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How to Back Up Oracle Database Data to Data Mover Servers Using the RMAN Console

Arcserve Backup lets you back up Oracle database data using the Oracle RMAN console. Use the following best practices to set up RMAN scripts that let you back up Oracle database data to data mover servers.

1. Execute orasetup to configure the Agent for Oracle to back up data to a local data mover server.
2. Open the sbt.cfg configuration file.

   Note: By default, the configuration file is stored in the Agent for Oracle home directory on the data mover server.

3. Edit the configuration file to direct Arcserve Backup back up Oracle data to the tape that you want to use for the backup.

   Note: You can specify a tape group or a specific tape. If you do not specify a tape group or a specific tape, Arcserve Backup stores the backup data to any device that is available when the backup job executes.

4. From the primary server, execute ca_auth to add equivalence for <oracle user>/<node name>. The value of <oracle user> is the user name that you use to log in to the RMAN Console. The value of <node name> is the host name of the data mover server.

You can now execute the RMAN script from the RMAN Console to submit the backup.