Thank you Dennis, I was just going to do that. :) It covers Net Backup as well as RMAN.
Jared On Wednesday 13 November 2002 06:08, DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote: > I would like to suggest Robert Freeman's book "Oracle9i RMAN Backup & > Recovery" > http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=6WIANMIL >0 H&isbn=0072226625 > It has a chapter on Veritas, as well as how to backup to disk. > > Dennis Williams > DBA, 40%OCP > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 7:09 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > 1- Do I need to install Veritas Oracle agent for > > backup? > > Not required, but recommended. There are a couple of > ways to go about making backups without the Oracle agent. > > These both require you to create a couple of scripts on the client. > bpstart_notify_<POLICY_NAME>.bat > bpend_notify_<POLICY_NAME>.bat > > These go in the NBU_HOME/bin directory. > > My NetBackup experience is mostly with NT/Win2k, but I seem to > recall that the unix layouts and operations are pretty much the same. > > So the above script names likely don't have a '.bat' extension. > > The 'start' script is run prior to the backups taking place, and the > 'end' script is run when the backups are completed. > > You can use the start/end pair to either put your database in > hot backup mode or just shut it down prior to the backup, and > then restart your database or take it out of backup mode. > > If you use hot backup, you must put all of the tablespaces in hot backup > mode at the same time. > > To clean up archive log files, use the veritas bparchive command. > > > 2- What are COMPLETE steps involved to > > backup/restore if I want to use Veritas for > > this purpose? > > RTFM my friend. The docs are all online at veritas.com. > > Setup a test environment. Backup some test databases, destroy > them, restore them. Find an unused or underutilized server somewhere > to play with, or even a workstation. Become very friendly with your SA > and she may give you root on a box. > > > 3- I am using following script to create backup on > > > > the local disk. This script does not delete the > > archive log files after backing 'em up. Why > > not? I am using this script at RMAN prompt. > > (connect to recvcat) > > See above. If you don't have the Oracle agent installed, where > are your backup files going? I don't know your environment, so > they *may* be going to tape. > > They sure aren't being put in the Net Backup catalog however. > That won't happen with RMAN unless you are using the Oracle Agent. > > Jared -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jared Still INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
