
Protecting Oracle Database Appliance - Tape Backup with Oracle Secure Backup
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Introduction
The Oracle Database Appliance is an engineered system consisting of hardware, software, and storage
that saves customers time and money by simplifying deployment, maintenance, and support of high
availability database solutions. The Oracle Database Appliance provides double or triple mirrored
redundancy using Automatic Storage Management software. The Database Appliance is comprised of
two nodes, each having its own dedicated power, memory, CPU, RAID control, etc. to allow for maximum
redundancy. It allows for single instance, Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node or full Oracle RAC
configurations. Additionally, the Database Appliance supports virtualization using Oracle Virtual Machine
(OVM). With the high level of redundancy, the chances of a physical failure are remote but still possible
(ex. natural disaster or fire). There is also the possibility of logical corruption such as inadvertently
deleted records or errors in programming. Due to the possibility of a disaster and/or logical corruption, it is
still necessary to backup up the database to provide an extra layer of data protection, along with offsite
storage capabilities. Oracle StorageTek (STK) Tape Libraries and Oracle StorageTek Tape Drives offer
cost effective solutions for meeting Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and Recovery Time Objectives
(RTO) for the Oracle Database Appliance. The information in this document details how to setup Oracle
Secure Backup to backup the Oracle Database Appliance using Oracle StorageTek tape products. The
information in this document is intended to detail basic configuration of Oracle Secure Backup on the
Oracle Database Appliance to allow for RMAN backups directly to tape. A restore example, private
network example, and performance tuning example are also included to assist with providing additional
knowledge on using Oracle Secure Backup with the Oracle Database Appliance, and to assist with
optimizing the backup environment.
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