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Contents Preface Audience x Documentation Accessibility x Related Documents x Conventions xi Changes in This Release for Oracle Secure Backup Installation and Configuration Guide Changes in Oracle Secure Backup 12c Release 2 (12.2.0.1) xii 1 Introduction to Oracle Secure Backup 1.1 What Is Oracle Secure Backup? 1-1 1.2 Oracle Secure Backup Features 1-2 1.3 Overview of Oracle Secure Backup Concepts 1-3 1.3.1 About Oracle Secure Backup Administrative Domains and Hosts 1-3 1.3.1.1 Host Roles in an Administrative Domain 1-3 1.3.1.2 Host Naming in an Administrative Domain 1-4 1.3.1.3 Oracle Secure Backup Host Access Modes 1-4 1.3.2 About Oracle Secure Backup Administrative Domain: Examples 1-5 1.3.3 About Disk Pools 1-6 1.3.4 About Tape Devices 1-7 1.3.4.1 Tape Drives 1-7 1.3.4.2 Tape Libraries 1-9 1.3.4.3 Virtual Tape Libraries 1-11 1.3.4.4 Device Names and Attachments 1-11 1.3.5 About Cloud Storage Devices 1-12 1.4 Oracle Secure Backup Daemons 1-13 1.5 Oracle Secure Backup Interfaces 1-13 iii 2 Oracle Secure Backup Installation Overview 2.1 Overview of Installing and Configuring Oracle Secure Backup 2-1 2.1.1 About Installing Oracle Secure Backup 2-1 2.1.2 About Configuring Oracle Secure Backup 2-2 2.1.3 About Oracle Secure Backup Client Backward Compatibility 2-2 2.1.3.1 Client Backward Compatibility Requirements 2-2 2.1.4 About Certificate Lifetime 2-3 2.1.5 Steps to Install and Configure Oracle Secure Backup 2-3 2.2 Preparing to Install Oracle Secure Backup 2-5 2.2.1 System Requirements for Oracle Secure Backup 2-5 2.2.1.1 Supported Platforms and Tape Devices 2-5 2.2.1.2 Disk Space Requirements for Oracle Secure Backup 2-5 2.2.1.3 Other System Requirements for Oracle Secure Backup 2-6 2.2.2 Acquiring Oracle Secure Backup Installation Media 2-7 2.2.3 Decide Which Role the Host Performs in the Administrative Domain 2-8 2.3 Overview of Customizing Configuration Parameters During Installation 2-9 2.3.1 Oracle Secure Backup Temporary Directory 2-9 2.3.2 Oracle Secure Backup Home Directory 2-10 2.3.3 Preauthorized User for Performing Oracle Database Backup and Restore Operations 2-10 2.3.4 Length of Oracle Secure Backup User Passwords 2-11 2.3.5 Identity Key Certificate Length 2-11 2.3.6 Oracle Secure Backup Database Directory 2-12 2.3.7 Symbolic Links on Linux/Unix Platforms 2-12 3 Installing Oracle Secure Backup on Linux or UNIX 3.1 Prerequisites for Installing Oracle Secure Backup on Linux or UNIX 3-1 3.2 Options for Installing Oracle Secure Backup on Linux or UNIX 3-2 3.3 Installing Oracle Secure Backup on Linux or UNIX 3-2 3.3.1 Specifying Advanced Settings for Linux/UNIX 3-6 3.4 Silently Installing the Client Role on Linux or UNIX 3-7 3.5 Configuring Platform-Specific Media Server Devices 3-8 3.5.1 Configuring Devices on Linux Media Servers 3-10 3.5.1.1 Manually creating devices using mkdev in Linux 3-11 3.5.2 Configuring Devices on Solaris Media Servers 3-12 3.5.2.1 Manually creating devices using mkdev in Solaris 3-15 3.5.3 Configuring Devices on AIX Media Servers 3-15 3.5.3.1 Manually Creating Devices in AIX 3-17 3.5.3.2 Identifying and Configuring AIX Devices in a Point-to-Point or FC- AL Configuration 3-19 iv 3.5.4 Configuring Devices on HP-UX Media Servers 3-20 3.5.5 Assigning Oracle Secure Backup Logical Unit Numbers to Devices 3-22 3.6 Additional Information for Installation of Oracle Secure Backup on Linux 3-23 3.6.1 Linux Media Server System Requirement: SCSI Generic Driver 3-23 3.7 Additional Information for Installing Oracle Secure Backup on AIX 3-24 3.7.1 Configuring IOCP on AIX Systems 3-24 4 Installing Oracle Secure Backup on Windows 4.1 Prerequisites for Installing Oracle Secure Backup on Windows 4-1 4.1.1 Disabling Removable Storage Service on Windows Media Servers 4-1 4.2 Installing Oracle Secure Backup on Windows 4-2 4.2.1 Enabling Installer Logging on Windows 4-7 4.2.2 Configuring Advanced Installation Settings for Windows 4-8 4.3 Configuring Firewalls for Oracle Secure Backup on Windows 4-11 5 Uninstalling Oracle Secure Backup 5.1 Uninstalling Oracle Secure Backup on Linux or UNIX 5-1 5.2 Uninstalling Oracle Secure Backup on Windows 5-2 6 Oracle Secure Backup User Interfaces 6.1 Using Oracle Secure Backup in Enterprise Manager 6-1 6.1.1 Enabling Oracle Secure Backup Links in Oracle Enterprise Manager 6-2 6.1.2 Registering an Administrative Server in Oracle Enterprise Manager 6-3 6.1.3 Accessing the Web Tool from Enterprise Manager 6-4 6.2 Using the Oracle Secure Backup Web Tool 6-4 6.2.1 Starting a Web Tool Session 6-5 6.2.2 Web Tool Home Page 6-6 6.2.2.1 Persistent Page Links 6-7 6.2.3 Web Tool Configure Page 6-7 6.2.4 Web Tool Manage Page 6-9 6.2.5 Web Tool Backup Page 6-10 6.2.6 Web Tool Restore Page 6-11 6.3 Using obtool 6-11 6.3.1 Displaying Help for Invoking obtool 6-12 6.3.2 Starting obtool in Interactive Mode 6-12 6.3.3 Running obtool Commands in Interactive Mode 6-13 6.3.3.1 Redirecting obtool Input from Text Files 6-13 6.3.4 Executing obtool Commands in Noninteractive Mode 6-13 6.3.4.1 Running Multiple Commands in Noninteractive Mode 6-13 v 6.3.4.2 Redirecting Input in Noninteractive Mode 6-14 6.3.5 Ending an obtool Session 6-14 6.3.6 Starting obtool as a Specific User 6-15 6.4 Using Oracle Secure Backup through Recovery Manager (RMAN) 6-15 6.4.1 Configuring Oracle Secure Backup for Use with RMAN 6-15 6.4.1.1 Setting Up User Preauthorization in Oracle Secure Backup 6-15 6.4.1.2 Defining Backup Storage Selectors Using Oracle Secure Backup 6-16 7 Configuring and Managing the Administrative Domain 7.1 Overview of Configuring the Administrative Domain