DDboost: RMAN agent Installation Without Changing Lockbox Credentials

Summary: Automatic installation that overwrites an existing Oracle RMAN agent binary without changing the current lockbox and configuration.

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Instructions

During the process of upgrading the Oracle RMAN agent, use one of the following options:

Option1) If the Oracle RMAN agent installation script runs automatically, ensure that to set multiple environment variables that are described in below prior to the binary update:

# export DD_CREDENTIALS_UPDATE=FALSE
# export RMAN_AGENT_HOME=$RMAN_AGENT_HOME
# export RMAN_AGENT_INSTALL_OPTIONS=OVERWRITE

Option 2) For an automatic installation that overwrites an existing RMAN agent in the default directory and uninstalls the current version ORACLE_HOME without any prompts, run the following commands to set the environment variables (mandatory) before run the installation script:

# export DD_CREDENTIALS_UPDATE=FALSE
# export ORACLE_HOME=/home/oracle/app/oracle/product/19.x/dbhome_1/
# export RMAN_AGENT_INSTALL_OPTIONS=overwrite
# export RMAN_AGENT_HOME=/home/oracle/opt/dpsapps/rmanagent/
# export RMAN_AGENT_UPGRADE_OPTIONS=uninstall

Affected Products

NetWorker Module for Databases and Applications

Products

NetWorker Family, NetWorker, NetWorker Module
Article Properties
Article Number: 000458567
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 14 May 2026
Version:  1
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