A colleague pointed me in the right direction - it helps if one reads
ALL the relevant manuals! (I was only reading Snapshot Client manual)
The answer was in the NBU for Oracle manual:
Traditional 'backup' statement in script gets replaced with 'backup
proxy'.
Will test 1st thing tomorrow morning…
Marianne
From:
veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Marianne Van Den Berg
Sent: 16 January 2008 16:38
To: VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Snapshot
Client problem on NBU 6.5.1
Hi
Anybody out there using new disk array snapshot method in 6.5?
We're using HP EVA snapshots with offhost backup (media server is Alt client).
Normal file system backups work fine - snapshot takes place, data is offloaded
to media server.
Oracle rman policy runs successful, BUT the snapshot DOESN'T take place - data
is backed up from the client across the network to the media server - NO
ERRORS!
Any idea why snapshot doesn't take place and backup is done over the network?
Attributes of Oracle policy (file system policy is the same, only difference is
Policy Type and Backup Selection):
Policy Name: ora-snap
Options: 0x0
template: FALSE
c_unused1: ?
Names:
(none)
Policy Type: Oracle (4)
Active: yes
Effective date: 01/14/2008 19:30:00
Block Incremental: no
Mult. Data Stream: no
Perform Snapshot Backup: yes
Snapshot Method:
HP_EVA_Snapshot
Snapshot Method Arguments: max_snapshots=1
Perform Offhost Backup: yes
Backup
Copy:
0
Use Data
Mover: no
Data Mover Type: 2
Use Alternate Client: yes
Alternate Client Name: dbs3
Use Virtual Machine: no
Enable Instant Recovery: no
Policy Priority: 1
Max Jobs/Policy: 4
Disaster Recovery: 0
Collect BMR Info: no
Keyword: (none
specified)
Data Classification: -
Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: no
Client Encrypt: no
Checkpoint: no
Residence:
dbs3-hcart-robot-tld-0
Regards
Marianne