To use Recovery Appliance as a centralized repository for your protected database backups, configuration is required both on the Recovery Appliance and on the protected database. You can use Enterprise Manager Cloud Control (Cloud Control) or RMAN to configure protected databases.

On the Recovery Appliance, the configuration steps include creating a protection policy that is assigned to the protected database, creating a Recovery Appliance user who owns the virtual private catalog, and granting access for the protected databases to a Recovery Appliance user. These steps are described in Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance Administrator's Guide.

On the protected database, the configuration includes enabling the protected database to access the Recovery Appliance, adding protected database metadata to the Recovery Appliance, and specifying settings that will be used during backup and recovery operations.