HP Data Protector integration with Oracle Architecture

 

The components of this integration, as shown in Figure 8-1, are
SM The Data Protector Session Manager, which manages the backup and restore sessions.
MA The Data Protector General Media Agent, which reads and writes data from and to media
devices.
Data Protector MML The Data Protector Oracle Integration Media Management Library, which
is a set of routines that enables data transfer between the Oracle server and Data Protector. The
Data Protector MML links Data Protector and Oracle server software.
Ob2rman.pl The Data Protector Oracle Integration agent, which works with RMAN to manage
all aspects of the backup/recovery operations on the Oracle target database.
Backup API The Oracle-defined application programming interface.
IDB The Internal Database, where all the information about Data Protector sessions, including
session messages, objects, data, used devices, and media, is written.
RMAN The Oracle Recovery Manager.

Backup Process

When a backup is started with Data Protector, the following happens in the background:
1. Data Protector executes ob2rman.pl, which starts RMAN on the client and sends the
preconfigured RMAN script.
2. RMAN contacts the Oracle server, which contacts Data Protector via the MML interface
and initiates the backup.
3. During the backup session, the Oracle server reads data from the disk and sends it to
Data Protector for writing to the backup device.
4. Messages from the Data Protector backup session and messages generated by Oracle are
logged to the Data Protector database.