Backing Up Oracle - Computing at Cornell
Backing Up Oracle - Computing at Cornell
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Chapter 4. TSM server consider<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
4.1 Initial requirements<br />
Tivoli Storage Manager server is an advanced storage management tool.<br />
The TSM server provides d<strong>at</strong>a storage and retrieval services to TSM client<br />
programs, which can be n<strong>at</strong>ive TSM backup-archive client, Tivoli D<strong>at</strong>a<br />
Protection clients, or other 3rd party products th<strong>at</strong> interface to the TSM server<br />
using the TSM Applic<strong>at</strong>ion Program Interface (API). In this chapter, we<br />
discuss all the steps, concepts, and consider<strong>at</strong>ions necessary to configure<br />
your TSM server to properly manage <strong>Oracle</strong> backups.<br />
The chapter assumes th<strong>at</strong> you already have a TSM server installed and want<br />
to perform the steps to configure it to correctly manage <strong>Oracle</strong> d<strong>at</strong>abase<br />
backup objects. This chapter also assumes th<strong>at</strong> you have storage available<br />
and know how to define it to the TSM server (tape or disk) or th<strong>at</strong> you are<br />
going to use existing storage pools to store the <strong>Oracle</strong> backups.<br />
If this is a completely new install<strong>at</strong>ion, you will first need to perform the initial<br />
configur<strong>at</strong>ion of the TSM server. Assistance with this can be found in the TSM<br />
server product document<strong>at</strong>ion and other ITSO Tivoli Storage Manager<br />
redbooks. Once this is complete, you can configure your TSM server to<br />
enable backup of the <strong>Oracle</strong> d<strong>at</strong>abases by defining your storage policies and<br />
registering nodes.<br />
4.2 Tivoli Storage Manager terminology<br />
The following terminology is going to be used.<br />
TSM server: A computer where the TSM server program has been installed.<br />
The TSM server is responsible for managing d<strong>at</strong>a objects sent by a TSM<br />
client. A TSM Administr<strong>at</strong>or alloc<strong>at</strong>es disk and tape storage to the TSM<br />
Server.<br />
TSM client: A computer where a TSM client program has been installed. A<br />
TSM client can be a backup-archive client, a Tivoli D<strong>at</strong>a Protection client<br />
(TDP), or a 3rd-party product th<strong>at</strong> uses the TSM Applic<strong>at</strong>ion Program<br />
Interface (API).<br />
D<strong>at</strong>a object: A copy or backup of inform<strong>at</strong>ion sent to the TSM server by a<br />
TSM client. This can be a file, directory, d<strong>at</strong>abase, d<strong>at</strong>abase tablespace,<br />
d<strong>at</strong>abase log, and so on.<br />
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