Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Information Rights Management

Backing Up Your Environment 17-5 For Oracle Portal, Oracle Reports, Oracle Forms Services, and Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer, you must back up the Managed Server directories, in addition to the Administration Server domain directories. 3. Back up the Oracle instance home. This backs up the system components, such as Oracle HTTP Server. For example: tar -cf sc_home_backup_092010.tar ORACLE_INSTANCE 4. Back up the database repositories using the Oracle Recovery Manager RMAN. For detailed steps, see the Oracle Database Backup and Recovery Users Guide, which is available at: http:www.oracle.comtechnetworkdatabaseenterprise-editiondocum entationindex.html 5. Create a record of your Oracle Fusion Middleware environment. See Section 17.4 .

17.3.3 Backing Up Windows Registry Entries

On Windows, you must back up Windows Registry keys related to Oracle Fusion Middleware. Which keys you back up depends on what components you have installed. To export a key, use the following command: regedit E FileName Key Export the following entries: ■ For any component, export the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Oracle ■ For system components, such as Oracle Web Cache, and for Oracle BI Enterprise Edition, export each node that begins Oracle within the following registry keys: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services For example: regedit E C:\oracleSMP.reg HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Oracleagent10gAgentSNMPPeerEncapsulator Use a unique file name for the each key. ■ For Oracle BI Enterprise Edition, export the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC For example: regedit E C:\oracleregistry.reg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC You can also use the Registry Editor to export the key. See the Registry Editor Help for more information.

17.4 Creating a Record of Your Oracle Fusion Middleware Configuration

In the event that you need to restore and recover your Oracle Fusion Middleware environment, it is important to have all the necessary information at your disposal. 17-6 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide This is especially true in the event of a hardware loss that requires you to reconstruct all or part of your Oracle Fusion Middleware environment on a new disk or host. You should maintain an up-to-date record of your Oracle Fusion Middleware environment that includes the information listed in this section. You should keep this information both in hardcopy and electronic form. The electronic form should be stored on a host or e-mail system that is completely separate from your Oracle Fusion Middleware environment. Your Oracle Fusion Middleware hardware and software configuration record should include: ■ The following information for each host in your environment: – Host name – Virtual host name if any – Domain name – IP address – Hardware platform – Operating system release level and patch information ■ The following information for each Oracle Fusion Middleware installation in your environment: – Installation type for example, Oracle SOA Suite – Host on which the installation resides – User name, userid number, group name, groupid number, environment profile, and type of shell for the operating system user that owns the Oracle home etcpasswd and etcgroup entries – Directory structure, mount points, and full path for the Middleware home, Oracle Common home, Oracle homes, Oracle WebLogic Server domain home if it does not reside in the user_projects directory in the Middleware home, and the Oracle instance home – Amount of disk space used by the installation – Port numbers used by the installation ■ The following information for the database containing the metadata for components: – Host name – Database version and patch level – Base language – Character set – Global database name – SID – Listen port