Databases become "protected by a Recovery Appliance" when they are configured to send backups to the Recovery Appliance.

You can perform this procedure on individual databases using the Enterprise Manager (EM) Backup Settings page. However, the Enterprise Manager Command Line Interface (EMCLI) configure_db_ha command greatly facilitates configuring multiple databases concurrently.

Because protected databases can be hosted on a variety of hardware platforms, a corresponding RMAN backup module is required for each platform. When a new version of this module becomes available and it needs to be installed on many systems, the same emcli configure_db_ha command greatly simplifies this complex maintenance task.

• Update EM Software Library with Latest Version of RMAN Recovery Appliance Backup Module. This task is required for Scenario #2, and for some variants in Scenario #1.
• Scenario #1: Configure Multiple Protected Databases to Send Backups to Recovery Appliance.
• Scenario #2: Update the RMAN Recovery Appliance Backup Module for Multiple Protected Databases

These scenarios are independent. If EM handles the protected database management, scenario #1 is performed one time for each protected database, followed by periodic maintenance using variations of these scenarios.

Scenario #2 requires that the latest version of RMAN Recovery Appliance Backup module be uploaded to the EM software library. This can be accomplished manually as needed, or in a scheduled job.