1 Select an Oracle instance under the Oracle client in the Navigation pane and click Backup.
2 Select the 1-Time Backup tab.
• This retrieves a list of databases available for backup.
• If there is nothing in the Databases to Protect list, verify that the Oracle instance is online and in open status.
• If a database is not online or is not in ARCHIVELOG mode, it cannot be selected for protection.
• Click the reload arrows at the bottom to refresh the list of discovered databases.
Note: If a Samba client is not installed, when the Oracle client is selected in the Navigation pane and the list of databases is refreshed, no databases will be visible as available for backup and you are notified that the Oracle Plugin package from the latest agent release must be installed to protect Oracle data.
3 In the Databases to Protect area, check boxes to select the databases to backup.
Note: A separate backup is created for each database selected, even if they are within the same instance.
4 Choose the type of backup by selecting Full or Incremental.
If incremental backup is chosen and a successful full backup has never run, the system runs a full backup instead. Also, any failed backup will cause the next backup to be promoted to a full backup.
5 By default, backups are stored on the default device. To backup to a different device, select one in the Available Devices area.
6 Click Backup at the bottom of the screen to initiate the backup process.
To view the status of the active backup operations, select Settings > System Monitoring > Jobs. See Monitoring running backup jobs for details. To see the status of completed backup jobs, see Viewing backups.