Data Protector

HP Data Protector (DP), previously called Omniback, is a backup and recovery tool that can be integrated into RMAN to backup Oracle databases.

RMAN Integration

When allocating a channel, you need to specify values for the following sbt_tape parameters:

• OB2BARTYPE - set to Oracle8
• OB2APPNAME - set to the $ORACLE_SID
• OB2BARHOSTNAME - server where backup was taken (if you restore to a different server)
• OB2BARLSIT - the DP backup spec

Example:

allocate channel 'dev_1' type 'sbt_tape' parms 'ENV=(OB2BARTYPE=Oracle8,OB2APPNAME=db_name,OB2BARHOSTNAME=backup_server,OB2BARLSIT=client,OB2DMAP=12)';
allocate channel 'dev_2' type 'sbt_tape' parms 'ENV=(OB2BARTYPE=Oracle8,OB2APPNAME=db_name,OB2BARHOSTNAME=backup_server,OB2BARLSIT=client,OB2DMAP=12)';

These parameters can also be set as environment variables.

External links

• HP's Data Protector home page
• Backup and recovery best practices for Oracle 10g with HP Data Protector 6.0