Protecting Oracle Databases That Are Hosted on Azure

You can protect Oracle databases that are hosted by Azure. Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) -based deployments with with Azure managed disks are also supported. You can perform full IntelliSnap backups of the Oracle databases from the CommCell Console.

The Commvault software auto discovers the data volumes that are associated with the instance, so there is no additional user configuration when the volumes change.

You can restore the snapshot to the same Azure instance or to a new Azure instance.

If you want to configure forever incremental backups for large Oracle databases, do the following:

• Refer to Forever Incremental Backups for Large Oracle Databases Hosted on AWS or Azure for more information.

• When mounting or restoring from a backup copy for several databases, the iSCSI server and cache configuration needs a cache volume to temporarily store blocks. For more details about how to centralize the cache, see Using Commvault iSCSI Server for Instant Clones.

Before You Begin

To define the list of Azure permissions that are needed, see Getting Started with Snapshot Backups Using Microsoft Azure Snap.

Procedure

1. Install the Oracle Agent.

2. Install the MediaAgent on the Oracle client.

3. Configure the Microsoft Azure array.

4. Configure the client for IntelliSnap.

5. If you have not done so already, configure a storage policy for the database.

6. If you have not done so already, configure a storage policy for the logs.

7. Create a Snapshot Copy for the database.

8. Configure a backup copy for the database.

9. Create an Oracle Instance.

10. Create two subclients for the instance:

    1. Create an online subclient for the database.

       • Select Azure as the Available Snap Engine (Create New Subclient dialog box, IntelliSnap Operations tab, Available Snap Engine).

       • If you want to configure forever incremental backups for large Oracle databases, select Volume Copy (Block-Level Backup - Supports Instant Database Recovery) as the copy option (Create New Subclient dialog box, IntelliSnap Operations tab, Copy Option).

    2. Create a subclient for the log files.

       • Select Azure as the Available Snap Engine (Create New Subclient dialog box, IntelliSnap Operations tab, Available Snap Engine).

       • If you want to configure forever incremental backups for large Oracle databases, select Volume Copy (Block-Level Backup - Supports Instant Database Recovery) as the copy option (Create New Subclient dialog box, IntelliSnap Operations tab, Copy Option).

    The advantage of using two subclients is that you can schedule log backups more frequently to ensure that the protected data contains the latest information.

11. Perform a full backup of the database.

12. Perform a full backup of the logs.

13. You can restore the database from the backup or the backup copy

    • To restore from the backup, see Perform a restore.

    • To restore from a backup copy, see Restoring Data from a Backup Copy.

Related Topics

Manage Snapshots