topic oracle vm backup in Backup & Recovery Discussions https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Backup-Recovery-Discussions/oracle-vm-backup/m-p/2731600#M18056 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,</P><P></P><P>Any ideas, how can I backup Linux vm with Oracle db inside through vdp (or with any other solution) ? Main problem is db is often broken after restore.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 04 May 2018 11:53:41 GMT jnsvano 2018-05-04T11:53:41Z oracle vm backup https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Backup-Recovery-Discussions/oracle-vm-backup/m-p/2731600#M18056 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,</P><P></P><P>Any ideas, how can I backup Linux vm with Oracle db inside through vdp (or with any other solution) ? Main problem is db is often broken after restore.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 04 May 2018 11:53:41 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Backup-Recovery-Discussions/oracle-vm-backup/m-p/2731600#M18056 jnsvano 2018-05-04T11:53:41Z Re: oracle vm backup https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Backup-Recovery-Discussions/oracle-vm-backup/m-p/2731601#M18057 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>That's because you're probably not using the correct scripts to prepare Oracle for backup. Backup applications like Veeam (and others) can correctly protect Oracle and ensure application consistency upon recovery. If you wish to roll your own, there are pre-freeze and post-thaw scripts out there to integrate with VMware Tools which can prepare the DB correctly.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 04 May 2018 12:25:27 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Backup-Recovery-Discussions/oracle-vm-backup/m-p/2731601#M18057 daphnissov 2018-05-04T12:25:27Z Re: oracle vm backup https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Backup-Recovery-Discussions/oracle-vm-backup/m-p/2731602#M18058 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks for reply. I googled those pre-freeze and post-thaw scripts, and it seems that all are using <EM><STRONG>alter database backup </STRONG>statement</EM>, thus meaning database must in archivelog mode ?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 09 May 2018 05:17:26 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Backup-Recovery-Discussions/oracle-vm-backup/m-p/2731602#M18058 jnsvano 2018-05-09T05:17:26Z Re: oracle vm backup https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Backup-Recovery-Discussions/oracle-vm-backup/m-p/2731603#M18059 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Correct</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 09 May 2018 11:43:12 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Backup-Recovery-Discussions/oracle-vm-backup/m-p/2731603#M18059 daphnissov 2018-05-09T11:43:12Z