Hello!

I'm new to this list (and to the NetWorker too), so I say 'Hello' to
everybody.  I was using TSM previously, but my current employee uses NetWorker.


The answer for your question Mark is yes, you can avoid SYS password in
scripts, but you can't avoid password to Recovery Catalog user if you are
using it. 
I'm assuming that you want to backup Oracle databases in UNIX environment
(you mentioned 'root' user). NetWorker uses a root account to run scripts,
but you can write a wrapper script ie:

#!/bin/bash

### Run RMAN backup script as oracle user.
su - oracle -c /nsr/rman/backup_rman.sh

### If script returns OK, call save.
SCRIPT_RESULT=$?
if [ ${SCRIPT_RESULT} -eq 0 ]; then
  save $@
fi


In my environment /nsr/rman/backup_rman.sh script call RMAN with:

rman target / catalog rman/catalog_pass@RMANCATALOG cmdfile
/nsr/rman/backup.rman

In my case I use Recovery Catalog, so I must provide a user/password to
Recovery Catalog database, but If you use control files instead Recovery
Catalog there is no need to put it there.

Best regards
Szymon Madej

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