This preface contains:
The following are changes in Oracle Secure Backup Installation and Configuration Guide for Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.3).
The following features are new in this release:
Network interface selection for hosts
You can configure a preferred network interface for outbound connections from a host.
Secure client installation
Oracle Secure Backup provides secure registration of a new client into the Oracle Secure Backup domain by verifying the identity of the domain’s host that initiated the request to add the new client.
See "Installing Oracle Secure Backup on Linux or UNIX" and "Installing Oracle Secure Backup on Windows".
The following are changes in Oracle Secure Backup Installation and Configuration Guide for Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1).
The following features are new in this release:
Automatic device discovery
Oracle Secure Backup simplifies the process of configuring devices by automatically discovering devices that are attached to media servers and then configuring them as devices in the administrative domain.
Backup and restore operations using disk
Oracle Secure Backup provides integrated disk backup and restore capabilities.You can use disk as a backup target or a restore source for both file-system and Oracle Database backup and restore operations. Storing backups on disk provides improved performance for file-system backup and restore operations. Tape device utilization can be improved by first creating backups on disk and then moving them to tape.
You can create multiple instances of a particular backup. Oracle Secure Backup distinguishes the metadata that defines the backup from the actual backup data. A backup image refers to the metadata that includes device-independent information about the backup. The actual data that is backed up is called a backup image instance. A single backup image can have multiple backup image instances.
See "About Disk Pools"
Domain SSL Certificate Renewal and Management
Oracle Secure Backup provides a method for renewing domain SSL certificates and specifying a new lifetime of the domains SSL certificates. The SSL certificates can be renewed automatically or manually for increased security.