Contents

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Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

Part I Oracle Secure Backup Concepts

1 Oracle Secure Backup Concepts

• Oracle Secure Backup Features
• Administrative Domains, Catalog Data and Configuration Files
• Oracle Secure Backup Daemons
  • Types of Daemons
    • Service Daemon
    • Schedule Daemon
    • Index Daemon
    • Apache Web Server Daemon
    • NDMP Daemon
    • Robot Daemon
    • Proxy Daemon
  • Daemon Interaction in a File System Backup
• Defaults and Policies
• Backup Images and Media
  • Data Blocks and Blocking Factors
  • Backup Images and Sections
  • Volumes
    • Backup Image and Volume Labels
  • Volume Sets
  • Media Families
    • Media Family Attributes
    • Volumes in a Media Family
    • Volume Expiration Policies
• Jobs and Requests
  • Job Creation
  • Job Logs
  • Job Transcripts
  • Job Summaries

2 Managing Users and Classes

• Understanding Users and Classes
  • Oracle Secure Backup Users and Passwords
    • Operating System Accounts
    • NDMP Hosts
    • About User Configuration
  • Oracle Secure Backup Classes and Rights
• Configuring Defaults and Policies
  • Viewing Configured Defaults and Policies Values
  • Setting a Policy
  • Resetting a Policy
• Configuring Users
  • Displaying the Users Page
  • Adding a User
  • Editing or Displaying User Properties
  • Changing a User Password
  • Assigning Windows Account Information
    • Removing a Windows Account
  • Assigning Preauthorized Access
    • Removing Preauthorized Access
  • Renaming a User
  • Removing a User
• Configuring Classes
  • Displaying the Classes Page
  • Adding a Class
  • Editing or Displaying Class Properties
  • Removing a Class
  • Renaming a Class

3 Configuring Backup and Media Settings

• Configuring Media Families
  • Displaying Defined Media Families
  • Adding a Media Family
  • Editing or Displaying Media Family Attributes
  • Removing a Media Family
• Configuring Database Backup Storage Selectors
  • Displaying Defined Database Backup Storage Selectors
  • Adding a Database Backup Storage Selector
  • Editing a Database Backup Storage Selector
  • Removing a Database Backup Storage Selector
• Configuring Job Summary Schedules
  • Displaying the Defined Job Summaries Page
  • Creating a Job Summary Schedule
  • Editing a Job Summary Schedule
  • Removing a Job Summary Schedule
  • Renaming a Job Summary Schedule

Part II Performing Backup and Restore Operations

4 Using Recovery Manager with Oracle Secure Backup

• About Recovery Manager and Oracle Secure Backup
  • RMAN Environment
  • Database Backups
    • RMAN Backup Sets and Oracle Secure Backup Images
    • Database Backup Storage Selectors
  • Database Restore and Recovery
  • Interfaces for Managing Database Backup and Recovery
    • RMAN Command-Line Client
    • Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g and 11g Database Control
    • Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control
  • RMAN and the Oracle Secure Backup Administrative Domain
  • How RMAN Accesses Oracle Secure Backup
• Configuring Oracle Secure Backup for Use with RMAN
  • Configuring RMAN Access to the Oracle Secure Backup SBT Library
  • Creating a Preauthorized Oracle Secure Backup User
    • How Oracle Secure Backup Preauthorizes SBT Backups
    • Configuring an RMAN Preauthorization
  • Creating Media Families for RMAN Backups
  • Creating a Database Backup Storage Selector in Enterprise Manager
  • Setting Media Management Parameters in RMAN
• Primary and Subordinate RMAN Backup Jobs
• Performing Backups with RMAN and Oracle Secure Backup
• Performing Recovery with RMAN and Oracle Secure Backup
• RMAN and Oracle Secure Backup Encryption
• RMAN Backup Metadata in Oracle Secure Backup
  • About RMAN and Oracle Secure Backup Metadata
    • Expiration of RMAN Backups on Tape
  • Displaying RMAN Job Information in Oracle Secure Backup
    • Displaying Job Transcripts
    • Displaying SBT Errors
  • Displaying Backup Piece Information
• Using RMAN and Oracle Secure Backup in an Oracle RAC Environment
  • Installing Oracle Secure Backup in an Oracle RAC Environment
  • Network Versus Local Backups
  • Duplexed Backup Operations

5 Backing Up File System Data

• About File System Backups
  • File System Backup Types
  • Backup Datasets
  • Scheduled Backups
  • On-Demand Backups
  • Restartable Backups
  • Backup Catalog
    • Catalog Data Selectors
    • Catalog View Modes
    • Backing Up Individual Files
  • Choosing a Backup Strategy
  • Choosing a Backup Schedule
• Creating Dataset Files
  • Dataset File Examples
    • Including Only One Host in Each Dataset File
    • Including Multiple Hosts in One Dataset File
  • Displaying the Datasets Page
  • Adding a Dataset File
  • Checking a Dataset File
  • Editing a Dataset File
  • Renaming a Dataset
  • Removing a Dataset File
• Configuring Backup Windows
  • Displaying the Backup Windows Page
  • Adding a Backup Window
  • Removing a Backup Window
• Configuring Backup Schedules
  • About Backup Schedules
  • Displaying the Schedules Page
  • Adding a Backup Schedule
  • Editing or Viewing Backup Schedule Properties
  • Removing a Backup Schedule
  • Renaming a Backup Schedule
• Configuring Triggers
  • Displaying the Triggers Page
  • Creating a One-Time Backup Trigger
  • Creating a Daily Backup Trigger
  • Creating a Monthly Backup Trigger
  • Creating a Quarterly Backup Trigger
  • Creating a Yearly Backup Trigger
  • Editing a Trigger
  • Removing a Trigger
  • Displaying a Trigger Schedule
• Performing On-Demand File System Backups
  • About On-Demand File System Backups
  • Displaying the Backup Now Page
  • Adding an On-Demand Backup Request
  • Removing a Backup Request
  • Sending Backup Requests to the Scheduler
• Backing Up Critical Data on the Administrative Server

6 Restoring File System Data

• About File System Restore Operations
• Performing a Catalog-Based Restore Operation
  • Displaying Backup Catalog Page
  • Browsing the Backup Catalog
  • Creating a Catalog-Based Restore Request
  • Removing a Catalog-Based Restore Request
  • Sending Catalog-Based Restore Requests to the Scheduler
  • Listing All Backups of a Client
• Performing a Raw Restore Operation
  • Displaying Directly From Media Page
  • Creating a Raw Restore Request
  • Removing a Raw Restore Request
  • Sending Raw Restore Requests to the Scheduler

Part III Managing Operations

7 Managing Tape Devices

• Managing Tape Drives
• Managing Tape Libraries
  • Running Library Commands
    • Updating an Inventory
    • Importing a Volume
    • Exporting a Volume
    • Inserting a Volume
    • Extracting a Volume
    • Moving a Volume
    • Opening a Door
    • Closing a Door
    • Identifying a Volume
    • Loading a Volume
    • Unloading a Volume
    • Labeling a Volume
    • Unlabeling a Volume
    • Cleaning a Tape Drive
    • Borrowing a Tape Drive
    • Returning a Tape Drive
    • Reusing a Volume
  • Displaying Library Properties
  • Displaying Tape Drive Properties
  • Displaying Library Volumes
  • Displaying the Error Log
• Managing Device Reservations
• Automatic Volume Unloading

8 Performing Maintenance

• Managing Backup and Restore Jobs
  • Displaying the Jobs Page
  • Displaying Jobs
  • Displaying Job Properties
  • Displaying Job Transcripts
    • Backup Statistics
  • Removing a Job
  • Running a Job
  • Canceling a Job
• Browsing Volumes
  • Displaying the Browse Volumes Page
  • Displaying Volumes
  • Displaying Backup Sections
• Managing Backup Images
  • Displaying the Backup Images Page
  • Displaying Backup Images
• Managing Backup Sections
  • Displaying the Backup Sections Page
  • Updating the Catalog After Deletion of Backup Sections
• Managing Checkpoints
  • Displaying the Checkpoints Page
  • Removing a Checkpoint
• Managing Daemons
  • Displaying the Daemons Page
  • Performing Daemon Operations
  • Viewing Daemon Properties
  • Suspending and Resuming Job Dispatching

Part IV Advanced Topics

9 Vaulting

• Overview of Vaulting
  • Locations
  • Rotation Policies
  • Location Scans
  • Media Movement Jobs
  • Reports
  • The Vaulting Process
  • About Volume Duplication
  • Volume Duplication Policies
  • Volume Duplication Schedules
  • Volume Duplication Jobs
  • Volume Duplication Windows
• Setting Up a New Vaulting Environment
  • Adding Locations
  • Adding Rotation Policies
  • Associating Rotation Policies with Media Families
  • Adding a Location Scan Schedule
  • Running Media Movement Jobs
    • Ejection Type
    • Minimum Writable Volumes
  • Viewing Location Reports
  • Recalling a Volume
  • Viewing Job Reports
  • Adding Volume Duplication Policies
  • Associating Volume Duplication Policies with Media Families
  • Adding Volume Duplication Windows
  • Adding Volume Duplication Schedules
  • Running Volume Duplication Jobs
    • Volume Duplication Job Failures
  • On-Demand Volume Duplication
  • Exporting Duplicate Volumes to Another Domain
• Tracking Volumes Through a Vaulting Environment
• Managing an Existing Vaulting Environment
  • Managing Volumes
  • Managing Locations
    • Editing or Viewing the Properties of a Storage Location
    • Removing a Storage Location
    • Renaming a Storage Location
  • Managing Rotation Policies
    • Editing or Viewing the Properties of a Rotation Policy
    • Removing a Rotation Policy
    • Renaming a Rotation Policy
  • Managing Rotation Policy/Media Family Associations
  • Managing Location Scan Schedules
    • Editing or Viewing the Properties of a Location Scan Schedule
    • Removing a Location Scan Schedule
    • Renaming a Location Scan Schedule
  • Managing Volume Duplication Policies
    • Editing or Viewing the Properties of a Volume Duplication Policy
    • Removing a Volume Duplication Policy
    • Renaming a Volume Duplication Policy
  • Managing Volume Duplication Policy/Media Family Associations
  • Managing Volume Duplication Windows
  • Managing Volume Duplication Schedules
    • Editing or Viewing the Properties of a Volume Duplication Schedule
    • Removing a Volume Duplication Schedule
    • Renaming a Volume Duplication Schedule
  • Changing Global Vaulting Policies
  • Changing Global Volume Duplication Policies
• Recovery Manager and Vaulting
• Troubleshooting Vaulting
  • Misplaced Volumes
  • Volumes Outside Their Rotation Policies
  • Viewing Exception Reports

10 Managing Backup Encryption

• Enabling Backup Encryption
• Backup Encryption Options
• Backup Encryption Keys
• Backup Encryption Security
• Encrypting Data
• Transient Backups
• One-Time Unencrypted Backups
• Day-to-Day Backup Encryption Example

11 Oracle Secure Backup Catalog Recovery

• Catalog Recovery Concepts
  • Catalog Recovery Schedule Object
  • Catalog Recovery Media Family Object
  • Catalog Recovery Dataset Object
  • Catalog Recovery Summary Object
  • Modifying Catalog Recovery Objects
• Catalog Backup Jobs
• Catalog Recovery Procedure

A NDMP Special Characteristics

• NDMP and Constrained Error Reporting
• Limitations Using Network Appliances Data ONTAP

Glossary

Index