HP Archive Backup System for OpenVMS Guide to Operations

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System Backup to Tape for Oracle Databases
This chapter describes the System Backup to Tape (SBT) for Oracle databases feature of Archive
Backup System (ABS). You can use this feature of the Archive Backup System and Media,
Device and Management Services (MDMS) to back up Oracle8i, Oracle9i and Oracle9i Release
2 (9.2.0.2.0) databases directly to tape using Oracle's Recovery Manager.
We can also use SBT to backup Oracle RDB databases. Oracle RDB Release 7.1.2 has been
tested with ABS SBT.
Section 9.12 will deal with SBT support for Oracle RDB database.
As of this writing, the following versions of Oracle databases are supported:
• Oracle8i
• Oracle9i
In the rest of this section we use Oracle to refer to either Oracle8i or Oracle9i. If there is something
that is specific to a release of Oracle, we will specify that release.
This section does not cover all aspects of configuring ABS /MDMS. This section only covers
what you need to do to use SBT in the ABS/MDMS domain. Before configuring and using SBT,
you must configure the following MDMS objects:
• Media
• Location
• Domain
• Node
• Jukebox
• Tape drives
• Pool
• Tape volumes
If you have been using ABS/MDMS you will already have your domain configured. If this is
your first installation of ABS/MDMS, be sure to configure the above objects before proceeding
with this section.
This section is presented in two portions. The first portion of this section reads like a tutorial in
configuring and using SBT. You should read through this portion to see what is involved to configure
and use SBT with Oracle's Recovery Manager. The second portion describes thing like
defaults, logicals, and troubleshooting.
The following topics are covered in this section:
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