Carbonite Server Backup
Oracle Plug-in for the Linux Agent (64-bit)
Version 8.60.7469
Release Notes, March 23, 2018
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Contents
1	Overview
1.1	Release History
1.2	Supported Platforms
2	NEW FEATURE
3	INSTALLATION NOTES
3.1	Installation Requirements
3.2	Licensing
3.3	Installation
4	FIXES and KNOWN ISSUES
4.1	Fixes
4.2	Known Issues
5	PRODUCT SUPPORT
5.1	Technical Support
5.2	Product Updates
5.3	Documentation
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1	Overview
This document contains release notes for the Oracle Plug-in 8.60 for the 64-bit Linux Agent version 8.60.
The Plug-in is installed with the Linux Agent on a system running Oracle. Using Portal or the legacy Windows CentralControl, you can manage the Agent and Plug-in, back up Oracle databases to a vault, and restore databases from the vault.
This version of the Plug-in is supported with:
·	the 64-bit Agent for Linux version 8.60
·	Portal 8.50 or later, or Windows CentralControl version 8.60 or later
Important: Changing job configurations using Portal and Windows CentralControl alternately is not supported. Do not manage the same Agent using both Portal and Windows CentralControl. 
·	Director 8.00 or later vaults
1.1	Release History
Version 8.60.7469, March 23, 2018
1.2	Supported Platforms
This Plug-in is supported with Oracle 12c R2, Oracle 12c R1, Oracle 11g R2, and Oracle 11g R1 on the following 64-bit Linux platforms:
·	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (Update 4)
·	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (Update 9)
·	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (SP2)
·	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (SP4)
·	Oracle Linux Server 7 (Update 4)
·	Oracle Linux Server 6 (Update 9)
2	NEW FEATURE
The Oracle plug-in can now delete archived redo logs after a successful backup. In an Oracle database backup job, you can specify whether archived logs should be deleted after a backup, and how old archived logs must be before they are deleted.
Archived logs will be permanently removed from the system after the specified number of days. Please ensure that the logs are backed up using a Local System or Image job.
Note: Oracle archived log settings are available in Portal version 8.50 and later, but are not available in Windows CentralControl.
3	INSTALLATION NOTES
3.1	Installation Requirements
·	The 64-bit Linux Agent version 8.60 must already be installed on the system.
·	The Agent and Oracle Plug-in must be installed on the system that has the Oracle database server.
3.2	Licensing
A vault-side Oracle Plug-in license is required. This allows the Agent and Plug-in to connect to the vault.
3.3	Installation
The file name of the Oracle Plug-in installation kit is: Oracle-Plugin-Linux-x64-8.60.7469.tar.gz
The Agent kit installs the following binary files:
Binary File	md5sum Value	
libclntsh.so.11.1	b9434ce78cf7524a2ee33afe4a6ee6f3	
libnnz11.so	9c6849e361c0a4616954ea0c52567691	
libociei.so	73e4c7b0b6d3f084bac44e9632a988c8	
oracle.so	e511f532c198c9e23a535420b3510094	
oratool	581b99d720c3f7fb6942bdc08abd820d	
RegPlugins	5a52d522d724b5eb376df7fe25234628	

To obtain md5sum values, issue the following commands. These commands are examples based on an Agent that has been installed in the default location (i.e., /opt/BUAgent).
 cd /opt/BUAgent
 md5sum *
4	FIXES and KNOWN ISSUES
4.1	Fixes
There are no fixes in this version.
4.2	Known Issues
When an Oracle database is first backed up after the database is changed from NOARCHIVELOG mode to ARCHIVELOG mode, the database’s archived redo logs may not be backed up.
WORKAROUND: Run the Oracle database backup job a second time after the database is changed from NOARCHIVELOG mode to ARCHIVELOG mode to back up the archived redo logs. (EV-19604)
A duplicate error message may appear in the Oracle backup log for a failed job ("UTIL-F-8266 Fatal error in processing Job"). This is a cosmetic issue that may result from a StreamError exception that occurs in more than one location. (19344)
The Oracle Plug-in has been tested in several data recovery scenarios. In the case of a full disaster recovery (where the full database instance is being restored), some care must be exercised on recovery of the database as the Oracle Plug-in does not back up temporary tablespaces and the control file information kept in the trace file may not include any commands to add a temporary tablespace.
1. The database recovery may be initiated with an explicit PFILE or SPFILE reference:
SQL> STARTUP PFILE='path-to-pfile\initSIDNAME.ora'
2. It may be necessary to take the temporary tablespace datafiles offline:
SQL> ALTER DATABASE DATAFILE 'path-to-datafile' OFFLINE
3. The database may be recovered as normal, but when opening the database after recovery the command should be:
SQL> ALTER DATABASE OPEN NORESETLOGS
4. Temporary tablespaces may be dropped, the datafiles for the temporary tablespaces removed, and the temporary tablespaces may be recreated (this may include the default TEMP tablespace).
At this point in the recovery, the database can be closed normally and restarted with RESETLOGS if that is your organization's policy.
Note: These are not recovery steps, but guidelines for recovery.
5	PRODUCT SUPPORT
5.1	Technical Support
Contact information for your provider is available through the:
·	Need Help button in Portal
·	Help menu in Windows CentralControl
5.2	Product Updates
Product updates are available through your provider. 
5.3	Documentation
The following documentation is available for the Oracle Plug-in:
·	Agent for Linux and Oracle Plug-in Guide
·	Portal online help
·	Windows CentralControl Operations Guide (and online help)
·	Oracle Plug-in for Linux Agent (64-bit) release notes (this document)
All documentation is available from your service provider.