Oracle RAC Subclient XML Parameters

appName

Specifies the name of the application. In this case it would be 'Oracle RAC'.

clientName

Specifies the name of the client as displayed in the CommCell Browser (e.g., RacPseudoclient1).

instanceName

Specifies the name of the Oracle instance (e.g., racdb).

subclientName

Specifies the name of the Subclient (e.g. subclient1).

encryptionFlag

Specifies whether to enable encryption.

Valid values are:

• ENC_NONE

• ENC_NETWORK_MEDIA

description

Specifies the Subclient description.

enableBackup

Option to allow backup. Set this to 'true'.

networkAgents

Number of Network Agents (e.g., 2).

Valid vales are 1-4.

softwareCompression

Specifies whether to enable compression on the Client or MediaAgent computer.

Valid values are:

• ON_CLIENT, to enable software compression on the client.

• ON_MEDIAAGENT, to enable software compression on the MediaAgent.

• USE_STORAGE_POLICY_SETTINGS, to use the software compression options defined on the storage policy.

• OFF, to disable software compression.

throttleNetworkBandwidth

Enhancing backup performance by reducing network bandwidth overhead.

Valid values are 0/1.

applicableReadSize

Specifies the amount of application data backup jobs will read for each unit transferred to the MediaAgent.

dataBackupStoragePolicy/storagePolicyName

Specifies the data backup storage policy.

enableDeduplication

Specifies whether to enable or disable deduplication.

Valid values are true/false.

generateSignature

A component of deduplication performed on the client or MediaAgent computer. Valid values are:

• ON_CLIENT, to enable signature generation on the client.

• ON_MEDIA_AGENT, to enable signature generation on the MediaAgent.

• OFF, to disable the signature generation.

isSnapBackupEnabled

Specifies whether to enable or disable IntelliSnap.

Valid values are true/false.

snapShotEngineName

Specifies the Snapshot Engine Name.

snapToTapeProxyToUse/clientName

Specifies the proxy server used for IntelliSnap backups.

snapToTapeProxyToUseSource

Specifies whether to use the source machine when the proxy is not available.

Valid values are true/false.

isRMANEnableForTapeMovement

Specifies the RMAN for movement to media operations.

Valid values are true/false.

preBackupCommand

Specifies the script to run before a backup starts.

postBackupCommand

Specifies the script to run after the backup completes.

runPostBackup

Specifies whether this process will execute for all attempts to run the phase.

Valid values are YES/NO.

selectiveOnlineFull

Specifies whether selective online full backups will be performed for this Subclient.

Valid values are true/false.

data

Specifies which tablespaces and datafiles will be backed up.

Valid values are true/false.

backupMode

Specifies manner in which data file backups for this Subclient will be conducted.

Valid values are:

• ONLINE_DB, to perform an online backup of the database,

• ONLINE_SUBSET_DB, to perform an online subset backup that includes tablespaces and datafiles,

• OFFLINE_DB - to perform an offline (cold) backup of the database

contentOperationType

This can only be set when the backupMode is 'ONLINE_SUBSET_DB.'

Add or delete subclient content.

Valid values are:

• ADD, add content

• DELETE, remove content

content/oracleContent/tableSpace

This can only be set when the backupMode is 'ONLINE_SUBSET_DB.' Set this parameter to the tablspace name that you want to add to the subclient.

content/oracleContent/dataFile

This can only be set when the backupMode is 'ONLINE_SUBSET_DB.' Set this parameter to the datafile name that you want to add to the subclient.

backupControlFile

Specifies whether the backup control file is backed up.

Valid values are true/false.

backupSPFile

Specifies whether the Server Parameter File is backed up.

Valid values are true/false.

backupControlFile

Specifies whether the backup control file is backed up.

Valid values are true/false.

backupSPFile

Specifies whether the Server Parameter File is backed up.

Valid values are true/false.

protectBackupRecoveryArea

Specifies whether to back up the Flash Recovery Area for Oracle 10g or higher versions.

This is not supported when the "validate" parameter is 'true'.

Valid values are true/false.

dataFilesPerBFS

Specifies the number of data files to be bundled in each RMAN backup set.

Valid Values are 1-1000.

maxBackupSetSIzeInKB

Specifies the maximum size in KB for an RMAN backup set.

Valid values are 1-1072693248.

sectionSizeInKB

The size of each data file section (in KB) of an RMAN backup set.

archiveFilesPerBFS

Specifies the number of archive files to be bundled in each RMAN backup set.

This can be set when the "protectBackupRecoveryArea" parameter is 'true'.

Valid values are 1-1072693248.

maxOpenFiles

Specifies the maximum number of concurrent open datafiles that the RMAN can read from simultaneously during a backup operation.

Valid values are 0-1000.

oracleTag

Specifies the character string that is used as the Oracle Tag argument associated with Subclient backups.

lightsOutScript

Specifies whether the shutdown script will be automatically executed before backing up databases.

This is available when the backupMode is 'OFFLINE_DB'.

Valid values are true/false.

warning

Specifies whether to issue a message to the physical node for users logged into the database warning them that the database will be shut down.

This can only be set when the "lightsOutScript" parameter is 'true'.

Valid values are true/false.

delayTimeinMin

Specifies the number of minutes that you want the system to wait after the warning message is sent to the physical node before attempting to shut down the database.

This can only be set when the "lightsOutScript" parameter is 'true'.

Valid values are 0-100.

sleepTimeinMin

Specifies interval in minutes that you want the system to wait, or sleep, between retry attempts to shut down the database and check the status. Note that this option is only activated when the number of tries limit has been reached for the Sleep Time (sec) option.

This can only be set when the "lightsOutScript" parameter is 'true'.

Valid values are 0-59.

sleepTimeinSec

Specifies the interval in seconds that you want the system to wait, or sleep, between retry attempts.

This can only be set when the "lightsOutScript" parameter is 'true'.

Valid values are 0-59.

triesNumber

Specifies the number of times that the system will retry attempts to shut down the database when the Sleep Time (sec) option is activated.

This can only be set when the "lightsOutScript" parameter is 'true'.

Valid values are 0-59.

useSqlConnect

Specifies if the CommServe connects to the Oracle RAC database using the SQL command "Connect <Connect String> as sysdba".

This can only be set when the "lightsOutScript" parameter is 'true'.

Valid values are true/false

startupPFile

Specifies the location of the PFile to be used with the shutdown script option. Select this option when you want the database to start using the PFile.

This can only be set when the "lightsOutScript" parameter is 'true'.

Valid value is the full path to the PFile.

skipReadOnly

Specifies whether to omit read-only tablespaces from the backup.

Valid values are true/false.

skipOffline

Specifies whether to omit offline tablespaces from the backup.

Valid values are true/false.

skipInaccessible

Specifies whether to omit inaccessible tablespaces from the backup.

Valid values are true/false.

validate

Specifies whether to run a validate backup job.

Valid values are true/false.

enableTableBrowse

Specifies that the Oracle iDataAgent gathers the database tables and user information during the backup so that the backup data can be displayed in a table view during a browse operation.

This is not supported when the "validate" parameter is 'true'. This can be set when the "backupMode" parameter is 'ONLINE_DB' or 'ONLINE_SUBSET_DB'.

Valid values are true/false.

mergeImageCopies

Specifies that you can create an image copy of a database, then regularly create incremental backups of the database and apply them to this image copy.

Valid values are true/false.

resyncCatalog

Specifies whether the contents of the Recovery Catalog will be synchronized with the contents of the control file.

Valid values are true/false.

backupArchiveLog

Specifies whether to back up or delete archived redo log files.

This can be set when the "backupMode" parameter is 'ONLINE_DB' or 'ONLINE_SUBSET_DB'.

Valid values are true/false.

backupArchiveLogOption

Specifies what option will be used.

This can be set when the "backupMode" parameter is 'ONLINE_DB' or 'ONLINE_SUBSET_DB'.

Valid values are:

• BACKUP_ARCHIVE_LOG_ALL,

• BACKUP_INSTANCE_ARCHIVE_LOG

archiveDelete

Specifies whether archived redo log files will be deleted once they are backed up.

This can be set when the "backupMode" parameter is 'ONLINE_DB' or 'ONLINE_SUBSET_DB' and the "backupArchiveLog" parameter is 'true'.

Valid values are true/false.

logThresholdStreams

Specifies the log threshold streams.

This can be set when the "backupArchiveLog" parameter is 'true'.

Valid values are -1, 1-50.

selectArchiveLogDestForBackup

Specifies whether you want to add a location from where the archive logs will be backed up.

Valid values are true/false.

archiveLogDestForBackupOpType

Specifies whether you are adding or deleting a backup location.

This can only be set when the "selectArchiveLogDestForBackup" parameter is 'true'.

Valid values are:

• ADD, add a location.

• DELETE, delete the location.

archiveLogDestForBackup

Specifies the location from where the archive logs will be backed up.

This can only be set when the "selectArchiveLogDestForBackup" parameter is 'true' and the "archiveLogForDestOpType" is set.

A valid value for this is a directory name (e.g. 'e:/u2/logs').

selectArchiveLogDestForDelete

Specifies whether you want to add a location from where the archive logs will be deleted.

Valid values are true/false.

archiveLogDestForDeleteOpType

Specifies whether you are adding or deleting a location.

his can only be set when the "selectArchiveLogDestForDelete" parameter is 'true'.

Valid values are:

• ADD, add a location.

• DELETE, delete the location

archiveLogDestForDelete

Specifies the location from where the archive logs will be deleted.

This can only be set when the "selectArchiveLogDestForDelete" parameter is 'true' and the "archiveLogForDeleteOpType" is 'true'

A valid value for this is a directory name (e.g. 'e:/u2/logs').

dataThresholdStreams

Specifies the data threshold streams.

Valid values are 1-50.

tableSpace

Specifies which tablespaces will be backed up.

dataFile

Specifies which datafiles will be backed up.