Types of Oracle database backups supported for restore and recovery operations

Depending on your version of Oracle Database, SnapCenter supports restore and recovery of different types of backups.

Oracle 11g

Standalone online data backup
Standalone offline shutdown data backup
Standalone offline mount data backup
Standalone full backup
Offline (mount or shutdown) backups of Data Guard standby databases
Data-only online backups of Active Data Guard standby databases
Note: You cannot perform recovery of Active Data Guard standby databases.
Online data backups, online full backups, offline mount backups, and offline shutdown backups in a Real Application Clusters (RAC) configuration
Online data backups, online full backups, offline mount backups, and offline shutdown backups in an Automatic Storage Management (ASM) configuration

Standalone online data backup
Standalone offline shutdown data backup
Standalone offline mount data backup
Standalone full backup
Offline (mount or shutdown) backups of Data Guard standby databases
Data-only online backups of Active Data Guard standby databases
Note: You cannot perform recovery of Active Data Guard standby databases.
Online data backups, online full backups, offline mount backups, and offline shutdown backups in a RAC configuration
Online data backups, online full backups, offline mount backups, and offline shutdown backups in an ASM configuration

Online data backup
Offline shutdown data backup
Offline mount data backup
Full backup
Offline (mount or shutdown) backups of Data Guard standby databases
Data-only online backups of Active Data Guard standby databases
Note: You cannot perform recovery of Active Data Guard standby databases.
Online data backups, online full backups, offline mount backups, and offline shutdown backups in RAC configuration
Online data backups, online full backups, offline mount backups, and offline shutdown backups in ASM configuration