Re: Configuring Veritas Netbackup Question

Dwayne,
 Doesn't the Veritas backup exec Oracle client perform a "HOT" backup of the database? If that is the case then the RMAN backup is performed differently that the hot backup. Read the script that the Oracle client uses to see what is happening.

I may be off base with this version of backup exec but it is as I understood the client.
Ron

>>> dwaynec_at_infotechfl.com 12/10/2003 2:24:33 PM >>>
I apologize for this *basic* question but I have searched the manuals,

Robert Freeman's RMAN book and MetaLink as well as Googled and cannot find the answer. I know its something simple.

We have Veritas Netbackup 4.5 running on Red Hat Linux 7.2. It has been
backing up our netowrk for a couple years without a problem. We recently purchased the license for the Oracle module and installed (activated) it (actually, the SA did this while I watched).

The database server is a separate Linux (same version) box and the client seems to have been installed.

Anyway, I go through the steps to configure Netbackup (setting up a policy, media, etc). All looks good. I create a test script for rman

(based on one I know works). When I attempt to run a test backup and I

get the message 'Unable to get data from client polar from server phoenix. status 104'.

What am I missing? How do I access the client from the host? I noticed
the host server does not have Oracle installed (tnsnames, etc.) so my first thought was to do that but wanted to make sure I was right before

I went to the SA to do this.

Thanks for your help!

Sign,
Dwayne aka Frustrated One

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