Mount and unmount Oracle database recovery points with NetApp Backup and Recovery
You might want to mount an Oracle Database recovery point if you need to access the database in a controlled state to perform recovery operations.
Mount an Oracle Database restore point
If you configure the protection policy for a database to retain archive logs, you can mount the recovery points for the database to view the history of all changes made to the database.
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From the NetApp Console menu, select Protection > Backup and Recovery.
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Select the Oracle tile.
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In the Backup and Recovery menu, select Inventory.
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For the Oracle Database workload in the list, select View.
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Select the Databases menu.
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Choose a database from the list and select the Actions icon
> View protection details.
A list of recovery points for that database appears.
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Choose a recovery point from the list and select the Actions icon
> Mount.
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In the dialog that appears, do the following:
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Choose the host that should mount the recovery point from the list.
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Select which location Backup and Recovery should use to mount the recovery point. For the preview release, mounting from the object store is not supported.
The mount path that Backup and Recovery should use is displayed.
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Select Mount.
The recovery point is mounted on the Oracle host.
Unmount an Oracle database restore point
Unmount the recovery point when you no longer need to view changes made to that database.
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From the NetApp Console menu, select Protection > Backup and Recovery.
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Select the Oracle tile.
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In the Backup and Recovery menu, select Inventory.
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For the Oracle workload in the list, select View.
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Select the Databases menu.
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Choose a database from the list and select the Actions icon
> View protection details.
A list of recovery points for that database appears.
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Choose a recovery point from the list and select the Actions icon
> Unmount.
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Confirm the action by selecting Unmount.