RMAN · Host backups · Recovery planning
Backup and disaster recovery for Oracle environments
Oracle Database recovery starts with RMAN. The Linux hosts, configuration, and backup files around the database need protecting too. InfoSapient manages both layers, keeps copies away from production, and plans recovery before it is needed.
Database and hosts
Two layers of protection
Each layer covers what the other can’t, so the database and the servers it runs on can both be brought back.
The database: Oracle RMAN
Application-consistent database backups and point-in-time recovery, run and monitored by our database engineers.
The hosts: managed Linux backup
File-level backups of the Oracle Linux servers and supporting Linux infrastructure: operating system configuration, Oracle and E-Business Suite file systems, scripts, and the files RMAN produces.
A file-level backup of a running database server is not, on its own, a usable copy of Oracle Database or E-Business Suite. Database recovery relies on RMAN. Host backups protect everything around the database and keep RMAN’s output on separate storage.
Oracle Linux backup
Managed backup for Oracle Linux servers
InfoSapient runs backups of the Oracle Linux servers and supporting Linux infrastructure as a managed service, from scheduling to the restore.
Backups
Scheduled, retained, and protected the same way on every server.
- Automated backups on daily, weekly, or monthly schedules
- Retention policies set per server
- Encrypted backup data, with restricted access to backup administration
- Immutable copies on object storage that supports object locking
Checks and recovery
Watched after every run, and ready when a restore is needed.
- Consistency checks on stored backups
- Job results monitored after every run, with failures followed up
- Restores of individual files, folders, or complete file systems
- Backup schedules aligned with RMAN, so database backup files reach separate storage
Ransomware
Preparing for ransomware recovery
Recovery depends on copies an attacker cannot change and a restore order set in advance.
Immutable copies
Copies an attacker can’t change
Immutable copies wherever the storage supports them, so backups survive an attack on production.
Credentials
Kept apart from production
Backup storage credentials are kept separate from production systems, so one compromise doesn’t reach both.
Recovery order
Worked out in advance
A recovery order documented for each environment: hosts, then database, then application tier.
Testing
Restores that are tested
Test restores, scheduled as agreed with each client.
Disaster recovery
Disaster recovery for Oracle Database and E-Business Suite
Each environment gets a disaster recovery plan built around the recovery point and recovery time the business needs.
The plan covers every tier of E-Business Suite, the database, and the hosts beneath them, using standby databases and replication to a second site or to OCI where the design calls for them.
- Recovery point
- Recovery time
- Application tier
- Database
- Hosts
- Second site or OCI
Operations
Part of the managed service
Backup failures and security alerts reach the same operational workflow as every other infrastructure incident.
Backups are planned alongside Oracle Linux administration, patching, and security monitoring, so they keep up as systems change.
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How quickly could you recover?
Tell us how your Oracle environment is backed up today and how quickly you would need it back. We’ll review it with you and recommend practical next steps. Initial consultations are free.
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