Backup selections tab
The Backup selections tab lets you change the type of Oracle backup. The following options are available.
Table: Oracle backup options
Backup option | Description |
|---|---|
Backs up the whole database. By default, the option is selected and the backup selections contain the directive WHOLE_DATABASE. | |
Backs up only tablespaces. Click to select the tablespaces for the policy to back up. This selection applies across all the databases and pluggable databases (PDBs) that are selected in the policy. If a tablespace is selected for one database or PDB, that same tablespace is backed up for all databases and PDBs in the policy. | |
Backs up only datafiles. Click to select the data files for the policy to back up. This selection applies across all the databases and PDBs that are selected in the policy. | |
This option backs up the contents of the FRA. For the Oracle database to be restored and recovered, make sure that the FRA contains a recoverable image set when it is backed up. | |
This feature requires a NetBackup appliance that runs software version 2.7.1 or later. This option is used when the Oracle DBA places database backups in the share on a NetBackup appliance (Oracle Copilot). The directive ALL_DATABASE_BACKUP_SHARES is automatically added to the selection list, which backs up all the shares that are used on all appliances per database. Optionally, you can click to select the appliance shares that Oracle DBAs have created for backups of the databases that are configured in the policy. Or click to add an appliance share to the policy manually. When you back up appliance shares for multiple databases, this option applies across all the databases that are selected in the policy. If a share is selected for one database, the data in that share is backed up for all the databases in that policy. | |
This feature requires a NetBackup appliance that runs software version 2.7.1 or later. This option is used to create and maintain a full set of data file copies in the share on a NetBackup appliance (Oracle Copilot). |
If you set up an OIP and that policy contains a CDB with PDBs, the CDB$ROOT is automatically included in the backup. If the policy contains a PDB that is not found when a backup is performed, an error 5421 or 5422 appears in the Activity monitor.
The option allows the NetBackup Administrator to choose an appliance share as the destination for the first backup copy. When the policy runs the first time, an RMAN script is generated that creates a full set of Oracle data file copies. The copies reside in the appliance share. The next time that the full schedule runs, the backup is accelerated if the option is selected. The RMAN script that is generated performs an incremental backup and the changed blocks are merged into the data files. This incremental backup creates an updated full set of Oracle data file copies. After the new full copy is created in the appliance share, an SLP is used to make additional copies of the full backup. The first copy is always a remote_vxfs snapshot.
The feature is automatically selected when you configure an OIP with the option. The first time that the full schedule runs it creates a full set of data file copies. After the first full schedule, only the changes are backed up as a backup set and merged with the existing full backup. Basically, an incremental merge is performed and Oracle's Block Change Tracking feature should be enabled for faster incremental backups. Only one share can be set up so if you have two or more databases, all databases reside in the same share.
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