Hitachi Ops Center Protector integrates with Oracle RMAN using the SBT interface, which allows the database administrator to store data in datastores manged by Protector. The integration leverages Protector's Unified Backup Infrastructure (see Hitachi Ops Center User's Guide) to enable the RMAN backup to both on-site and cloud targets in a flexible and efficient way.
The Oracle RMAN SBT integration supports the full RMAN SBT feature set, including the backup of databases, archive logs and control files. The only exception to this are proxy backups which are not supported.
To configure the integration in Protector the following steps are required:
- Create a policy using the Oracle RMAN classsification and Access operation
- Specify which databases are allowed, and which level of access is required
- Create a dataflow connecting all nodes which should have access to the data
- Any storage supported by Protectors Unified Backup Infrastructure (see Hitachi Ops Center User's Guide) can be used as storage target
- Any Oracle application node which should be able to access the data has to be on the dataflow
- Oracle application nodes can be added or removed later, by modifying and re-activating the dataflow
- See Oracle RMAN SBT Integration for examples and more detailed instructions
To configure the RMAN the following steps are required:
- Dataflow must be created and activated in Protector
- Get the channel configuration using the schedulershow command
- Use the channel configuration in RMAN
- Use RMAN to backup or restore data using the channel