Create a Backup Plan with a Backup Task

A backup plan includes a backup task that performs a backup of node and stores data to a specified destination. Each task consists of parameters that define the source, destination, schedule, and other backup details. This section provides information about how to create a backup plan for Oracle database.

Follow these steps:

1. Log into Arcserve UDP Console.
2. Navigate to resources > Plan > All Plans.
3. If you have created plans earlier, those plans are displayed on the center pane.
3. On the center pane, click Add a Plan.
4. The Add a Plan page opens.
4. Enter a plan name.
5. (Optional) Select the Pause this plan check box.
6. The plan will not run until you clear the check box to resume the plan.
7. Note: If a plan is paused, then any in-progress job is not paused but all corresponding scheduled jobs associated with that plan are paused. However, you can manually run a job. For example, you can manually run backup job and replication job for a node even if the respective plan is paused. In such case, the following task to the on-demand (manual) job does not run. For example, there is a replication task after an on-demand backup job, the replication job does not run for the on-demand backup job. You need to manually run the replication job. When you resume the plan, the pending jobs do not resume immediately. After you resume the plan, the pending jobs run from the next scheduled time.
6. From the Task Type drop-down list, select Backup: Oracle Database.
7. 

Now specify the Source, Destination, Schedule, and Advanced details.

Notes:

• To check the physical and logical block corruption in the data files existing on the Oracle source machine, Backup Validate RMAN command is used.
• To add validation to the backup job, use the following registry key:

\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\SourceDBValidation

• If the key is not added (default) - backup validation is not enabled
• If the key added as 1 - backup validation is enabled
• If the key added with any other value - backup validation is not enabled
• Backup validation is a time intensive task. Enabling this setting increases the backup time depending on the size of the data files. Validation runs on the entire source data file even for an incremental backup.