Types of Oracle database backups supported for cloning
SnapCenter supports cloning of different types of backups of Oracle databases.
Oracle 11g, Oracle 12c (legacy), and Oracle 12c (CDB)
Online data backup
Online full backup
Offline mount backup
Offline shutdown backup
Backups of Data Guard standby
databases and 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
Important: Oracle ASM configuration is not supported if
user_friendly_names option in the multipath configuration file is set
to yes and aliases or symbolic links are defined for the Oracle ASM disks
using the udev rules file.
Note: Cloning of archive log backups is not supported.