About the Backup Exec Oracle Agent
The Veritas Backup Exec Agent for Oracle on Windows or Linux Servers (Oracle Agent) uses Oracle's Recovery Manager (RMAN) to protect Oracle databases. RMAN is a tool that manages the backup and restore and recovery of Oracle databases.
The following features are available with the Oracle Agent:
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The ability to initiate backup and restore operations from Backup Exec or from the RMAN console as a Database Administrator (DBA).
Operations that the DBA performs on the RMAN console are referred to as DBA-initiated operations. You should refer to your Oracle documentation for information about RMAN.
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Multiple data stream support for increased performance during backup and restore operations.
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RMAN recovery catalog support to manage the backup, restore, and recovery of Oracle databases.
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Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) support.
Oracle 12c notes
Backup Exec supports following new features for Oracle 12c:
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Support for multitenant architecture
Backup Exec supports the new multitenant architecture introduced in Oracle 12c. In this new architecture, the Oracle database functions as a multitenant container database (CDB) that includes zero, one, or more pluggabel databases (PDBs). A PDB is a user-created set of schemas, objects, and related structures that appears to an application as a separate database. All Oracle databases before Oracle database 12c were non-CDBs.
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New SYSBACKUP privilege for RMAN
For Oracle 12c and later, the Oracle Agent supports backup and restore tasks only with a user that has SYSBACKUP privileges.
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Support for a non-administrative user for ORACLE HOME on Windows
For Oracle 12c and later versions, the Oracle services can run with a non-admin Oracle user. However, installation can be done only with the user that has administrator privileges.
The following are not supported:
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Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) devices as storage for Oracle backup jobs.
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The Oracle Management Server.
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