IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases, Data Protection for Oracle, Version 7.1

Define Data Protection for Oracle options in the tdpo.opt file

You must define options to control the way Data Protection for Oracle backs up and restores data.

About this task

The Data Protection for Oracle options file, tdpo.opt, contains options that determine the behavior and performance of Data Protection for Oracle. The only environment variable Data Protection for Oracle recognizes within an RMAN script is the fully qualified path name to the tdpo.opt file. Therefore, some RMAN scripts must be edited to use TDPO_OPTFILE=fully qualified path and file name of options file variable in place of other environment variables. For example: UNIX and Linux operating systems

allocate channel t1 type 'sbt_tape' parms 
       'ENV=(TDPO_OPTFILE=/home/rman/scripts/tdpo.opt)'

allocate channel t1 type 'sbt_tape' parms
       'ENV=(TDPO_OPTFILE=C:\RMAN\scripts\tdpo.opt)'

For further information about RMAN scripts, see Editing RMAN scripts for further information. Note, the allocate channel entry is divided on two lines after the parms option to accommodate page formatting.

UNIX and Linux operating systems The TDPO_OPTFILE variable must be specified in uppercase characters only.

If the TDPO_OPTFILE variable is not provided, Data Protection for Oracle uses the tdpo.opt file in the Data Protection for Oracle default installation directory. If this file does not exist, Data Protection for Oracle fails.

Windows operating systems Though it is possible to change values in the options file, you cannot change the dsmi options until you restart Data Protection for Oracle. Data Protection for Oracle loads these values from the default tdpo.opt file into the default installation directory when the Oracle service is started.

Note:

For best results, use the tdpo.opt file exclusively instead of default parameters.
RMAN and the tdpoconf and tdposync utilities use the options that are defined in the tdpo.opt file.
By default, the tdpo.opt file is in the directory where Data Protection for Oracle is installed.
You can specify options in the tdpo.opt file in both uppercase or lowercase type. However, the TDPO_OPTFILE variable must be specified in uppercase characters only.
You can specify options in the tdpo.opt file in both uppercase or lowercase type.

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