Instances - Oracle - How To
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Create/Modify an Instance
Create an On Demand Instance
Delete an Instance
Change the User Account
Select a Storage Policy for Third Party User Commands
Configure Third-party Command Line
Operations for Encryption
Change Account for Accessing Databases/Applications (Oracle on Windows)
Change Account for Executing Pre/Post Commands for Data Recovery (Oracle on Windows)
Change Connect Details
Disable RMAN Cross Check
Change Instance Details
Change the Home Directory
Before You Begin
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For the Oracle, Oracle RAC or SAP for Oracle iDataAgent,
if you have custom SQL settings, you must turn off these settings to
ensure that the instance browse works correctly and that the instance status is
correctly fetched. To do this, create and edit the
cvlogin.sql file with the appropriate contents at
ORACLE_HOME/sqlplus/admin. For example, run the
following command:
edit file $ORACLE_HOME/sqlplus/admin/cvlogin.sql
Then include the following contents in the
cvlogin.sql file:
set heading on;
set pause off;
Required Capability: See
Capabilities and Required Actions
To create/modify an Instance
- To create an instance, from the CommCell Browser, locate the correct client computer node, and right-click the agent node for which you want
the new instance created, click All Tasks, and then click New Instance from the
shortcut menu.
To modify an existing instance, from the CommCell Browser, right-click the instance you want to modify, and then click
Properties from the shortcut menu.
- From the General
tab, enter the name (up to 32
characters) for the instance. In addition, provide the required access information for
this instance.
For various iDataAgents,
you can add/modify an application/database user account. See the appropriate section as follows in
User Accounts and Passwords for more information:
- If your agent uses the Details
tab,
enter the required database connect string and other optional parameters.
- For the Oracle, Oracle RAC and SAP for Oracle iDataAgents, see
the
Oracle iDataAgents section in
User Accounts and Passwords for more information.
- From the
Storage Device
tab, select storage policy copies to be used for, as applicable, data
backups, command line data backups and log backups. Within these tabs
you can click Data
Paths to display the details of the data paths associated with the
primary storage policy copy of the selected storage policy.
- If your agent uses the
Software
Compression tab, and you want to enable software compression for the
selected
backups, click the tab and select the option appropriate to your environment.
- If you want to enable data encryption, from the
Encryption
tab
select encryption settings for third-party or RMAN command line backups.
- Click OK to save the instance.
- A message advises you to schedule backups for your new instance. It is
recommended you elect to set a schedule now. You can also associate this
instance with an All Agent Types schedule policy (which is automatically
created by the system, or can be a user defined Data Protection schedule
policy). If you have already associated a schedule policy at a previous
level (Agent, Client, or Client Computer Group) the schedules defined in the
Schedule Policy will be automatically applied to the new instance. See
Schedule Policy for
more information.
- For agents that offer an OK
option, click OK to acknowledge the message. This procedure is now
complete.
- For agents that offer Yes and No options to this
message, click No if you don't want to create a backup schedule at
this time, and this procedure is complete. If you click Yes, a dialog box
prompts you to back up
all subclients of this instance.
- Click Yes.
The Backup Options dialog box appears, which allows you to create the
necessary schedules.
- From the Backup Options
dialog box, select the type of backup that you want to schedule.
- If you want to access Advanced Backup Options,
click Advanced.
- After selecting the backup type and any advanced options, click OK.
The Schedule Details dialog box appears.
- From the Schedule
Details tab of the Schedule Details dialog box, select the scheduling options
that you want to apply, then click OK.
NOTES
- A default subclient is created for the Oracle instance, which includes all the objects in the instance.
When you are done with this procedure, open the Subclient
Properties dialog box for the default subclient and verify that
the Resync Catalog option available in the
Backup Arguments tab is selected. This
would help you to successfully perform a full system restore in the
event of destroyed or damaged client.
- After creating the instance for DB2, you can now create one or more
Backup Sets for this
instance.
Create an On Demand Instance
Related Topics
Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To create an On Demand Instance:
- From the CommCell Browser, locate the correct client computer node, right-click the Agent for which you want the On Demand Instance created, click All Tasks and then click New On Demand Instance.
- The On Demand Instance will display in the CommCell Browser, and its associated default Subclient will appear in the right-hand pane.
- If you wish to configure security for the On Demand Instance, right-click the On Demand Instance then click Properties. Click the Security tab, enter the desired security settings then click OK.
- Right-click the default Subclient of the On Demand Instance you just created, then click Properties. You can configure any of the following properties for this subclient:
- From the General tab, you can rename the subclient to another name of your choice, instead of using default.
- From the Pre/Post Process tab, you can establish processes to be run before or after certain phases of the backup job.
- From the Data Transfer Option tab, you can configure software compression, specify the number of network agents, and set the throughput for network bandwidth throttling.
- From the Activity Control tab, you can enable/disable jobs from running on the subclient.
Once you have finished configuring the subclient, click OK to save the changes.
NOTES
- Once an On Demand Instance has been created, it cannot be changed into a traditional Instance.
Before You Begin
- For most agents except Oracle and SQL Server, you cannot delete an instance if there is only one instance present for
an agent. To delete the final instance for most agents except the ones
identified, you must first remove the agent
software from the client computer. For Oracle RAC, which does not involve
agent software, you can delete the instance under the RAC pseudo-client.
- When you delete a specific instance positioned in the level below the
corresponding agent or pseudo-client in the CommCell Console, the following actions occur:
- The corresponding backup data for that instance becomes immediately
unavailable, thus making it inaccessible for restore purposes. In
effect, the backup data is deleted.
- All child levels contained within the level are deleted in the
CommCell Browser.
- All job schedules and job histories that pertain to any of the
levels within the deleted instance are deleted.
- If you delete an Oracle iDataAgent instance included within an Oracle RAC
instance (node), the backup data is not deleted, and it is available for
restore by another eligible client.
- You cannot delete an instance if it is being backed up. Attempts to
delete an instance under such conditions cause the deletion to fail. If
a backup is in progress, either wait for the backup to complete or kill
the backup job using the Job Manager. Once the backup is no longer in
progress, you can delete the instance level.
Required Capability: See
Capabilities and Required Actions
To delete an
instance positioned in the level below the corresponding agent or
pseudo-client
- From the CommCell Browser, right-click the instance that you want to
delete, click All Tasks and then click Delete.
- Click Yes to confirm the deletion. (Clicking No
cancels the deletion and retains the node.)
- Type the requested phrase in the Enter Confirmation Text dialog box and
click OK. This should delete the instance.
To delete an
Oracle iDataAgent instance included
within an Oracle RAC instance (node)
- Right-click the Oracle RAC instance, click Properties, and
click Details.
- Click the instance that you want to delete within
Client/Instance/Status and click Delete.
- Repeat the previous step for each Oracle
iDataAgent instance (except the last
one remaining) within the Oracle RAC
instance that you want to delete.
- Click OK. This should delete the Oracle
iDataAgent instance(s).
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With the exceptions noted above, you can no longer access the corresponding
backup data for restore purposes. |
Before You Begin
Required Capability Administrative
Management
To change the
user account
- From the CommCell Browser, expand the agent tree, right-click the desired
instance, and then click Properties.
- From the General dialog box, click the Change button associated
with the User Account information.
- From the Impersonate NT User dialog box, enter the requested
information.
- Click OK to save the settings.
Required Capability: See
Capabilities and Required Actions
When backing up data through third-party command line functions rather than
the CommCell Console, the specific storage policy for the backups of the
affected non-Oracle RAC agents is established
and maintained through the Creating New Instance screen for the
appropriate iDataAgent. For the
Oracle RAC iDataAgent, the storage
policy is established when you create the associated pseudo-client or when you
modify the pseudo-client instance.
To
select a storage policy for third-party user commands for non-Oracle RAC agents:
- From the CommCell Browser, right-click the supported server/instance icon, click
All Tasks, and then click
New Instance.
- Within the Creating New Instance dialog box,
click the Storage Device tab on server/instance properties.
- From the Command
Line Backup tab, select from the list of existing storage policies
- Click OK to save your settings.
To
select a storage policy for third-party user commands for the Oracle RAC iDataAgent:
- From the CommCell Browser, if you are creating a RAC pseudo-client,
right-click Client Computers, click New Client, click
RAC Client in the Add New Client dialog box, and then click OK.
If you are modifying the pseudo-client instance, right-click the instance
and then click Properties.
- Click
Storage Device.
- From the Command
Line Backup tab, select from the list of existing storage policies.
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Use the other tabs as appropriate to configure the subclient and then click
OK to save your settings.
Encryption settings made at the instance level for third-party Command Line
operations are not related in any way to settings made at the subclient level.
Subclient encryption settings are only for data protection and recovery
operations run from the CommCell Console.
See Data
Encryption - Support for a list of supported
products.
Before You Begin
Encryption must be enabled at the client level prior to configuring any
instances residing on that client. See
Configure the Client for Data
Encryption.
Required Capability:
Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To
configure the instance for encryption of third-party command line operations:
- From the CommCell Console, right-click the instance and click Properties.
- From the respective
Encryption
tab, select an option based on the
criteria described in the Encryption tab help.
- Click OK to save your settings and close the properties dialog
box.
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For third-party Command Line data recovery operations to succeed when
using pass-phrase security, you must export the pass-phrase to the
destination client. |
Required Capability: See
Capabilities
and Permitted Actions
To change
a user account for accessing DB2 databases:
- From the CommCell Browser, expand the tree if necessary to view the desired
level icon.
- From the agent level, right-click the agent icon, click All Tasks
from the short-cut menu, click New Instance, and go to the next step.
- From the instance level, right-click the instance icon, click Properties
from the short-cut menu, and go to Step 3.
- From the backup set level, right-click the backup set icon, click
Properties from the short-cut menu, and go to Step 4.
- Use the Creating New Instance dialog box to create and configure
the instance. Thereafter, from the General tab, click the Change
button associated with the User Account information. Then go to Step 5.
- From the General tab of the Instance Properties dialog box,
click the Change button associated with the User Account information.
Then go to Step 5.
- From the General tab of the Backup Set Properties dialog box,
ensure that the Connect as a Different User option is selected. Then
click the Change button associated with the User Account information.
- Enter the required information in the
Set DB2
User Account dialog box.
- Click OK to save the settings.
To change
a user account for accessing Oracle or SAP for Oracle applications on Windows not associated with QR Agent:
- From the CommCell Browser, expand the tree if necessary to view the desired
level icon.
- From the agent level, right-click the agent icon, click All Tasks
from the short-cut menu, and click New Instance (Oracle SID).
- From the instance level, right-click the instance icon and click
Properties from the short-cut menu.
- From the General tab, click the Change button associated with the
User Account information.
- Enter the required information in the
Impersonate
NT User dialog box.
- Click OK to save the settings.
To change
a user account for accessing Oracle applications for QR Agent:
- From the CommCell Browser, expand the tree if necessary to view the QR agent
icon. Then right-click the icon and click Properties.
- From the Authentication
tab, click the Oracle sub-tab.
- From the Oracle sub-tab, either click Add Instance or select an Oracle
instance to edit and then click Edit Instance.
- From the Add Oracle Instance to QR Agent dialog box, click Change.
- Enter the required information in the
Impersonate
NT User dialog box.
- Click OK to save the settings.
To change
a user account for accessing Informix, Oracle, or SAP for Oracle applications on
Unix:
- From the CommCell Browser, expand the tree if necessary to view the
desired level icon. From the agent level, right-click the agent icon, click
All Tasks from the short-cut menu, click New Instance, and go
to the next step. From the instance level, right-click the instance icon,
click Properties from the short-cut menu, and go to Step 3.
- Use the New
Instance dialog box to create and configure the instance.
- From the General
tab of the Instance Properties dialog box, do one of the following, as
appropriate.
- For Informix, type the name of the user account in the INFORMIX USER
field.
- For Oracle or SAP for Oracle, type the name of the user account in
the ORACLE USER field.
- Click OK to save the settings.
Required Capability: See
Capabilities
and Permitted Actions
To change
a user account for executing pre/post commands for Data Recovery jobs:
- From the CommCell Browser, expand the tree to view the appropriate level
icon for the affected agent. Then right-click the icon and click All
Tasks from the short-cut menu.
- Click the appropriate Browse or Restore option. Then populate,
select, and click as appropriate to access the Restore Options dialog box.
- From the Restore Options dialog box,
click Advanced.
- From the Advanced Restore Options, click the
Pre/Post tab.
- From the Pre/Post
tab, select one of the account options in the
Pre/Post Impersonation area. If you select Impersonate User, type
the appropriate user name and password.
- Click OK to save the settings.
Required Capability: See
Capabilities and Required Actions
To
change the connect details for the Oracle instance:
- From the CommCell Browser, right-click the QR Agent and then click
Properties.
- Click the
Authentication tab and then click the Oracle sub-tab. Click the
Add (or Edit) Instance button.
- From the Details
tab of the Properties dialog box, enter the target database connect
string in the Connect String box.
- Establish or modify the path to the directory containing the
listener.ora and tnsnames.ora
files in the TNS_ADMIN box by entering the path in the box or use Browse
to establish the designated Oracle Home directory.
- Click OK to save your settings.
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See the Details
tab help for user rights information. |
Required Capability: See
Capabilities and Required Actions
To
disable the RMAN cross check for the Oracle instance:
- From the CommCell Browser, right-click the instance and then click
Properties.
- From the Details
tab of the Properties dialog box, select Disable RMAN Cross Check.
- A warning message is displayed to inform that the RMAN Catalog will not be
synched with the CommServe. Click OK.
- Click OK to save your settings.
Required Capability: See Capabilities and Required Actions
To change the instance details for Oracle or SAP for Oracle:
- From the CommCell Browser, right-click the icon for any supported instance and then click Properties.
- From the Details tab of the Properties dialog box, to modify the Connect String information:
- in the first box, enter the database ID
- in the second box, enter the password for the user ID
- in the third box, enter the Oracle service name
- To modify the Use Catalog Connect information:
- in the first box, enter the Recovery Catalog database user ID
- in the second box, enter the password for the user ID
- in the third box, enter the Recovery Catalog service name
- To establish or modify the path to the TNS Administration path information, enter the path in the box or use Browse.
- To modify the block size used for backup and restore operations, enter a new value in the Block Size field.
- To configure autobackup of control files, select the desired option from the Ctrl File Autobackup list.
- For SAP for Oracle, to change the path to the SAP EXE folder, type the
path to the SAP EXE folder in the
SAP EXE Folder (Required) field or use
Browse to locate the path.
- Click OK to save your settings.
To change the instance details for Oracle RAC:
- From the CommCell Browser, right-click the icon for any supported instance and then click Properties.
- From the Details tab of the Properties dialog box, to modify the Use Catalog Connect information:
- in the first box, enter the Recovery Catalog database user ID
- in the second box, enter the password for the user ID
- in the third box, enter the Recovery Catalog service name
- From the same tab, to modify the block size used for backup and restore operations, enter a new value in the Block Size field.
- From the same tab, to configure autobackup of control files, select the desired option from the Ctrl File Autobackup list.
- From the same tab, click the appropriate Oracle client/instance/status and then click Modify.
- From the Update Instance dialog box, to modify the Connect String information:
- in the first box, enter the database ID
- in the second box, enter the password for the user ID
- in the third box, enter the Oracle service name
- To establish or modify the path to the TNS Administration path information, enter the path in the box or use Browse.
- Click OK to save your settings in the Update Instance dialog box.
- Repeat Steps 5 through 7 for each Oracle client/instance/status that you want to modify.
- Continue making settings as appropriate.
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See the Details tab help for user rights information. |
Required Capability: See
Capabilities and Required Actions
To
change the Home Directory:
- From the CommCell Browser, right-click the icon for any
supported instance and then click
Properties.
- For agents other than Oracle RAC, from the General
tab of the Properties dialog box, type the path in the Home or Dir
(Directory) box or use
Browse to locate the path. Then go to Step 6.
- For the MySQL iDataAgent,
from the General
tab of the Properties dialog box, type the path in the Binary Directory box or use
Browse to locate the path. Also, type the path to the MySQL data
directory in the Data Directory box or use
Browse to locate the path. Then go to Step 6.
- For Oracle RAC, from the
Details tab of
the Properties dialog box, click the appropriate client/instance/status and
then click Modify.
- In the Update Instance dialog box, enter the path in the Home box or use
Browse to locate the path.
- Click OK to save your settings.
- Continue to make additional settings as desired.
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