OBIEE 11 vs 12 Backup and Recovery Differences?

chillychin

As I am looking into upgrading from our current 11g instance to 12c I am also looking at the differences (if any) of the backup strategies.

If i understand the documentation correctly, it looks like in 11g entire directories were backed up, then a few specific files

Introducing Backup and Recovery - 11g Release 1 (11.1.1)

Now looking at the 12c documentation it looks like its a handful of entire directories and specific files

https://docs.oracle.com/middleware/1221/core/ASADM/br_bkp.htm#ASADM11686

So the folders for ORACLE_HOME, orainventory need to be to be backed up entirely? And then specific files oraInst.loc, oratab for example.

Then the RPD, catalog and security can be backed up using BAR files I believe to allow migration between enviroments.

I just wanted to make sure, am I understanding all this correctly?

12c seems to have quite a few less directories compared to 11g.

Im not a system administrator by trade, and am just starting to dabble into the admin side of things, so just wanted to make sure Im on the right track.

chillychin

Just refreshing this thread as I never got a reply

Can anyone confirm, or possibly provide a more layman document on how to perform back ups in OBIEE 12c?

Apologies if this is a bit of a low level question, Im not an admin by trade sadly