Dell Avamar for Oracle 19.10 User Guide

Backing up a database

1. Open a command shell.
   NOTE:To back up the database by using a database control file instead of a recovery catalog, start RMAN by using the nocatalog option.
2. Log in to Oracle RMAN by using the Oracle user ID and password.
   The command prompt changes to an RMAN prompt.
3. Connect to the Oracle database to back up.
4. Back up the Oracle database by typing RMAN commands similar to the following commands:

   run {
   configure controlfile autobackup on;
   allocate channel c1 type sbt\
   PARMS="SBT_LIBRARY=install-dir/lib/libobk_avamar.so"\
   format '%d_%U';
   set controlfile autobackup format for device type sbt\
   to "CONTROLFILE.%F";
   send '"--flagfile=/oracle/my-avtar-flags.txt"\
   "--bindir=install-dir/bin"' "--taskfile=/oracle/taskfile.txt";
   backup database plus archivelog;
   release channel c1;
   }

   where install-dir is the base installation directory for the platform. For example, specify /usr/local/avamar on Linux, /opt/AVMRclnt on Solaris, C:\Progra~1\avs\bin on Windows.