Backing up Oracle database resource groups

A resource group is a collection of resources on a host or cluster. A backup operation on the resource group is performed on all resources defined in the resource group.

Before you begin

You must have created a resource group with a policy attached.
If you want to back up a resource that has a SnapMirror relationship with a secondary storage, the role assigned to the storage user should include the "snapmirror all" privilege. However, if you are using the "vsadmin" role, then the "snapmirror all" privilege is not required.
You must have assigned the aggregate that is being used by the backup operation to the storage virtual machine (SVM) used by the database.
You should ensure that all data volumes and archive log volumes belonging to the database are protected if secondary protection is enabled for that database.

About this task

You can back up a resource group on demand from the Resources page. If a resource group has a policy attached and a schedule configured, then backups occur automatically according to the schedule.

Steps

In the left navigation pane, click Resources, and then select the appropriate plug-in from the list.
In the Resources page, select Resource Group from the View list.
You can search the resource group either by entering the resource group name in the search box, or by clicking , and then selecting the tag. You can then click to close the filter pane.
In the Resource Groups page, select the resource group that you want to back up, and then click Back up Now.

Note: If you have a federated resource group with two databases and one of the database has datafile on non-NetApp storage, the backup operation is aborted even though the other database is on NetApp storage.
In the Backup page, perform the following steps:
1. If you have associated multiple policies with the resource group, from the Policy drop-down list, select the policy that you want to use for backup.
2. Click Backup.
Monitor the operation progress by clicking Monitor > Jobs.