HP OpenView Storage B6960-96008 manual Introduction

Integrating Oracle and Data Protector

Introduction

Introduction

Data Protector offers offline as well as online backup of the Oracle Server instances. To enable recovery from an online backup, the respective Oracle Server instance must operate in the ARCHIVELOG mode.

The online backup concept is widely accepted. It addresses the business requirements for high application availability, as opposed to the offline concept. During an online backup, a database remains available for use, while during an offline backup, the database cannot be used by an application.

Backup Types Using the Data Protector Oracle integration, you can perform the following types of backups:

•Online backup of a whole database or parts of it

•Online incremental backup (Oracle differential incremental backup 1 to 4)

•Offline backup of a whole database

•Backup of Archived Redo Logs only

•Backup of the Oracle recovery catalog

•Backup of the Oracle control files

•With Oracle 10g, backup of recovery files residing in the flash recovery area.

The following recovery files in the flash recovery area are backed up:

—full and incremental backup sets

—control file autobackup (SPFILE included if used)

—archived redo logs

—datafile copies, control file copies

Flashback logs, the current control file, and online redo logs are not backed up.

•In Oracle Data Guard environment, backup of standby database.

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