Oracle Database
The Catalogic DPX Block Data Protection for Oracle Database is for single-node standalone Oracle Database instances only. Advanced storage features such as Oracle ASM are currently not supported.
Review the following matrices and notes to ensure that you are using the supported version of Oracle Database and its operating systems.
Microsoft Windows
For Clone Restore on a Windows environment, the source and target nodes should belong to the same Windows domain, and DPX services on the nodes should be running as a domain backup/restore account with Oracle permissions for reading from /writing to Oracle folders.
| Feature | Server 2022 x64 | Server 2019 | Server 2016 | Server 2012 R2 | Server 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Database Version | Oracle 19c | Oracle 19c | Oracle 12c, Oracle 12c R2 | Oracle 12c, Oracle 12c R2 | Oracle 12c, Oracle 12c R2 |
| File-level Backup | ✅ ¹ | ✅ ¹ | ✅ ¹ | ✅ ¹ | ✅ ¹ |
| Block-level Backup | ✅ ² | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Instant Availability | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Cluster Support | ✅ ³ | ❌ | ✅ ³ | ✅ ³ | ✅ ³ |
¹ Supported through Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN). Oracle RMAN verification is not supported.
² CDB and PDB supported.
³ For DPX file-level backup only. Cluster is supported through Oracle RMAN. Oracle RAC is only supported via file-level Oracle RMAN interface.
Linux
| Feature | Oracle Linux 8.6–8.10 | CentOS 7.5 | Oracle Linux 7.3 | Oracle Linux 7.2 | Oracle Linux 7.1 | RHEL 7.4, 7.3 | RHEL 7.2, 7.1, 7.0 | SLES 15 SP1 | SLES 12 SP1, SP2 | SLES 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Database Version | Oracle 26ai, 23ai, 21c | Oracle 12c | Oracle 12c | Oracle 12c ² | Oracle 12c | Oracle 12c | Oracle 12c ² | Oracle 12c ² | Oracle 12c ² | Oracle 12c ² |
| File-level Backup | ✅ ¹ | ✅ ¹ | ✅ ¹ | ✅ ¹ | ✅ ¹ | ✅ ¹ | ✅ ¹ | ✅ ¹ | ✅ ¹ | ✅ ¹ |
| Block-level Backup | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Instant Availability | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
¹ Supported through Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN). Oracle RMAN verification is not supported.
² Qualified up to Oracle 11.2.0.4.