Keywords

Data source、installed

Applied Products

· AnyBackup 5.0.x

· AnyBackup 6.0.x

· EBackup 5.0.x

Symptoms

When creating Oracle database scheduled backup job on AnyBackup console, expanding data source on Linux OS failed with the following error:

Oracle is not installed.

Impact

Creating Oracle scheduled backup job failed.

Cause

During the installation of AnyBackup client, the component that supports AnyBackup Oracle database backup was not installed.

Resolution

To resolve this issue, install the component that supports AnyBackup Oracle database backup in bin directory under AnyBackup installation path. Please follow the steps below:

1.    Log in to Oracle server via SSH, run the following command to switch to user root.

su - root

2.    Run the following command to view the directory where the AnyBackup client process is located.

ps -ef | grep esf

Note: In the example above, the directory where AnyBackup client installation script located is /eisoo/AnyBackupClient/app/bin.

3.    Run the following command to switch to the directory in previous step, and install the component that supports AnyBackup Oracle database backup.

cd /eisoo/AnyBackupClient/app/bin

./clientserver install Oracle oracle

Note: In the command above, the first parameter Oracle indicates the database type, and the second parameter oracle indicates the user who installed the Oracle database.

More Information

• The method of using clientserver to install component is not only applicable to Oracle, but also applicable to other database types.
• For more information about clientserver, you can execute command ./clientserver –help to get it.