HP Application Recovery Manager software Integration guide (March 2008)

5. Back up the entire database.
Cluster-aware clients
In cluster environment, if you intend to use the Application Recovery Manager CLI,
set the Application Recovery Manager environment variable OB2BARHOSTNAME to
the virtual server name. Set the variable on the Oracle Server system as follows:
Windows: set OB2BARHOSTNAME=virtual_server_name
UNIX: export OB2BARHOSTNAME=virtual_server_name
RAC: To enable instant recovery, create an MC/ServiceGuard package containing
only the virtual IP and the virtual hostname parameters and distribute it among the
RAC nodes.
Configuring Oracle users on UNIX
On UNIX, to start an Oracle backup session, a user needs to perform an operating
system logon to the system where an Oracle Server is running.
If properly configured, this user is allowed to back up or restore an Oracle database.
To start a backup of an Oracle database using Application Recovery Manager, the
user must also become the owner of the Application Recovery Manager backup
specification.
As the owner of the backup specification, the Oracle user must be added to the
Application Recovery Manager admin or operator user group.
You can identify this user by running the following command on the Oracle Server
system:
ps -ef|grep ora_pmon_DB_NAME
or
ps -ef|grep ora_lgwr_DB_NAME
Figure 21 Finding the Oracle user
The example above states that the user ora has sufficient privileges within the Oracle
database to back up and restore the database. Therefore, this user must be added
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