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jsilvestriOIT
Level 3
11 years ago

Backing up Oracle databases configured using Data Guard

Ok, so I'm not huge into Netbackup (NBU), or Oracle, but our backup group has been dragged into issue, and I have been recruited to help solve it.   We are running NetBackup 7.6.0.1.  Its going m...
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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    11 years ago

    The ideal would be to have a virtual hostname and IP address associated with the online Instance.

    This way you would only have one hostname with one policy configured.

    The alternative would be to use crontab on each client to start the script.

    The script would then first check if the database is up, and only then start the backup.

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jsilvestriOIT
Level 3
11 years ago

Thanks Marianne,

 

I did also find that text you linked to in the Netbackup for Oracle Administrator's Guide: Unix, Windows, and Linux for version 7.6.0.1 on pages 203-205.

 

We'll do our best to implement these solutions.  I think the virtual hostname mapped to the correct IP address would be our best shot - unfortunately at the moment we are still building the backup network and do not have DNS active for that network.