How to install and register Oracle RMAN Agent for Linux in PowerProtect Data Manager 19.X

This video will demonstrate the installation and registration procedure of Oracle RMAN Agent for Linux in PowerProtect Data Manager 19.x.

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How to install and register Oracle RMAN Agent for Linux. Reference Dell Knowledge Article number 197322. This video was created to demonstrate how to install and register Oracle RMAN agent for Linux.

General steps that will be accomplished: 1) Log in to PowerProtect Data Manager User Interface. 2) Download RMAN Agent for Linux. 3) Copy the RMAN Agent to the Linux box. 4) Install and register the RMAN Agent.

This process should be followed when integrating computers running Oracle with PowerProtect Data Manager. Before you begin: Have available PuTTY and WinSCP tools.

Have admin credentials for PowerProtect Data Manager User Interface. Have root credentials for the Oracle box. Have IP and Fully Qualified Domain Name for the Oracle box and PowerProtect Data Manager.

Log in to PowerProtect Data Manager using admin credentials. Click on "Settings". Click on "Agent Downloads". Look for the "Oracle" RMAN Agent and click on "Download Agent".

Select "Download for Linux" and the package will start downloading. Wait until the download completes. Open WinSCP, and log in to the Oracle box.

Change the remote directory to "/tmp". Transfer the downloaded file to the Oracle box. Close WinSCP. Close PowerProtect Data Manager "Agent Downloads" page.

Log in to the Oracle box as "root". Change to the "/tmp" directory. Change the ownership for the download file to the Oracle install owner. Switch to the Oracle owner.

Change to "/tmp" directory. Extract the contents from the download file using "tar" command. Change to "ddrman" directory. Run "install.sh".

Type "Y" if the default install directory is acceptable, or "N" if a different one is needed. Type "exit" to switch back to root. cd to "ddrman". Install PowerProtect Data Manager Agent using "rpm" command.

Change to the PowerProtect Data Manager Agent directory. Run "register.sh". Type PowerProtect Data Manager name or IP to register the Oracle box.

cd to the RMAN Agent install directory. Then, "cd" to the "addon" directory. Run "configureAddOn.sh". Accept default or type the path to the RMAN Agent install directory.

Type PowerProtect Data Manager name or IP to complete the add-on registration. Enter "N" if 30 days' retention is acceptable as default, or type "Y" to specify a different default value.

Enter "Y" if SYSDBA access is allowed to the RMAN Agent. Go back to the user interface, expand "Infrastructure". Click on "Application Agents".

Select the Oracle box if "Auto Allow List" is off, and then click on "Approve". The procedure completes after the status changes to "Registered".

It should be possible to install and register Oracle boxes with PowerProtect Data Manager after completing this video. Reference the following for more information: KB 197322.

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