Oracle RMAN plugin: Unable to match database [foobar] with oracle SIDs --tr:Unable to get oracle sid

[JohnnyCache]

Is it possible to backup a Oracle database with RMAN plugin when beqeath protocol is disabled?
When trying to backup a db we get the above-noted error. My DB admin told me, that they turned off /etc/oratab and beqeath protocol for security reasons, which causes according the error according to his opinion.

[PetrM]

Hello,

Do you perform backup from standalone server or from RAC?

Thanks!

[JohnnyCache]

it's standalone

[PetrM]

Currently, the disabled beqeath protocol is not supported but probably we would consider this idea for our future versions if we had enough requests. As a workaround, you may try image-level backup approach.

By the way, I've just double checked that Oracle RMAN Plug-In requires /etc/oratab access for both RAC and standalone deployments.

Thanks!

[JohnnyCache]

Thank you for your reply .
Of course I would be lucky to see the ability to backup oracle DBs with disabled bequeath protocol and /etc/oratab in future versions. Both were turned off intenionally by our DB admins. Nevertheless i will give image-level backup a try in the meantime.