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Hello, there.

There's one question that remains unresolved for me, even though I have looked up the official documentation.

What kind of support for oracle database is available in Acronis 12.5 (standard/advanced). Is it supported on Linux, on Oracle VM, Windows? is there a need to make a full machine backup to backup the database or there is a method to only back the database up ?

Thanks for your help,

 

 

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Hello Harold,

Our Oracle agent supports Windows Server and DB versions starting from 11g. You can create backups with an installed agent or using agentless VM backup (agentless backup is available for ESX and Hyper-V)

Linux support is coming in the next update(s).

The agent creates an image of the entire machine while saving the Oracle DB metadata. You can restore the entire machine in case of DR and the database will be in a consistent state inside the image.

You can also restore the DB separately from the image backup by using the "Oracle Explorer" tool that is installed along with the agent.

Please note that this method does not support RAC or ASM configurations for the simple reason that this is a proprietary file system made by Oracle and we cannot look inside it to create a proper snapshot and collect meta-data.

For RAC configurations, we propose a separate RMAN script solution -- we have created and tested a number of RMAN scripts that you can launch in a pre-backup command of a folder. RMAN creates an Oracle backup in this folder and then we create a backup of it.

Thank you Igor. Very detailed and complete explanation. It resolves all of my questions regarding Oracle database backup.

Where do we get a copy of the sample RMAN scripts to run in a pre-backup command and then again in a post-backup command in order to clear the archive logs?

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

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Hello Bryan,

welcome to Acronis forums!

Please find RMAN scripts in Acronis Backup 12.5 guide for Oracle backup (chapter 6.2 Oracle RMAN integration scripts).