Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Imaging and Process Management Backup and Recovery Recommendations for Oracle Universal Content Management

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 18 Recovering Your Environment 18-1 18 Recovering Your Environment This chapter describes recommended recovery strategies and procedures for recovering Oracle Fusion Middleware from different types of failures and outages. This chapter includes the following topics: ■ Overview of Recovering Your Environment ■ Recovering After Data Loss, Corruption, Media Failure, or Application Malfunction ■ Recovering After Loss of Host

18.1 Overview of Recovering Your Environment

This section provides an overview of recovery strategies for outages that involve actual data loss or corruption, host failure, or media failure where the host or disk cannot be restarted and they are permanently lost. This type of failure requires some type of data restoration before the Oracle Fusion Middleware environment can be restarted and continue with normal processing. When you restore the files, use your preferred tool to extract the compressed files, as described in Section 16.4 . Ensure that the tool you are using preserves the permissions and timestamps of the files. Rename existing files and directories before you begin restoring the files from backup so that you do not unintentionally override necessary files.

18.2 Recovering After Data Loss, Corruption, Media Failure, or Application Malfunction

This section describes recovery strategies for outages that involve actual data loss or corruption, or media failure where the disk cannot be restored. It also describes recovery strategies for applications that are no longer functioning properly. This type of failure requires some type of data restoration before the Oracle Fusion Middleware Note: The procedures in this chapter assume that no administrative changes were made since the last backup. If administrative changes were made since the last backup, they must be reapplied after recovery is complete.