BACKUP ORACLE HOME AND INVENTORY

How to Backup ORACLE_HOME binaries and Oracle INVENTORY

ORACLE_HOME and INVENTORY need to backup before Database / OS level patching

Table of Contents
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Backup ORACLE_HOME and INVENTORY

1. Shutdown Database (Not mandatory but prefer to shutdown)
2. Stop Listener (Not mandatory but prefer to shutdown)
3. Backup Oracle INVENTORY
4. Backup ORACLE_HOME

Restore ORACLE_HOME (Incase binary corruption then we can restore from backup)

1. Shutdown Database (Mandatory)
2. Stop Listener (Mandatory)
3. Restore Oracle INVENTORY
4. Restore ORACLE_HOME
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1. Shutdown Database (Not mandatory but prefer to shutdown)

[oracle@rac1 ~]$ ps -ef | grep pmon
oracle   13474     1  0 15:29 ?        00:00:00 ora_pmon_DELL
oracle   13583 13414  0 15:30 pts/1    00:00:00 grep pmon
[oracle@rac1 ~]$ 

SQL> select name,open_mode from v$database;

NAME      OPEN_MODE
--------- --------------------
DELL      READ WRITE

SQL>

SQL> shut immediate;
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL>


2. Stop Listener (Not mandatory but prefer to shutdown)

Stop any other processes running from ORACLE_HOME

[oracle@rac1 ~]$ ps -ef | grep tns
root        15     2  0 08:32 ?        00:00:00 [netns]
oracle   13623     1  0 15:31 ?        00:00:00 /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.4/bin/tnslsnr LISTENER_11G -inherit
oracle   13631 13414  0 15:32 pts/1    00:00:00 grep tns
[oracle@rac1 ~]$ lsnrctl stop LISTENER_11G

LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 11.2.0.4.0 - Production on 09-DEC-2018 15:32:36

Copyright (c) 1991, 2013, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=rac1.rajasekhar.com)(PORT=1621)))
The command completed successfully
[oracle@rac1 ~]$
[oracle@rac1 ~]$ ps -ef | grep tns
root        15     2  0 08:32 ?        00:00:00 [netns]
oracle   13638 13414  0 15:32 pts/1    00:00:00 grep tns
[oracle@rac1 ~]$


3. Backup Oracle INVENTORY

[oracle@rac1 ~]$ cat /etc/oraInst.loc
inventory_loc=/u01/app/oraInventory
inst_group=dba
[oracle@rac1 app]$ cd /u01/app/
[oracle@rac1 app]$ ls -ltr
total 8
drwxr-xr-x. 10 oracle dba 4096 Nov  7 11:33 oracle
drwxrwx---.  6 oracle dba 4096 Nov  7 20:16 oraInventory
[oracle@rac1 app]$

tar -pcvf /u02/oracle/backup/binary/Backup_OraInv.tar oraInventory

OR

tar -pczvf /u02/oracle/backup/binary/Backup_OraInv.tar oraInventory | gzip > /u02/oracle/backup/binary/Backup_OraInv.tar.gz


4. Backup ORACLE_HOME

[oracle@rac1 product]$ pwd
/u01/app/oracle/product
[oracle@rac1 product]$ ls -ltr
total 12
drwxr-xr-x. 72 oracle dba 4096 Oct 21  2016 12.1.0.2
drwxr-xr-x. 78 oracle dba 4096 Dec  8 15:47 11.2.0.4 <---
drwxr-xr-x. 74 oracle dba 4096 Dec  8 19:38 12.2.0.1
[oracle@rac1 product]$

cd /u01/app/oracle/product
[oracle@rac1 product]$ nohup tar -pcvf /u02/oracle/backup/binary/oracle_home_bkup.tar 11.2.0.4 &
[1] 8848
[oracle@rac1 product]$ nohup: ignoring input and appending output to `nohup.out'

[oracle@rac1 product]$ jobs -l
[1]+  8848 Running                 nohup tar -pcvf /u02/oracle/backup/binary/oracle_home_bkup.tar 11.2.0.4 &
[oracle@rac1 product]$

[oracle@rac1 product]$ ls -ltr
total 2312
drwxr-xr-x. 72 oracle dba    4096 Oct 21  2016 12.1.0.2
drwxr-xr-x. 78 oracle dba    4096 Dec  8 15:47 11.2.0.4
drwxr-xr-x. 74 oracle dba    4096 Dec  8 19:38 12.2.0.1
-rw-------.  1 oracle dba 2354978 Dec 11 17:47 nohup.out
[oracle@rac1 product]$

OR

[oracle@rac1 product]$ nohup tar -pczvf /u02/oracle/backup/binary/oracle_home_bkup.tar 11.2.0.4 | gzip > /u02/oracle/backup/binary/oracle_home_bkup.tar.gz &
[1] 10189
[oracle@rac1 product]$ nohup: ignoring input and redirecting stderr to stdout

[oracle@rac1 product]$ jobs -l
[1]+ 10188 Running                 nohup tar -pczvf /u02/oracle/backup/binary/oracle_home_bkup.tar 11.2.0.4
     10189                       | gzip > /u02/oracle/backup/binary/oracle_home_bkup.tar.gz &
[oracle@rac1 product]$
[oracle@rac1 binary]$ ls -ltr /u02/oracle/backup/binary/oracle_home_bkup*
-rw-r--r--. 1 oracle dba 2752787212 Dec 11 18:22 /u02/oracle/backup/binary/oracle_home_bkup.tar
-rw-r--r--. 1 oracle dba     240299 Dec 11 18:22 /u02/oracle/backup/binary/oracle_home_bkup.tar.gz
[oracle@rac1 binary]$

Restore ORACLE_HOME (Incase binary corruption then we can restore from backup)

1. Shutdown Database (Mandatory)

SQL> shut immediate;
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL>


2. Stop Listener (Mandatory)

Stop any other processes running from ORACLE_HOME

[oracle@rac1 ~]$ ps -ef | grep tns
root        15     2  0 08:32 ?        00:00:00 [netns]
oracle   13623     1  0 15:31 ?        00:00:00 /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.4/bin/tnslsnr LISTENER_11G -inherit
oracle   13631 13414  0 15:32 pts/1    00:00:00 grep tns
[oracle@rac1 ~]$ lsnrctl stop LISTENER_11G

LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 11.2.0.4.0 - Production on 09-DEC-2018 15:32:36

Copyright (c) 1991, 2013, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=rac1.rajasekhar.com)(PORT=1621)))
The command completed successfully
[oracle@rac1 ~]$
[oracle@rac1 ~]$ ps -ef | grep tns
root        15     2  0 08:32 ?        00:00:00 [netns]
oracle   13638 13414  0 15:32 pts/1    00:00:00 grep tns
[oracle@rac1 ~]$


3. Restore Oracle INVENTORY

[oracle@rac1 app]$ cd /u01/app/
[oracle@rac1 app]$

mv oraInventory oraInventory_bkp

tar -pxvf /u02/oracle/backup/binary/Backup_OraInv.tar


4. Restore ORACLE_HOME

[oracle@rac1 product]$ cd /u01/app/oracle/product

[oracle@rac1 product]$ mv 11.2.0.4 11.2.0.4_bkp

tar -pxvf /u01/app/oracle/backup/oracle_home_bkup.tar

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