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[ronny_ngan]

Hi Guys,

I am using Oracle Database and I am using Netbackup 6.5 to back it up. I would like to know what user does Netbackup use to run all the backup job (using Oracle agent to backup). Is it root, or something else?

I am running on Solaris 10 platform.

Thanks.

[Marianne · Accepted solution]

If the job is started from the scheduler on the master, the script on the client will be run as root. For this reason you need to add 'su - <oracle-user>' in the script.

Please have a look at the sample scripts in the /usr/openv/netbackup/ext/db_ext/oracle/samples/rman  folder.

Extract from sample  hot_database_backup.sh :

if [ "$CUSER" = "root" ]
then
    su - $ORACLE_USER -c "$CMD_STR" >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE
    RSTAT=$?
else
    /usr/bin/sh -c "$CMD_STR" >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE
    RSTAT=$?
fi