Performing an rman hot backup, Scheduling rman hot backups, Scheduling – HP Storage Essentials Enterprise Edition Software User Manual
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Performing an RMAN Hot Backup
You can perform an RMAN hot backup instantly. The backup is referred to as being “hot” because
the management server is still running. When you perform an RMAN hot backup, the following files
are backed up:
•
Database files
•
Control files
•
Redo files
•
Archive files
•
Oracle network configuration files (tnsnames.ora, listener.ora)
•
CIM repository
•
File System Viewer.
NOTE:
The buttons on the RMAN backup page appear disabled when the database archive mode
is disabled. See ”
” on page 240 for more information about changing
the archive mode.
To perform an RMAN hot backup:
1.
Verify that you have enabled the database archive mode and RMAN backup as described in
2.
Click Options > Storage Essentials > Manage Product Health in HP Systems Insight Manager.
3.
Select RMAN Backup in the Product Health tree.
4.
Click Backup Now.
The management server performs an RMAN backup. When the backup is complete:
• The Setup tab is refreshed with the status of the manual hot backup.
• The Results tab is updated with the status of the RMAN hot backup and displays the status of
the previous RMAN hot backups (manual and scheduled).
Scheduling RMAN Hot Backups
The management server lets you schedule an RMAN hot back up of the database, as described in
the following steps. The backup is referred to as “hot” because the management server is still
running.
IMPORTANT:
Before you can schedule the RMAN backup, you must enable the database archive
mode and RMAN backup as described in ”
” on page 240. The buttons
on the RMAN backup page appear disabled if the database archive mode is disabled.
To learn more about backing up the database, see ”