HP Serviceguard Toolkit for Oracle on Linux User Guide (May 2013)

Support for Oracle database backup mode
During the oracle database instance package start or package failover on the other cluster node,
if the database is in the online backup mode based on your input through the package attribute
DISABLE_BACKUP_MODE, the toolkit gets the database out of the backup mode. The valid values
for this parameter are yes and no. By default, the value is set to no.
For example: tkit/oracle/oracle/DISABLE_BACKUP_MODE no.
When DISABLE_BACKUP_MODE parameter is set to yes and the database is in the backup mode,
the Oracle database instance package start or failover on other node will alter the database to
remove the backup mode before starting. Also, START_MODE parameter should be set to open.
If Oracle database recovery is needed, then package fails to start with a following message in the
package log:
Unable to get the database out of the backup mode. You must get the database out of the backup
mode before starting the package. The toolkit does not take any action on database recovery.
If DISABLE_BACKUP_MODE is set to no then this feature will not be enabled.
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