HP Archive Backup System for OpenVMS Guide to Operations

System Backup to Tape for Oracle Databases
9.1 Linking System Backup to Tape with the Oracle Server
9.1.1 Testing Oracle's Recovery Manager before linking System Backup to Tape
Before doing the configuration for SBT, you should make sure that Oracle's Recovery Manager
is setup and you are able to access it. If you have been using Oracle's Recovery Manager to write
to disk, then you are ready to switch to SBT. If you have not been using Oracle's Recovery Manager,
you should try a backup of a tablespace as shown in Example 9–1.
Example 9–1 Oracle's Recovery Manager Backup of System Tablespace to Disk
RMAN> run
2> {
3> allocate channel d1 type disk;
4> backup tablespace system;
5> release channel d1;
6> }
Example 9–1 created the file ORA_DB:02D9MBV4_1_1.;1 on my system. Of course your file
name will be different. If everything works then you are ready to link Oracle to SBT. If this step
did not work, then your Oracle Recovery Manager is not setup correctly. You need to correct this
before proceeding.
9.1.2 Authorizing privileges and granting rights to the Oracle server account
Before using SBT, you must authorize the VOLPRO privilege and grant the
MDMS_APPLICATION identifier to the Oracle server database administrator account. The
VOLPRO privilege allows the Oracle server to mount volumes that belong to ABS. All volumes
belong to ABS. The MDMS_APPLICATION allows the Oracle server to use the objects in the
MDMS database.
The following example shows the commands that modify the privileges and grant the right to an
account called ORACLE9I:
$ MCR AUTHORIZE
UAF> MODIFY ORACLE9I/PRIVILEGES=VOLPRO
UAF> GRANT/ID MDMS_APPLICATION ORACLE9I
UAF> EXIT
$
Note
Be sure to logout and log back in so that the privileges and rights take effect.
9.1.3 Editing Oracle's Link Option File and Command Procedures
In order to link the SBT shareable image, you must change Oracle's link option file and command
procedures. This section covers what you need to do for Oracle8i and Oracle9i.
9.1.3.1 Editing Oracle8i Link Option File and Command Procedures
In order to link the SBTshareable image, you must change three of Oracle's files. Before editing
these three files, we suggest that you make a copy of the file. In each file, you may need to comment
out the line ora_rman_mml_64/lib and/or add the line
SYS$SHARE:MDMS$SBTSHR_MA64.EXE/SHARE. The following are the three files and an
example of each file with the line to comment out and/or the line to be added commented:
• ORA_UTIL:RDBMS_RMAN_NOSHARE.OPT as shown in Example 9–2.
• ORA_RDBMS:LORACLE_64.COM as shown in Example 9–3.
• ORA_UTIL:LOUTL.COM as shown in Example 9–4
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