Protector supports the following Oracle database configurations:
- Single instance with file systems.
- Single instance with Automatic Storage Management (ASM) (ASMlib or udev or afd on Linux, raw devices for AIX).
- Oracle RAC with ASM (ASMlib or udev or afd on Linux, raw devices for AIX).
- Linux device mapper multipathing. AIX native multipathing.
- Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager (HDLM).
- GPT/MBR partitioned disks with one primary partition for Linux, native disks partitions for AIX with one used partition.
- Container Databases (CDB) and plug-able databases (PDB).
- Flex ASM.
- Flex Cluster.
- DataGuard Primary and Standby.
If the Oracle data source is ASM, the following ASM protection modes are supported:
- External protection.