Recovery Appliance Partners
  • Replicating Backups with Recovery Appliance
    • Overview of Recovery Appliance Replication
      • Protection Policies for Replication
      • How Recovery Appliance Replicates Backups: Basic Process
      • Archived Backup Mirroring
      • How RMAN Restores Backups in a Replication Environment
    • Additonal Replication Topology Examples
      • Replication to One Downstream Recovery Appliance
      • Replication to Multiple Downstream Recovery Appliances
      • Replication Using Different Policies on Downstream Recovery Appliances
      • Cascaded Replication
      • Bi-Directional Replication between Recovery Appliances
      • Replication Request-Only Mode
      • Read-Only Replication between Recovery Appliances
      • Copy All Backups Replication
    • About Replication Partners and Users Accounts
    • RACLI Commands Relating to Replication
      • Guidance for Replication Configuration
      • Configuring Replication between Recovery Appliances Using RACLI
      • Converting Existing Replication Settings to RACLI Management
      • Configuring Replication with a Virtual Air Gap
    • Accessing the Replication Page in Cloud Control
      • Configuring Recovery Appliance Replication Using Cloud Control
    • DBMS_RA Procedures Relating to Replication
      • Configuring Recovery Appliance for Replication Using DBMS_RA
        • Assumptions for the Replication Examples
        • Configuring a Downstream Recovery Appliance for Replication Using DBMS_RA
        • Configuring an Upstream Recovery Appliance for Replication Using DBMS_RA
        • Configuring a Protected Database for Recovery Appliance Replication
        • Testing a Recovery Appliance Replication Server Configuration
      • Configuring Recovery Appliance Replication with TLS Using DBMS_RA
        • Case 1: One-Way Replication; TLS disabled on Downstream
        • Case 2: One-Way Replication; TLS enabled on Downstream
        • Case 3: Two-Way Replication; TLS disabled on Downstream
        • Case 4: Two-Way Replication; TLS enabled on Downstream
        • Case 5: Two-Way Replication; TLS disabled on Upstream
        • Case 6: Two-Way Replication; TLS disabled on Upstream and Downstream
      • Recovery Catalog Views for Replication
  • Implementing Additional High Availability Strategies
    • Managing Temporary Outages with a Backup and Redo Failover Strategy
      • Overview of the Backup and Redo Failover Feature
      • Configuring Backup and Redo Failover
        • Configuring the Primary Recovery Appliance for Backup and Redo Failover
        • Configuring the Alternate Recovery Appliance for Backup and Redo Failover
        • Configuring Replication for Backup and Redo Failover
        • Configuring the Protected Database for Backup and Redo Failover
    • Implementing DR Failover to Downstream Recovery Appliance
      • Setup and Configuration for Failover
        • Creating VPC Users
        • Modifying Configuration for Transport Failover
        • Configuring the Replication Server
        • Configuring Upstream and Downstream Recovery Appliances
        • Registering the Protected Database on the Upstream Recovery Appliance
        • Adding Remaining Grants to the Upstream and Downstream Recovery Appliance
        • Configuring Channel Device Parameters
      • Configuring Upstream and Downstream Recovery Appliance
      • Backup Operation
      • Real-Time Redo Transport
        • Configuring the VPC User for Real-Time Redo Transport
        • Option 1: Use Data Guard Broker to Configure Real-Time Redo Transport
        • Option 2: Use log_archive* Parameters to Configure Real-Time Redo Transport
    • Replication Mode for HADR
    • Backup Anywhere Mode for Data Guard
    • Request_Only Mode for Data Guard
    • Replication Read-Only Mode when Migrating to New Data Center
  • Monitoring the Recovery Appliance
    • About Monitoring the Recovery Appliance
      • Purpose of Monitoring the Recovery Appliance
      • Overview of Recovery Appliance Monitoring Capabilities
        • Cloud Control
        • Oracle Configuration Manager
        • Auto Service Request (ASR)
      • Cloud Control Interface for Monitoring the Recovery Appliance
      • Basic Tasks for Monitoring the Recovery Appliance
    • Modifying the Metric and Collection Settings
    • Viewing the Incident Manager Page
    • Monitoring Performance
      • Generating Performance Statistics by Using the rastat Utility
        • Prerequisites for Running the rastat Utility
        • Running the rastat Utility
      • Testing Network Throughput
  • Accessing Recovery Appliance Reports
    • Purpose of Recovery Appliance Reports
    • Pre-Created Oracle Analytics Publisher Reports
    • Accessing the Recovery Appliance Reports Page in Cloud Control
    • Oracle Analytics Publisher Report Scheduling
    • Basic Tasks for Accessing Recovery Appliance Reports
• Part II Recovery Appliance Life-Cycle
  • Best Practices for the Recovery Appliance
  • Storage Management for the Recovery Appliance
  • Running Recovery Appliance Checks
  • Updating the Recovery Appliance
  • Parameter Update Rollback
  • Migrating Backups to other Recovery Appliances
    • Configuring Migration between Recovery Appliances Using RACLI
• Part III Recovery Appliance Reference
  • DBMS_RA Package Reference
    • ABORT
    • ABORT_RECOVERY_APPLIANCE
    • ADD_DB
    • ADD_REPLICATION_SERVER
    • CONFIG
    • COPY_BACKUP
    • COPY_BACKUP_PIECE
    • CREATE_ARCHIVAL_BACKUP
    • CREATE_POLLING_POLICY
    • CREATE_PROTECTION_POLICY
    • CREATE_RESTORE_POINT
    • CREATE_REPLICATION_SERVER
    • CREATE_SBT_ATTRIBUTE_SET
    • CREATE_SBT_JOB_TEMPLATE
    • CREATE_SBT_JOB_TEMPLATE
    • CREATE_SBT_LIBRARY
    • DELETE_DB
    • DELETE_POLLING_POLICY
    • DELETE_PROTECTION_POLICY
    • DELETE_REPLICATION_SERVER
    • DELETE_SBT_ATTRIBUTE_SET
    • DELETE_SBT_JOB_TEMPLATE
    • DELETE_SBT_LIBRARY
    • ESTIMATE_SPACE
    • GET_REDO_TRANSPORT_LAG
    • GRANT_DB_ACCESS
    • KEY_REKEY
    • KEY_REKEY
    • KEY_REKEY
    • MIGRATE_TAPE_BACKUP
    • MOVE_BACKUP
    • MOVE_BACKUP_PIECE
    • PAUSE_REPLICATION_DATABASE
    • PAUSE_REPLICATION_SERVER
    • PAUSE_SBT_LIBRARY
    • POPULATE_BACKUP_PIECE
    • QUEUE_SBT_BACKUP_TASK
    • REMOVE_REPLICATION_SERVER
    • RENAME_DB
    • RESET_ERROR
    • RESUME_DB
    • RESUME_REPLICATION_DATABASE
    • RESUME_REPLICATION_SERVER
    • RESUME_SBT_LIBRARY
    • REVOKE_DB_ACCESS
    • SET_SYSTEM_DESCRIPTION
    • SHUTDOWN
    • SHUTDOWN_RECOVERY_APPLIANCE
    • STARTUP
    • STARTUP_RECOVERY_APPLIANCE
    • SUSPEND_DB
    • UPDATE_ARCHIVAL_BACKUP_KEEP
    • UPDATE_DB
    • UPDATE_POLLING_POLICY
    • UPDATE_PROTECTION_POLICY
    • UPDATE_REPLICATION_SERVER
    • UPDATE_SBT_ATTRIBUTE_SET
    • UPDATE_SBT_JOB_TEMPLATE
    • UPDATE_SBT_LIBRARY
    • UPDATE_STORAGE_LOCATION
  • Recovery Appliance View Reference
    • RA_ACTIVE_SESSION
    • RA_API_HISTORY
    • RA_CONFIG
    • RA_DATABASE
    • RA_DATABASE_HISTORY
    • RA_DATABASE_SYNONYM
    • RA_DATABASE_STORAGE_USAGE
    • RA_DB_ACCESS
    • RA_DISK_RESTORE_RANGE
    • RA_EM_SBT_JOB_TEMPLATE
    • RA_ENCRYPTION_INFO
    • RA_INCIDENT_LOG
    • RA_INCOMING_BACKUP_PIECES
    • RA_POLLING_FILES
    • RA_POLLING_POLICY
    • RA_PROTECTION_POLICY
    • RA_PURGING_QUEUE
    • RA_RECOVERY_COMPLIANCE
    • RA_REPLICATION_CONFIG
    • RA_REPLICATION_DATABASE
    • RA_REPLICATION_PAIR
    • RA_REPLICATION_POLICY
    • RA_RESTORE_RANGE
    • RA_REQUEST_BACKUP
    • RA_SBT_ATTRIBUTE_SET
    • RA_SBT_JOB
    • RA_SBT_LIBRARY
    • RA_SBT_MIRROR
    • RA_SBT_RESTORE_RANGE
    • RA_SBT_TASK
    • RA_SBT_TEMPLATE_MDF
    • RA_SERVER
    • RA_STORAGE_HISTOGRAM
    • RA_STORAGE_LOCATION
    • RA_STORAGE_LOCATION_HISTORY
    • RA_TASK
    • RA_TIMER_TASK
    • RA_TIME_USAGE
  • rastat Utility Reference
    • rastat Command Syntax
    • Options
  • Recovery Appliance Error Message Reference
    • Recovery Appliance Error Message Reference (Continued)
• Glossary