HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software - Manual (Page 271)

Storage Essentials 5.1 User Guide 239
Let's assume you recently installed the management server and you have not done any backups.
You have schedule the backups to take place every three days. You performed a backup, and it is
stored in the backup1 folder. The next scheduled backup occurs on day 4 and it is saved in the
backup2 folder. If your database fails, you can restore the database from day 1 or day 4. Let's
assume you have a scheduled backup on day 7, which is saved to the backup1 folder. This backup
replaces the backup from day 1. The available backups are from day 4 and 7. Assume you click the
Backup Now
button on day 8, the backup is saved in the CURRENT folder because the backup is
recording the current state of the database. If your database fails, you can restore the database
from day 4, 7 or 8, as described in the following table:
Keep in mind the following:
Table 30 Backup Directories in
%ORA_HOME%\rman
Directory Contains
current The backup when the Database Server Backup
button was clicked.
log A log of when the backup was done.
backup1
Information from the automatic backup (alternating
day).
backup2 Information from the automatic backup (alternating
day).
Table 31 Backup Example
Day Backup Type Backup 1 Backup 2 Current Available
Backup
Day 1 Scheduled Day 1 backup ---------- ---------- Day 1
Backup
Day 4 Scheduled ---------- Day 4 backup ---------- Backups from
Days 1 and 4
Day 7 Scheduled Day 7 backup ---------- ---------- Backups from
Days 4 and 7
Day 8 Save Now ---------- ---------- Day 8 Backups from
Days 4, 7,
and 8
Day 10 Scheduled ---------- Day 10 backup ---------- Backups from
Days 7, 8,
and 10