You can either create a backup of a resource (database) or resource group. The backup workflow includes planning, identifying the resources for backup, creating backup policies, creating resource groups and attaching policies, creating backups, and monitoring the operations.
About this task
The following workflow shows the sequence in which you must perform the backup operation:
Note: While creating a backup for Oracle databases, an operational lock file (.sm_lock_dbsid) is created on the Oracle database host in the $ORACLE_HOME/dbs directory to avoid multiple operations being executed on the database. After the database has been backed up, the operational lock file is automatically removed.
You can also use Linux commands manually or in scripts to perform backup operations. For detailed information about Linux commands, use the SnapCenter command help or see the command reference information.