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Discover Oracle workloads in NetApp Backup and Recovery

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NetApp Backup and Recovery needs to first discover your Oracle databases so that you can protect them.

Required Console role
Backup and Recovery super admin. Learn about Backup and recovery roles and privileges. Learn about NetApp Console access roles for all services.

Add an Oracle host and discover resources

Add Oracle host information and let NetApp Backup and Recovery discover workloads. Within each Console agent, select the systems where you want to discover workloads.

Steps

  1. From the NetApp Console menu, select Protection > Backup and Recovery.

  2. In the Oracle tile, select Discover and manage.

    If this is your first time logging in to Backup and Recovery, you already have a system in the Console, but haven't discovered any resources, the "Welcome to the new NetApp Backup and Recovery" landing page appears and shows an option to Discover resources.

  3. Select Discover resources.

  4. Enter the following information:

    1. Workload type: Select Oracle.

    2. If you haven't yet stored credentials for this Oracle host, select Add credentials.

      1. Select the Console agent to use with this host.

      2. Enter a name for this credential.

      3. Enter the user name and password for the account.

      4. Select Done.

    3. Host registration: Add a new Oracle host. Enter the host's FQDN or IP address, credentials, Console agent, and port number.

  5. Select Discover.

    Tip This process might take a few minutes.
Result

The Oracle workload is displayed in the list of workloads on the Inventory page.

Continue to the NetApp Backup and Recovery Dashboard

  1. From the NetApp Console menu, select Protection > Backup and recovery.

  2. Select a workload tile (for example, Microsoft SQL Server).

  3. From the Backup and Recovery menu, select Dashboard.

  4. Review the health of data protection. The number of at risk or protected workloads increases based on the newly discovered, protected, and backed up workloads.