Complete the following steps before you install the Recovery Appliance backup module:

• Verify that you have Java version 1.5 or higher

• Contact the Recovery Appliance administrator and obtain the following information:

  • Recovery Appliance host name and port number

  • Credentials of the Recovery Appliance user that will be used to authenticate the protected database with the Recovery Appliance

    The permissions required to perform protected database backup and recovery operations need to be assigned to this Recovery Appliance user.

• Ensure that the release of the protected database is Oracle Database 10g Release 2 or later.