Carbonite Server Backup
Oracle Plug-in for the Linux Agent (64-bit)
Version 8.83.8124
Release Notes, August 18, 2020
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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 8.83 for the 64-bit Linux Agent version 8.83.
Note: Only a 64-bit version of the Oracle Plug-in 8.83 for the Linux Agent is available. There is no 32-bit version.
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 8.83
·	Portal 8.85 or later
To take advantage of new features and important security fixes, we highly encourage using Portal to manage the Linux Agent. If you must manage the Plug-in using using the Windows CentralControl 8.83, please contact Support.
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 8.50 or later vaults. This Plug-in version is also supported with Director version 8.4, but we strongly recommend the latest Director version so you can take advantage of the latest bug fixes and performance improvements.
1.1	Release History
Version 8.83.8124, April 14, 2020
1.2	Supported Platforms
This Plug-in is supported with Oracle 19c (Non-CDB), Oracle 18c (Non-CDB), Oracle 12c R2 (Non-CDB), Oracle 12c R1 (Non-CDB), Oracle 11g R2, and Oracle 11g R1 on the following 64-bit Linux platforms:
·	Oracle Linux Server 7 (up to Update 7)
·	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (up to Update 8)
·	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (SP1 to SP4). This platform is not supported when the default BTRFS file system is used.
2	NEW FEATURE
This plug-in version is compatible with the 64-bit Linux Agent version 8.83.
3	INSTALLATION NOTES
3.1	Installation Requirements
·	The 64-bit Linux Agent version 8.83 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-x64-8.83.8124.tar.gz
The Agent kit installs the following binary files:
Binary File	md5sum Value	
libclntsh.so.11.1	2c5b428a3bb045f0d7dbb66b21cfe4ff	
libnnz11.so	d539555cf0c6f2807c5435e9c61fc79f	
libociei.so	f4e6b48d3d827ba3abd51045d824886f	
oracle.so	56cc8b94a24be3e1b1aea07b2dc4972d	
oratool	bb719a00d62d5161e6ad1676ccc5a22b	
RegPlugins	e46acee869907d59a67556e7448d138f	

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.