Introducing Arcserve Backup Agents and Options › Using Agents › Agent for Oracle (Linux) › Backing Up Data › Agent Backups › Back Up Manually with RMAN

Back Up Manually with RMAN

You can back up a database manually using RMAN.

To start RMAN with a recovery catalog and back up a database

1. Open a Command Prompt window and enter the following command to start RMAN:

   rman target dbuser/dbuserpassword rcvcat catowner /catownerpassword@rman service name
   

   where:

   dbuser is the user with dba privileges.

   dbuserpassword is the dbuser password.

   catowner is the Oracle user name of the RMAN catalog owner.

   catownerpassword is the catalog owner password.

   rman database is the database where the RMAN catalog is installed.

2. Create RMAN scripts to back up the database:

   Use relinking Oracle for Arcserve versions of libobk

   • To back up a database, enter the following commands:

     RMAN> connect target system/manager
     RMAN> run {
     2> allocate channel dev1 type 'sbt_tape';
     3> backup database format '_%u_%p_%c';
     4> release channel dev1;
     5> }
     

     Database backup is complete.

   Use SBT_LIBRARY in the RMAN Script

   • To back up a 32 bit Oracle database, enter the following commands:

     RMAN> connect target system/manager
     RMAN> run {
     2> allocate channel dev1 type sbt
     parms='SBT_LIBRARY=/opt/Arcserve/ABoraagt/libobk32.so';
     3> backup database format '_%u_%p_%c';
     4> release channel dev1;
     5> }
     

   • To back up a 64 bit Oracle database, enter the following commands:

     RMAN> connect target system/manager
     RMAN> run {
     2> allocate channel dev1 type sbt
     parms='SBT_LIBRARY=/opt/Arcserve/ABoraagt/libobk64.so';
     3> backup database format '_%u_%p_%c';
     4> release channel dev1;
     5> }
     

     Database backup is complete.

     Note: The path /opt/CA/ABoraagt is the Agent for Oracle default installation path.