Mount an Oracle database as a standard mount

You can mount backup images of an Oracle database as a standard mount or as a virtual database—application aware mount.

This is the procedure for a standard mount. To make a virtual database—application aware mount—see the procedure in Mount an Oracle database as a virtual database.

Mount an Oracle database image protected under an ASM disk group for data access

Use these instructions to mount an Oracle database image for data access:

  1. Open the management console to the App Manager > Applications and enter the database application name or use the filters to make it easier to get to the database image that you need.

  2. Right-click the application and select Access.

  3. On the Access page, select the image and click Mount under the Mount menu.

  4. On the Mount page, fill in the required information.

    • Under Target, select a host to mount the new database on, and provide a Label as needed. This is optional.

    • Under Application Options, clear Create New Virtual Application.

      If you want to create an application aware mount, see Mount an Oracle database as a virtual database.

    • Open the Mapping Options by clicking on the arrow icon to the left of the title.

    • If required, change the default Storage pool to be used for the mount from the drop-down list. This only applies to mounts where there is no existing staging disk, such as direct to OnVault and imported OnVault images, otherwise the pool where the source image disks are located is always used regardless of what is set here.

    • MOUNT LOCATION: Enter the mount path where to mount the log backup image.

      • If logs are Backup and DR protected, then the logs image is mounted to <mountpath>_archivelog_Log, and subsequent logs images to <mountpath>_archivelog_Log1, or <mountpath>_archivelog_Log2.
      • If no mount path is specified, the Oracle database backup image and the log backup image are mounted to a default generated path /act/mnt/(jobid)_mountpoint_<random generated number>

    • DISK GROUP NAME

      • Enter a diskgroup name where to mount the database backup image under ASM. The Oracle database image is mounted to ASM with a disk group name specified under Disk Group Name.

    • RAC NODE LIST:

      • If empty, the backup image is mounted to the selected host's IP address.
      • To provision a RAC database on the target RAC cluster, specify the IP address of all nodes for the target RAC cluster separated by a colon (:).

  5. Click Submit. You can go to the Job Monitor to view the progress and details of the job. The mounted image is available in the Active Mounts.

Mount an Oracle database image protected under a file system for data access

Use these instructions to mount an Oracle database image for data access:

  1. From the Backup and DR Service management console, click App Manager > Applications to open the Applications page, then enter the database application name or use the filters to find the database image that you need.

  2. Right-click the application and select Access.

  3. On the Access page, select the image and click Mount under the Mount menu.

  4. On the Mount page, fill in the required information.

    • Under Target, select the host for the newly mounted database. The requested information changes depending on what type of host was selected.

    • Optionally, provide a label as needed.

    • Deselect Create New Virtual Application. If you want to make an application aware mount, then follow the procedure in Mount an Oracle database as a virtual application.

    • Open the Mapping Options by clicking on the arrow icon to the left of the title.

    • If required, change the default Storage pool to be used for the mount from the drop-down list. This only applies to mounts where there is no existing staging disk, such as Direct to OnVault and imported OnVault images, otherwise the pool where the source image disks are located are always used regardless of what is set here.

    • MOUNT LOCATION: Enter the mount path where to mount the database and log backup image:

      • The Oracle database backup image is mounted to the specified mount path /<mountpath>.

    • If logs are Backup and DR protected, then the logs image are mounted to <mountpath>_archivelog_Log, and subsequent logs images to the same archivelog name with a increasing number at the end, for example, <mountpath>_archivelog_Log1.

    • If no mount path is specified the Oracle database backup image and log backup image is mounted to a default generated path /act/mnt/(jobid)_mountpoint_<random generated number>.

  5. Check Submit to submit the job. You can go to the Job Monitor to view the progress and details of the job The mounted image is available in the Active Mounts.

Management of the active mounts

Once you have created a mount, you can track the image form the App Manager > Active Mounts. Ideally, don't leave any image mounted indefinitely. This is because the backup image that the mount was created from, cannot expire until all its mounts have been deleted. When you have finished using the mounted image then either:

  • Unmount the image. You can remount it if needed. You can then delete the image later when you are certain it is no longer needed.
  • Unmount and delete the image. This deletes the mounted image, not the backup that the mount is based on.

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