Backup and Recover Oracle Database Using Veeam

In this post, we are going to show on how to backup oracle database & recover database using Veeam Explorer for Oracle.

[Pre-requisite]
Configure achieve log mode on oracle database before configure backup. Please refer to http://www.ms4u.info/2017/07/configure-oracle-archivelog-mode.html

[ Backup Configuration ]

On Guest Processing page,
1. tick "Enable Application aware processing"
2. On Guest OS Credential, enter local admin authentication

Click on Application button

On Oracle tab,
3. Enter Oracle account with SYSDBA credential (full right)
You can configure an additional setting on archived logs.
We set to backup log every 15 minutes for testing purpose.

Run backup and at the end, result will consists of:-
1. Virtual image backup
2. Transaction log backup

[ Recovery Configuration ]

Open Veeam Explorer for Oracle

 Before we start recovery, change setting to point to target server/staging server. Go to Top Left | Click Options

Enter target server
A - Target IP or Server Name
B - Enter local admin credential
C - Click browse to select Oracle Home.

If credential is correct, system will display result else you will get an error message " The Username or password is incorrect"

Here is the recovery process video:-


Enjoy!