Backing up an Oracle Data Guard environment

Solution Description

The paper contains instructions how to backup and restore Oracle Data Guard components using HP

Open View Storage Data Protector A.05.50 with the Cell Manager installed on a Windows 2000 server

and Oracle Data Guard 10g installed on HPUX 11.23 PA-RISC. Described instructions and procedures

are working on other platforms as well – please check the Data Protector A.05.50 Platform and Integration

support matrix. An updated version of this matrix is available on the web under

http://www.openview.hp.com/products/datapro/spec_0001.html

Supported Oracle releases are Oracle 9i and Oracle 10g.

Figure 1 illustrates the principle structure of an Oracle Data Guard environment. We assume that both

systems got an HP Open View Storage Data Protector A.05.50 Oracle Integration Agent installed and

belong to one and the same Data Protector cell.

Figure 1 Oracle 10g Data Guard Testing Environment

Oracle Data Guard was installed in the following environment:

• Hardware : 2x RP4440

• Operating System: HP-UX 11.23 PA-RISC 64bit

• Oracle version : Oracle 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.1.0.3.0 – 64bit

• Data Protector : A.05.50

• Oracle Recovery Catalog: Oracle10g running on Windows 2000 (oracle3)

Hostname Oracle Database

Type

DB Unique Name TNS Alias

oracle1 Physical Standby DG1_stdby DG1_DP

oracle2 Primary DG1 DG1_DP

Oracle3 Recovery Catalog RCAT RCAT_ORACLE3