RMAN plugin and RMAN catalog

[marieelieg]

Hello experts,

I installed the Veeam plugin for Oracle RMAN and configured it. I have prepared a test script to backup the databases.
I just have a question. Will the plugin work with the Oracle RMAN catalog db?
For example, if I have the below code, will it work with Veeam/plugin?

rman target / catalog rcat@catalogdb
RUN {
sql 'alter system checkpoint global';
sql 'alter system archive log current';
sql 'alter system switch logfile';
BACKUP AS COMPRESSED BACKUPSET DATABASE;
BACKUP AS COMPRESSED BACKUPSET ARCHIVELOG;
BACKUP CURRENT CONTROLFILE;
}

Thanking you in advance and have a nice day/night!

[Andreas Neufert]

Yes, we add our plugin to the default RMAN device configuration. So your script works.

If you have scripts with channel definition you need to change. The config export will give you examples then.

[evandrosp]

Hi there,
Is there any way to back up the RMAN catalog using the Veeam Plug-in for Oracle RMAN when the backup job is configured in VBR? I don’t use any scripts; I simply configure the RMAN Plugin to run directly from VBR, performing full backups weekly and differential backups daily, with archive redo logs every hour.

Thanks

[PetrM]

Hi Evandro,

We don't have built-in integration with RMAN catalog but you can add the catalog database to the policy with other databases and back it up. However, we perform control file backup at the end of every session and information in the control file will be updated faster than in the catalog. Therefore, you will need to synchronize control files and catalog manually, there are some examples on this page.

Thanks!