NetBackup™ for Oracle Administrator's Guide

Register credentials for an Oracle database or RMAN catalog

To protect Oracle you must register credentials with the Oracle databases. Use the NetBackup web UI, the nboracmd command, or the NetBackup APIs to access the repository for database registration.

After the discovery service adds new databases to the repository, you can register credentials with those databases. When you register credentials, NetBackup queries the Oracle database for metadata. The database must be in an OPEN state while NetBackup validates credentials. The NetBackup Credential Management System (CMS) stores the credentials for your databases.

You can register or update credentials for a database or an RMAN catalog at any time. When you manually add a database, you can choose not to include the credentials at that time.

When an Oracle RAC database is discovered, that database does not have a Database ID. A Database ID is required to manually add additional RAC instances to the database. You must register the RAC database and provide a Database ID before adding additional instances.

For client versions 8.2 and earlier, NetBackup may require the database unique name to validate a credential. This information can be found by contacting your Oracle administrator or querying the database with the following command:

select DB_UNIQUE_NAME from v$database;

Refer to the following Oracle information for recommendations for the authentication of users.

Operating System Authentication of Users

Authentication of Database Administrators by Using the Operating System