- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Preface
- Introduction
- Installation
- Preparing to install the Avamar Plug-in for Oracle
- Installing, upgrading, and uninstalling the software on HP-UX
- Installing, upgrading, and uninstalling the software on IBM AIX
- Installing, upgrading, and uninstalling the software on Linux
- Installing, upgrading, and uninstalling the software on Solaris
- Installing, upgrading, and uninstalling the software on Windows
- Excluding Oracle directories from file system backups
- Oracle RAC Configuration
- High Availability Oracle Single-Instance Database Configuration
- Backup
- Restore and Recovery
- Backup and Restore with Oracle RMAN
- Preparing the system for RMAN backups and restores
- Specifying RMAN parameters to improve performance
- Backing up Oracle data with RMAN
- Restoring Oracle data with RMAN
- Supporting netbind flag in avoracle
- Using advanced restore commands
- Managing backup retention
- Allocating multiple channels
- Managing RMAN backups and restores through Avamar Administrator
- Plug-in Options
- Troubleshooting
- Backup and restore problems and solutions
- Avamar Administrator shows a completed RMAN backup or restore as still running
- avoracle Error <7936>: No valid targets found
- Activity monitor of RMAN backup shows an incorrect status of still running.
- Backups fail when backup copies is set to more than 1
- Log files for RMAN operations cannot be viewed from the Avamar Administrator if a custom var directory is used.
- Backups unavailable after registering secondary RAC node
- Cannot open file f_cache.dat error
- Cannot Sync error
- Failed RMAN restore of control file is reported as completed in Avamar Administrator
- Hot backup fails with Oracle not available error
- Level-1 backup of a large database fails with a snapview timeout
- ORA-19870: error while restoring backup piece
- ORA-25153: Temporary Tablespace is Empty
- ORA-27211: Failed to load Media Management Library
- Restore fails to complete successfully
- RMAN backup script fails with media management errors
- RMAN backup script fails with ORA-19511
- RMAN-06056: could not access datafile n error on AIX
- RMAN script fails with WriteFile failed error
- Time-out errors when using multiple RMAN channels
- Unable to process snapview workorder
- Unable to send CTL message
- The no_of_channels parameter no longer supported
- Hidden backups
- Configuration problems and solutions
- Avamar client and Avamar Plug-in for Oracle registration
- Bitwidth of Avamar Plug-in for Oracle and Oracle
- Cluster Configuration Tool fails to start
- Determining the version of Oracle
- Disk space for the /var/avamar directory
- Oracle RAC database failover
- Requirements for libobk_avamar.so and libobk_avamar.dll
- RMAN executable file and Oracle versions
- Stopping Avamar Administrator processes
- Unable to browse Oracle databases with Avamar Administrator
- Verifying the client and plug-in versions
- Backup and restore problems and solutions
- Glossary
Dell Avamar for Oracle 19.10 User Guide
Configuring an RMAN retention policy
Steps
- Open a command shell.
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Log in to Oracle RMAN by using the Oracle user ID and password.
The command prompt changes to an RMAN prompt.
- Connect to the Oracle database.
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Create a retention policy by using the appropriate command. The following commands are examples:
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO REDUNDANCY 2;CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO RECOVERY WINDOW OF 3 DAYS;Ensure that the RMAN retention period and the Avamar retention policy are as close as possible to the same length of time.
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