I did backup a 3.2 client with Oracle 8.0.5/RMAN using NetBackup 3.4
server. Was it working before you upgraded the NetBackup Master? Did you
upgrade the NetBackup Oracle Extension (libobk.so), but not the client?
I recall the documentation stating the 3.4 libobk.so worked with the 3.4
client or greater. Also, some Oracle 8.x backups get picky about which
interface it uses, which can be fixed using the REQUIRED_INTERFACE =
<interface name> in bp.conf. However, this problem didn't yield me a
status 0 as you indicate you're getting,  but its something to
eliminate. 

RCA

"Sixbury; Dan" wrote:
> 
> The other thing to consider is your network config.  I had a similar problem
> where rman would start, but nothing would happen.  All of the clients had a
> second interface card, and the problem was solved when I explicitly added
> the client hostname and IP to the hosts file on the master server.  I have
> also seen that you have to make sure that the
> /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/user_ops directory is writable by oracle, on unix
> the directory should look like drwxrwxrwt.
> 
> Dan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leo Kliger [mailto:leo_kliger AT digitalstorage.com DOT au]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 6:08 PM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Cc: Mark.Shaw AT morse DOT com
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Oracle and NBU
> 
> Hi Mark,
> I have seen a problem similar to this where as far as
> NBU was concerned the Backup had been initiated, but RMAN
> just wasn't starting.....
> It turned out the problem was RMAN itself wasn't starting due
> to an Oracle environment variable.
> You might want to ensure Oracle is happy with RMAN before you
> focus too heavily on NBU.
> Regards,
> Leo
> >
> > Message: 3
> > From: Mark Shaw <Mark.Shaw AT morse DOT com>
> > To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 17:19:01 +0100
> > Subject: [Veritas-bu] Oracle and NBU
> >
> >
> > Has anyone had any issues backing up an Oracle 8.x database
> > sitting on a NBU
> > 3.2 client, backing up to a 3.4 server? The 'flat' files and
> > the OS back up
> > without a problem, but the Oracle agent fails each time with
> > an error 0, the
> > script starts, but doesn't kick RMAN in.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >

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