Dell Avamar for Oracle 19.10 User Guide

Backups and restores in Avamar Administrator or the AUI

During backups or restores in Avamar Administrator, or the AUI, the Avamar Plug-in for Oracle generates an RMAN script that performs the backup or restore of the specified database. The Avamar client agent runs RMAN with this script. The script directs Oracle to open a connection with an Avamar Media Management library, which invokes an avtar session to connect to the Avamar server.

The following figure shows the process flow between the Avamar client and Avamar server.

The Oracle backup process generates an RMAN script similar to the following script:

configure controlfile autobackup on;
run {
allocate channel c1 type sbt;
send 'connect information for avtar to connect to the Avamar server';
backup database;
}

During the backup or restore operation, RMAN creates a log file that you can view from Avamar Administrator, or the AUI:

Recovery Manager: Release 11.1.0.7.0 - Production
Copyright (c) 1995, 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved.
connected to target database: ORACLE (DBID=1420649215) using target database controlfile instead of recovery catalog
RMAN> configure controlfile autobackup on;
2> run {
3> allocate channel c1 type sbt;
4> send '... ';
6> backup database;
7> }
8> 
old RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP OFF;
new RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP OFF;
new RMAN configuration parameters are successfully stored
allocated channel: c1
channel c1: sid=142 devtype=SBT_TAPE
channel c1: AVTAR/Avamar backup 
sent command to channel: c1

Starting backup at 23-NOV-12
channel c1: starting full datafile backupset
channel c1: specifying datafile(s) in backupset
input datafile fno=00001 name=D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.1.0\ORADATA\ORACLE\ORACLE\SYSTEM01.DBF
input datafile fno=00003 name=D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.1.0\ORADATA\ORACLE\ORACLE\SYSAUX01.DBF
input datafile fno=00002 name=D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.1.0\ORADATA\ORACLE\ORACLE\UNDOTBS01.DBF
input datafile fno=00004 name=D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.1.0\ORADATA\ORACLE\ORACLE\USERS01.DBF
channel c1: starting piece 1 at 23-NOV-12
channel c1: finished piece 1 at 23-NOV-12
piece handle=15gfs32k_1_1 comment=API Version 2.0,MMS Version 2.2.0.108 channel c1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:45 channel c1: starting full datafile backupset channel c1: specifying datafile(s) in backupset including current controlfile in backupset including current SPFILE in backupset channel c1: starting piece 1 at 23-NOV-12 channel c1: finished piece 1 at 23-NOV-12 piece handle=16gfs341_1_1 comment=API Version 2.0,MMS Version 2.2.0.108 channel c1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:17 Finished backup at 21-MAR-11 released channel: c1

Recovery Manager complete.