Installing the Agent › Perform Post-Installation Tasks › Configure the Agent

Configure the Agent

After installing the agent, you must run the orasetup program to configure the agent properly as mentioned in the instructions.

To run the orasetup program

1. Change to the agent home directory.
2. Enter the following command to start the orasetup program:

   ./orasetup
   

3. The orasetup program prompts you to enter the agent home directory. The default setting is the current directory.
   • If you want to select the default, press Enter.
   • If the agent home directory differs from the current directory, enter the path name for that directory, and then press Enter.
4. The orasetup program asks you if you are planning to back up data on the local Data Mover.
   • If Data Mover is installed locally and you are planning to back up data on the local Data Mover, enter y and press Enter.
   • If Data Mover is not installed locally or you are not planning to back up data on the local Data Mover, enter n and press Enter.
5. The orasetup program asks you if Oracle is installed on this machine. Enter y, and then press Enter.
6. The orasetup program asks you if a Recovery Manager catalog will be used to handle the database backups. If you intend to do this, enter y, and then press Enter.

   Note: We recommend using an RMAN catalog when performing a backup because RMAN stores all relative backup information in this catalog, providing your data with the best protection possible.

7. If this is a new configuration, the orasetup program asks you to register all of the Oracle System IDs (SIDs) to be used with Arcserve Backup. If this is not a new installation, the orasetup program asks you if the existing configuration files should be recreated. If you want to keep your existing instance.cfg and sbt.cfg files, enter n.

   Note: The orasetup program creates two configuration files: instance.cfg and sbt.cfg.

   • If these files already exist when you run orasetup and you do not want to overwrite them, enter n. The instance.cfg file and sbt.cfg file remain unchanged and orasetup creates sbt.cfg.tmpl, a template file. You can then use this template file to adjust the sbt.cfg file manually.
   • If you select to overwrite the configuration files, orasetup creates new instance.cfg and sbt.cfg files that overwrite your existing instance.cfg and sbt.cfg files.
   • The agent uses the instance.cfg file to register new instances of Oracle or to make modifications. You can configure the instance.cfg file at any time.
8. The orasetup program prompts you to print the content of the oratab file. You then choose the ones you want to configure.
9. The orasetup program prompts you to provide the Oracle instance ID to be used by the agent (for example, Database1, Database2). When finished, click Enter.
10. Enter the ORACLE_HOME environment value for the Oracle instance you entered in the previous step. When finished, press Enter.
11. If you answered yes to the question about whether you will be using an RMAN catalog to handle the database backups, enter the name of the Oracle Net service that will access the database containing the RMAN catalog for this instance.
12. The orasetup program asks you to enter the number of days the Oracle agent log files should be kept before being automatically deleted. The default value is 30 days. In response, do one of the following:
    • If the default is acceptable, press Enter.
    • If you want to set the number of days to a number other than 30, enter that number, and then press Enter.
    • If you do not want to have the log files deleted automatically, enter 0.
13. The orasetup program asks you enter the number of days the RMAN scripts generated by the agent should be kept before being automatically deleted. The default value is 30 days. In response, do one of the following:
    • If the default is acceptable, press Enter.
    • If you want to set the number of days to a number other than 30, enter that number, and then click Enter.
    • If you do not want to have the RMAN scripts deleted automatically, enter 0.
14. The orasetup program asks you to enter the name of a user who can connect to this host.
15. The orasetup program asks you to enter the password for that user.