Netbackup 7.5 Oracle Link fails for database 12.1.0.2

[Ravi_Bhandari]

I wish to back up my Oracle 12c database direct to tape using Netbackup client 7.5 for Sun Solaris 10 however the oracle_link script says it isn't compatible with database 12.1.0.2.

What options do I have?

Obviously I could backup to disk and then use a standard policy to copy rman dumps to tape but I would rather use the Oracle policy.

[Roger_C · Accepted solution]

You will need to upgrade your Netbackup environment to at least 7.6.0.2 to get this to work with Netbackup Oracle Agent.

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH126904

That would be my advised option before you sought flatfiles backup methods.

[Ravi_Bhandari]

Thanks, I had a feeling that was the case. That will be quite a task then as I believe the master server is currently on a 32bit machine.

I'm guessing that 7.6 clients can't communicate with 7.5 Master/Media servers.

[Marianne]

Correct. 

Master and media servers must be upgraded to 7.6.x first.

To migrate master to new hardware:

Using catalog backup and recovery to transfer NetBackup catalogs between UNIX or Linux master servers as part of a hardware refresh
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH77448

Using catalog backup and recovery to transfer NetBackup catalogs between Windows master servers as part of a hardware refresh
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH77447