HP Application Recovery Manager software Integration guide (March 2008)

The online backup concept is widely used since it enables high application availability.
Offline backup requires shutting down the database while creating a replica, and
therefore does not offer high availability.
Backup and restore types
Backup
Using Application Recovery Manager, you can perform the following types of backup:
• Online ZDB
During the creation of a replica, the database on the application system is in hot
backup mode. Using third–party backup software, you can subsequently perform
streaming of the data to tape media on the backup system.
• Offline ZDB
During the creation of a replica, the database is shut down on the application
system. Therefore, the database is not available during the short time that it takes
to create the replica. Using third–party backup software, you can subsequently
perform streaming of the data to tape media on the backup system.
IMPORTANT:
Backup of archived logs and control file cannot be done with the Application Recovery
Manager Oracle integration. Backup of archive logs and control file has to be done
using third–party backup software. Using Application Recovery Manager, you can only
facilitate a control file backup by copying the control file to a specified location.
Restore
Using Application Recovery Manager and the disk array integrations, you can perform
a full database restore and database recovery. Database recovery is possible if the
archive logs and control file are provided. You can perform database recovery from
the archive logs available on the disk or by using your own supplied recovery script.
Integration concepts
See the HP Application Recovery Manager software concepts guide for a general
description of ZDB and instant recovery concepts.
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