Oracle® Secure Backup

Readme

Release 10.4

E21481-07

May 2015

Purpose of this Readme

This Readme applies only to Oracle Secure Backup release 10.4 (10.4.0.1.0, 10.4.0.2.0, 10.4.0.3.0, and 10.4.0.4.0). This Readme documents licensing, supported platforms and devices, and known and fixed issues.

Documentation

For documentation, use your Web browser to access the Oracle Secure Backup documentation library. The library home page is named welcome.html and is located at the top level of your CD-ROM image.

The most current Oracle Secure Backup documentation can be found at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-technologies/secure-backup/documentation/index.html. The documentation is updated periodically, and Oracle recommends that you check this site for the current documentation and information on how to best use Oracle Secure Backup.

Contents

Section 1, "CD-ROM Image Contents"

Section 2, "Release Components"

Section 3, "Licensing Information"

Section 4, "Supported Tape Devices and Platforms"

Section 5, "ReadMe Information for Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.4.0"

Section 6, "ReadMe Information for Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.3.0"

Section 7, "ReadMe Information for Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.2.0"

Section 8, "ReadMe Information for Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.1.0"

Section 9, "Documentation Accessibility"

1 CD-ROM Image Contents

The CD-ROM image for each platform contains all necessary tools, documentation, and software to install and operate Oracle Secure Backup on the selected platform.

Note:
Each supported platform requires its own separate CD-ROM or installation Zip file.

You can access the installation files from a physical CD-ROM or through a Zip file downloaded from the following product site:

http://edelivery.oracle.com/

2 Release Components

The only product in this release is Oracle Secure Backup.

3 Licensing Information

Refer to Oracle Secure Backup Licensing Information for licensing terms.

4 Supported Tape Devices and Platforms

Supported platforms, web browsers and NAS devices are listed on Certify on My Oracle Support (formerly OracleMetaLink), at the following URL:

https://support.oracle.com/

Tape drive and library matrixes are available at the following URL:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-technologies/secure-backup/learnmore/index.html

See Also:
"Deprecated Platforms for Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.4.0" for more information on platform support updates for Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.4.0

5 ReadMe Information for Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.4.0

The information in this section of the ReadMe applies only to Oracle Secure Backup release 10.4.0.4.0.

This section contains the following topics:

Section 5.1, "Upgrading to Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.4.0"

Section 5.2, "Bugs Fixed in Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.4.0"

Section 5.3, "Deprecated Platforms for Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.4.0"

5.1 Upgrading to Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.4.0

The process of upgrading to Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.4.0 is the same as that of upgrading to Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.2.0.

During an upgrade, Oracle Secure Backup uses the installation parameters specified in the obparameters file. If you had modified the values of certain parameters in the configuration file obconfig, then ensure that you modify these parameters in the obparameters file also.

See Section 7.2, "Upgrading to Oracle Secure Backup Release 10.4.0.2.0".

5.2 Bugs Fixed in Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.4.0

Table 1 lists the bugs fixed in Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.4.0

Table 1 Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.4.0 Fixed Bugs

Bug Number

Subject

17454577

RMAN PIECE RESTORE FAILS WITH "ERROR: COULD NOT ATTACH TO SBT SHARED MEMORY"

17782708

INCREMENTAL DATAFILE BACKUP SET RESTORE (OSB, SBT) HANGS

18965178

OSB TIMESOUT EARLIER THAN ACSLS TIMESOUT ON LIBRARY MOVE OPERATION

18349417

JOB UNABLE TO USE DEVICE - TOO MANY OPEN HANDLES ERROR IN SCHEDULER LOG

18335104

PREVENTIVE FIX FOR NOT OVERWRITE FROM BOT IF RW MODE IS QDV__OVERWRITE_HERE_M (SR# 3-8522553451)

19600324

RATAPE-ORACLE SECURE BACKUP: 'OPERATION TIMED OUT (FSP NETWORK SERVICES MANAGER)

19630317

BACKPORT OF HANG IN RDS/RDMA - OSB 10.4.0.3.1 RESTORE HANG

19842492

SSL V3.0 POODLE DISABLE SSL V3

20017150

ENCRYPTION ISSUE WHILE DOING A SPANNING H/W TRANSIENT BACKUP FOR FILERS

17256146

OSB BACKUP FAILS WITH ERROR RDS/RDMA SOCKET CREATION ERROR IN OBNDMPDMS.LOG

16833624

UNABLE TO RESTORE A 'TRANSIENT + HW' ENCRYPTED BACKUP

16863112

BARCODE LABEL (DUPLICATE BARCODE) CORRUPTION

16929708

BACKUP KEEPS GOING IN LOOP AND NEVER COMES OUT

16994838

BACKUP WITH PASSPHRASE CAN'T BE RESTORED ACROSS OSB DOMAINS

17282897

OBTOOL COREDUMPS WHEN ACCESSING THE LIBRARY WITH LSDEV

17353339

OSB SHOULD WORK WITH FILE SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT SUPPORT HARDLINKS

17354051

RDMA NOT SELECTED WHEN PNI AS IB INTERFACE IS CONFIGURED. OSB USES RDS

17605335

OSB HA OPTION TO SUPRESS IP CHECK DURING TRUST CHECK

17620025

LSJOB -A DOES NOT COMPLETE WHEN SYSTEM MEMORY IS LOW

17252456

BIGBH:OSB VERSION REPORT ERROR AFTER UPGRADE TO OSB 10.4.0.3.0

5.3 Deprecated Platforms for Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.4.0

Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.4.0 does not support Linux 32-bit platforms, Windows 32-bit platforms, Windows XP 64-bit, and Windows 2003 64-bit platforms.

Although Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.4.0 does not support the mentioned platforms, it is backward compatible to clients using earlier Oracle Secure Backup 10.4 versions on these platforms.

6 ReadMe Information for Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.3.0

The information in this section of the ReadMe applies only to Oracle Secure Backup release 10.4.0.3.0.

This section contains the following topics:

Section 6.1, "New in Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.3.0"

Section 6.2, "Upgrading to Oracle Secure Backup Release 10.4.0.3.0"

Section 6.3, "Bugs Fixed in Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.3.0"

Section 6.4, "Outstanding Bugs and Known Issues in Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.3.0"

6.1 New in Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.3.0

This section briefly describes the new functionality in Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.3.0 and provides links to the books that contain detailed information about these features.

6.1.1 Multiple Network Connections and Preferred Network Interface (PNI)

When multiple network connections exist between a media server and client, if you configure a PNI, then Oracle Secure Backup uses the network interface specified in the PNI to transmit data between the media server and other hosts. If no PNI is configured, Oracle Secure Backup chooses a network interface based on a predefined order of precedence.

See Also:
Oracle Secure Backup Installation and Configuration Guide

6.2 Upgrading to Oracle Secure Backup Release 10.4.0.3.0

The process of upgrading to Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.3.0 is the same as that of upgrading to Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.2.0.

During an upgrade, Oracle Secure Backup uses the installation parameters specified in the obparameters file. If you had modified the values of certain parameters in the configuration file obconfig, then ensure that you modify these parameters in the obparameters file also.

See Section 7.2, "Upgrading to Oracle Secure Backup Release 10.4.0.2.0".

6.3 Bugs Fixed in Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.3.0

Table 2 lists the bugs that have been fixed in Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.3.0.

Table 2 Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.3.0 Fixed Bugs

Bug Number

Subject

12628683

OBACSLIBD HUNG WHILE CONSUMING LARGE AMOUNT OF CPU TIME

13828501

OSB WEBTOOL SHOWING INCORRECT SIZE

14054363

PNI TO TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER TYPE OF CONNECTION

14108975

AFTER UNINSTALL, OBCONFIG FILE SHOULD BE RETAINED

14191502

AIX MEDIA SERVER FAILS WITH BLOCKINGFACTOR GREATER THAN 1024

14366759

RESTORING WITH BLOCKINGFACTOR SET TO NOT MATCH RECORDED BLOCKINGFACTOR FAILS

14366777

RESTORES FAIL WHEN BACKUPS ARE DONE WITH MULTIPLE BLOCKINGFACTORS

14514220

ACSLS RESTRICTS TAPE DEVICES TO 20 AND CAPS TO 2

14587517

MORE THEN 6 CONCURRENT RESTORES FAILING ON ACSLS/OBACSLIBD CONTROLLED HARDWARE

14799563

OBACSLIBD SHOWS HIGH CPU USAGE

15843540

AIF IS NOT IMPORTED IF CATALOG SIZE EXCEEDS 128 GB

15923162

ADD SUPPORT FOR HP ESL G3 LIBRARY

16167707

NDMP_TAPE_CLOSE FAILURE THEN NEXT BACKUP ON TAPE VOLUME OVERWRITES VALID DATA

16192092

CORE DUMP DURING MKDEV OF IBM LTO6 IN SL3000 - MM_FREE WITH WST_ENCR/CDC TAG

16270470

AVOID OVERWRITING VOLUMES EVEN IF EOM IS NOT PRESENT OR RETURNS TO BOT

16278738

SUPPORT FOR HP MSL 6480 AND HP ESL G3 LIBRARIES

16459119

SBT__RPC_CREATEJOB: BACKUP JOB COULD NOT BE CREATED ('DUPLICATE JOB ID' )

16469638

UPGRADE APACHE, OPENSSL AND PHP FOR OSB WEB TOOL

16477594

EMAIL TO BE SENT WHEN NOUPDATE FILE IS PRESENT AND IMPORT FAILS

16477623

VOLUMES IN STANDALONE DRIVES CAN'T BE PRELABELED WITH BARCODES

16477641

DATABASE BACKUP JOB WITH BF SET TO > 4096 GOES IN LOOP

16477657

INCORRECT TAPECAPACITY REPORTED IN HUMAN READABLE FORMAT

16569323

DIRECTORIES NAMED "FILES" ARE NOT BACKED UP UNDER BI

16569596

DUPLICATION COMPLETES SUCCESSFULLY BUT LEAVES A MINIMALLY LABELED VOLUME

16665462

OBCLEANUP IS SEG FAULTING

6.4 Outstanding Bugs and Known Issues in Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.3.0

Table 3 discusses the outstanding bugs and known issues in Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.3.0.

Table 3 Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.3.0 Open Issues

Associated Bug Number

Issue

9773754

Volume Duplication Policy Requiring Multiple Duplicates Will Fail

10018505

Oracle Secure Backup Web Tool Can Fail to Start on Windows

10367517

Vaulting Empty Pre-labeled Volumes

14123834

On Linux Version 6, the Combination of a Blocking Factor that is Greater than 1024 and Direct I/O is not Supported

14185327

NDMP Filer Restore Failure When Multiple Paths Are Specified for RESTORE

14200659

Windows 2003/XP IPv6 Media Server Does not Connect to an IPv4 Client

See Also:
"Additional Information On Blocking Factors"

6.4.1 Volume Duplication Policy Requiring Multiple Duplicates Will Fail

A volume duplication policy that requires multiple duplicates fails to create more than one duplicate volume. The first duplication job completes successfully but the subsequent duplication jobs go into a pending state waiting for resources.

Workaround: Restrict the duplication to two tape devices.

6.4.2 Oracle Secure Backup Web Tool Can Fail to Start on Windows

The Oracle Secure Backup Web tool can fail to start on the Windows platform, if the Oracle Secure Backup Service Logon account is not the System Account.

Workaround: Run Oracle Secure Backup Configuration and select the default System Account for the service logon.

6.4.3 Vaulting Empty Pre-labeled Volumes

A volume that has not been written to, but was pre-labeled with a media family (using the labelvol command), will be selected for vaulting by a vaulting scan.

Workaround: To prevent a volume from being selected during a vaulting scan, do not use the lastwrite event in the rotation rule that is defined for the media family.

6.4.4 On Linux Version 6, the Combination of a Blocking Factor that is Greater than 1024 and Direct I/O is not Supported

A backup job fails with I/O errors when the blocking factor is set above 1024 and Direct I/O is enabled.

Workaround: Change the blocking factor to be less than or equal to 1024 or disable Direct I/O on the media server. For more information, see "Additional Information On Blocking Factors".

6.4.5 NDMP Filer Restore Failure When Multiple Paths Are Specified for RESTORE

The restore operation of an NDMP filer fails when multiple path names are specified in the RESTORE command.

Workaround: Specify one path name for a RESTORE command.

6.4.6 Windows 2003/XP IPv6 Media Server Does not Connect to an IPv4 Client

A Windows 2003 or Windows XP media server that is configured to support both an IPv6 and an IPv4 connection does not connect to a client that supports only an IPv4 connection.

Workaround: Add an IPv6 connection to the client or backup the client to a media server of a different platform such as Windows 2008 or Linux.

6.4.7 Additional Information On Blocking Factors

If the blocking factor is changed from the Oracle Secure Backup default setting, the best practice is to test that backup and restore operations function properly with the new blocking factor setting. RMAN backups, NDMP filer backups, and file-system backups have different blocking factor requirements that must be validated with the new blocking factor.

The media server platform, operating system, and the tape device may also have specific blocking factor limitations or requirements which you must review. Each media server in the Oracle Secure Backup domain needs to be tested with the new blocking factor. The testing must be done using typical backup loads that are specific to your environment. Both backup and restore operations must be completed without warnings or errors from either Oracle Secure Backup or RMAN. The restored data must also be examined to verify success. In particular, Oracle Secure Backup-issued warnings regarding the blocking factor during a backup operation must not be ignored. If you receive such warnings, adjust the blocking factor and rerun the backup operation.

The best practice is to have consistency by using only one blocking factor across the Oracle Secure Backup domain. More specifically, all backups written to a tape must be created with the same blocking factor. If you have a separate disaster recovery site, test and confirm that the new blocking factor setting is supported by the site's infrastructure.

7 ReadMe Information for Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.2.0

This information in this section of the Readme applies only to Oracle Secure Backup release 10.4.0.2.0.

This section contains the following topics:

Section 7.1, "New in Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.2.0"

Section 7.2, "Upgrading to Oracle Secure Backup Release 10.4.0.2.0"

Section 7.3, "Bugs Fixed in Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.2.0"

7.1 New in Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.2.0

This section briefly describes the new functionality in Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.2.0 and provides links to the books that contain detailed information about the functionality.

7.1.1 Asynchronous I/O for Tape Devices that Support Multiple Command Queues

Starting with Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.2.0, you can choose to improve the write throughput of your tape devices by using asynchronous I/O. Asynchronous I/O implements write command queuing for SCSI channel operations. In this release, the LT05 and T10000C tape drives take advantage of the performance benefits provided by asynchronous I/O. This functionality is supported on Linux platforms only.

To enable asynchronous I/O, direct I/O must be enabled on the Linux media server. Perform the following steps to enable direct I/O:

# touch enable_dio in $OSB_HOME/device
# echo 1 >/proc/scsi/sg/allow_dio

Ensure that the environment variable OSB_HOME is set to the location of Oracle Secure Backup home directory.

Note:
Support for asynchronous I/O is available only on Linux.

7.1.2 Oracle Secure Backup Support for ACSLS on Linux 64 Media Server

Starting with Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.2.0, the StorageTek Automated Cartridge System Library Software (ACSLS) is supported on a Linux 64-bit media server.

See Also:
Oracle Secure Backup Installation and Configuration Guide

7.1.3 Listing Recyclable Volumes

You can use the lsvol command to list volumes that can be recycled in a tape library or a volumes catalog. The new value "recyclable" of --attribute lists the time-managed and content-managed volumes that can be recycled. This functionality is available only with the Oracle Secure Backup command-line client, obtool, not with the Oracle Secure Backup Web tool or Oracle Enterprise Manager.

See Also:
Oracle Secure Backup Reference

7.1.4 Reliable Datagram Socket (RDS) on SPARC 11

Starting with Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.2.0, Reliable Datagram Socket (RDS) over Infiniband, with Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA), is supported on Solaris SPARC 11 platforms.

See Also:
Oracle Secure Backup Installation and Configuration Guide

7.1.5 Importing Cleaning Tapes Using the importvol Command

You can import cleaning tapes using the clean option of the importvol command. This functionality is available only with the Oracle Secure Backup command-line client, obtool, not with the Oracle Secure Backup Web tool or Oracle Enterprise Manager.

See Also:
Oracle Secure Backup Reference

7.2 Upgrading to Oracle Secure Backup Release 10.4.0.2.0

Oracle Secure Backup release 10.4.0.2.0 is not backward compatible with Oracle Secure Backup release 10.1 or release 10.2. To upgrade to Oracle Secure Backup release 10.4.0.2.0, all hosts within the administrative domain must be utilizing Oracle Secure Backup release 10.3.0.1.0 or higher.

Note:
Backups created using previous releases of Oracle Secure Backup can be restored using Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.2.0.

In an upgrade installation, the Oracle Secure Backup catalogs (contained in the admin directory) are preserved, retaining configuration information and backup metadata for your administrative domain. This state information for your administrative domain, such as the backup catalog, host, user and device configuration information, and any scheduled backup jobs, is stored in the admin directory under the Oracle Secure Backup home on your administrative server.

Note:
It is recommended that you back up the administrative server before you perform an upgrade.

Before Upgrading an Administrative Domain to Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.2.0

Perform the following steps before you upgrade your existing administrative domain to Oracle Secure Backup release 10.4.0.2.2:

- Shut down drivers and background processes related to Oracle Secure Backup on all hosts

- Stop the daemons and services related to Oracle Secure Backup on all hosts in the administrative domain

Upgrade the administrative server host first, and then the other hosts in the domain.

See Also:
Oracle Secure Backup Reference for operating system-specific startup and shutdown commands

Brief instructions on upgrading Oracle Secure Backup on different platforms are described in the following sections.

7.2.1 Upgrade Installation of Oracle Secure Backup Release 10.4.0.2.0 on Windows

To upgrade to your Windows 32-bit or Windows-64 bit administrative server, media servers, and clients from any earlier version of Oracle Secure Backup to Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.2.0, you must first uninstall the existing software. You then run the Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.2.0 installer to install the new software on all your hosts.

While uninstalling software from your administrative server, you must select the Keep option to retain your administrative server configuration.

For more information about the steps to upgrade to Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.2.0 on Windows, see Oracle Secure Backup Installation and Configuration Guide.

7.2.2 Upgrade Installation of Oracle Secure Backup Release 10.4.0.2.0 on Linux or UNIX

To upgrade a Linux or UNIX installation of Oracle Secure Backup, follow the setup and installation process described in Oracle Secure Backup Installation and Configuration Guide.

During the upgrade, the installer displays the following prompt:

Oracle Secure Backup is already installed on this machine (myhostname-sun2).Would you like to re-install it preserving current configuration data[no]?

Enter yes to perform the upgrade installation, retaining your previous configuration.

7.2.3 Upgrade Installation of Oracle Secure Backup Release 10.4.0.2.0 on Solaris

Oracle Secure Backup release 10.4.0.2.0 uses the Solaris standard generic (sgen) driver to support attached devices.

For more information about configuring the Solaris sgen driver to provide Oracle Secure Backup attach points, see Oracle Secure Backup Installation and Configuration Guide.

7.3 Bugs Fixed in Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.2.0

Table 4 lists the bugs that have been fixed in Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.2.0.

Table 4 Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.2.0 Fixed Bugs

Bug Number

Subject

9277316

OSB:10302: VFYLIBS REPORTS TRUNCATED SERIAL NUMBER FOR THE DRIVE

9916444

TAPE DRIVE SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE

10629160

VFYLIBS IS FAILING WITH 'WRONG ID REPORTED BY DRIVE'

11774370

DUPLICATE VOLUME NOT USED WHEN ORIGINAL VOLUME IS MISSING

11784757

DRIVE CHANNEL LATENCY - WRITE - LINUX AND SOLARIS

12574582

BOGUS DUPLICATION ERROR: "OUTPUT MEDIA SMALLER THAN DATA SIZE OF INPUT MEDIA"

12578717

FAILED DUPLICATION REMOVES ON-TAPE LABEL

12579854

OSB IGNORES PRELABELED TAPES, USES UNLABELED

12668367

IMPORTVOL LEAVES THE VOLUME IN THE DRIVE AND REPORTS ERROR "SOURCE IS EMPTY"

12775775

AIX 10.4 LIB DIR CONTENTS NEED TO BE REMOVED BEFORE UPGRADE OR AFTER UNINSTALL

12786273

OBROBOTD SEG FAULTS DURING MULTIPLE VIRTUAL DEVICE CREATION

12794762

OBROBOTD EXITED WITH CODE 0X20008F06, VALUE 26

12840740

USE LISTS CAN BECOME TOO LONG TO SUPPORT

12874518

OBTOOL – LSSSEL CRASHES WHEN SELECTOR HOSTNAME IS LONGER THAN 37 CHARACTERS

12951078

DUPLICATION JOB GOES TO PENDING WHEN LARGE NUMBER OF DEVICES ARE PRESENT

12969272

INCREASE BLOCK SIZE LIMIT FROM 1MB TO 2MB ON THE LINUX PLATFORM

12986708

ERROR: COULD NOT CREATE SYMLINK /ARCSIGHT/ARCARCHIVE4/TEST/USR/BIN/RPMDB: PERMIS

13023406

FOR T10K DEVICE REMTAPE LOCATION WRONGLY DEFINED IN WST_DRIVES.H

13035935

ACC: DATA TABLE SUPPORT OF ROW HEADERS IS MISSING

13056050

RMAN FAILED WITH ORA-19511

13083531

ENCRYPTION WARNINGS ON T10000B AND C DRIVES

13088096

CAN'T CHANGE A USER PASSWORD IN THE UI IN WINDOWS32 OR 64

13241877

FAILED DUPLICATION UPDATED UNFINISHED DUPLICATE TO VOLUME DB

13262666

OBSCHEDULED LOG HAS ERRONEOUS WARNING ABOUT HAVING 2 DEVICE RESERVATIONS ON DUP

13391793

OSB UNABLE TO RESOLVE IPV6 ADDRESSES WHEN SPECIFIED AS ::

13474350

RESTORE FAILS WITH ERROR: CAN'T QUEUE JOBS - CONNECTION RESET BY PEER

13475037

NDMP_DATA_CONNECT FAILURE: COUDN'T CONNECT TO MOVER

13476158

"OBJECT NOT FOUND" WHEN ATTEMPTING RESTORE

13501265

EDITING HOST ON WINDOWS CREATES ERROR: CAN'T FETCH HOST - NAME NOT FOUND

13504602

WEBTOOL FAILS TO ADD PREAUTHORIZED ACCESS

13520013

DEVICE GETTING LOCKED AFTER DUPLICATION

13592144

BACKUP OF ORACLE FAILS WITH NDMP ERROR

13604237

CHANGE DEFAULT FOR NETWORK LOAD BALANCING TO DISABLE

13610839

DATASET DIRECTIVE CAUSES FILES TO BE INVISIBLE DURING CATALOG BROWSE FOR RESTORE

13623433

REDUCE SCHEDULER DEPENDENCE ON OBROBOTD

13651198

UPGRADE TO LATEST VERSION OF APACHE (v2.2.22), PHP (v5.3.13), AND OPENSSL (v0.9.8x)

13694304

NETAPP BACKUP FAILS BAD FILE DESCRIPTOR WHEN FILES IN DIR > 1.5MILLION

13771142

OSB RMAN BACKUP 'LSVOL'DOESN'T INDICATE WHEN NO BACKUP PIECES REMAIN ON TAPE

13813168

"EXCLUDE ORACLE DATABASE FILES" - DOESN'T EXCLUDE DB FILES

13899880

INVALID CHAR IN KEYSTORE PASSWORD CAUSES "FATAL: LIBNDMPCOMMON.SO: OPEN FAILED"

8 ReadMe Information for Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.1.0

This information in this section of the Readme applies only to Oracle Secure Backup release 10.4.0.1.0.

This section contains the following topics:

Section 8.1, "New in Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.1.0"

Section 8.2, "Upgrading to Oracle Secure Backup Release 10.4.0.1.0"

Section 8.3, "Bugs Fixed in Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.1.0"

8.1 New in Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.1.0

This section briefly describes the new features in Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.1.0 and provides links to the books that contain detailed information about these features.

8.1.1 Oracle Secure Backup Support for Reliable Datagram Socket (RDS)

Oracle Secure Backup enables you to use the Reliable Datagram Socket (RDS) protocol over Infiniband for data transfer between a client and media server. You can also use Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) with RDS to maximize the benefits of using RDS over Infiniband.

See Also:

- Oracle Secure Backup Installation and Configuration Guide

- Oracle Secure Backup Reference

8.1.2 Oracle Secure Backup Support for Network Load Balancing

Oracle Secure Backup supports network load balancing for both file-system and Oracle Database backup and restore operations. Network load balancing ensures optimal utilization of multiple network connections on a client by distributing backup and restore jobs across the available network connections.

See Also:
Oracle Secure Backup Installation and Configuration Guide for more information about network load balancing

8.1.3 Oracle Secure Backup Support for Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA)

Oracle Secure Backup provides support for Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) architecture. In a NUMA architecture, processors are grouped into smaller systems called nodes or regions and all processors within a node share a common memory. This provides improved scalability and performance because accessing this local memory is faster.

See Also:

- Oracle Secure Backup Administrator's Guide

- Oracle Secure Backup Reference

8.1.4 Oracle Secure Backup Support for Character Special Files

Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.1.0 supports character special files while backing up and restoring raw file-systems.

See Also:
Oracle Secure Backup Reference for more information about backing up and restoring character special files

8.1.5 Support for Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit and Solaris SPARC v11 Express Platforms

Starting with Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.1.0, the role of Oracle Secure Backup administrative server, media server, and client is supported on the following platforms:

- Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit

- Solaris SPARC v11 Express

8.2 Upgrading to Oracle Secure Backup Release 10.4.0.1.0

In an upgrade installation, the Oracle Secure Backup catalogs (contained in the admin directory) are preserved, retaining configuration information and backup metadata for your administrative domain. This state information for your administrative domain, such as the backup catalog, host, user and device configuration information, and any scheduled backup jobs, is stored in the admin directory under the Oracle Secure Backup home on your administrative server.

Note:
Oracle recommends that you back up the administrative server before you perform an upgrade.

Before upgrading an existing administrative domain to Oracle Secure Backup release 10.4.0.1.0, you must shut down drivers and background processes related to Oracle Secure Backup on all hosts. You must stop the daemons and services related to Oracle Secure Backup on all hosts in the administrative domain. Upgrade the administrative server host first, and then the other hosts in the domain.

See Also:
Oracle Secure Backup Reference for operating system-specific startup and shutdown commands

Brief instructions on each step are described in the following sections.

8.2.1 Upgrading Oracle Secure Backup Releases 10.1 and 10.2 to Release 10.4.0.1.0

Oracle Secure Backup release 10.4.0.1.0 is not backward compatible with Oracle Secure Backup release 10.1 or release 10.2. To upgrade to Oracle Secure Backup release 10.4.0.1.0, all hosts within the administrative domain must be utilizing Oracle Secure Backup release 10.3.0.1.0 or higher.

Note:
Backups created using previous releases of Oracle Secure Backup can be restored using Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.1.0.

8.2.1.1 Upgrade Installation of Oracle Secure Backup Release 10.4.0.1.0 on Windows

You can upgrade your Windows 32-bit or Windows 64-bit administrative server, media servers, and clients from any earlier version of Oracle Secure Backup to Oracle Secure Backup release 10.4.0.1.0 by running the Oracle Secure Backup release 10.4.0.1.0 installer. This is called an upgrade installation. The installer detects the existing installation of Oracle Secure Backup and runs the uninstaller for the previous version automatically before beginning the new installation.When you upgrade your administrative server from any earlier version of Oracle Secure Backup to Oracle Secure Backup release 10.4.0.1.0, the uninstaller displays the following prompt:

This system was configured as an Oracle Secure Backup Administrative Server.

Oracle Secure Backup creates files specific to this administrative domain in the "admin" directory. Would you like to keep these files in case you reinstall Oracle Secure Backup?

If you choose "Delete" all files related to Oracle Secure Backup will be removed from this system. If you choose "Keep" the files specific to this administrative domain will be retained.

For the admin directory files, select the Keep option. Selecting the Delete option causes the installation to be incomplete, and then you must uninstall and reinstall Oracle Secure Backup to complete the installation. If you do not want to save the existing admin directory files, then you must exit the installation, uninstall Oracle Secure Backup release 10.3 or 10.2 and select the Delete option. After you uninstall Oracle Secure Backup release 10.3 or 10.2, you can install Oracle Secure Backup release 10.4.0.1.0 by running the Oracle Secure Backup release 10.4.0.1.0 installer.

8.2.1.2 Upgrade Installation of Oracle Secure Backup Release 10.4.0.1.0 on Linux or UNIX

To upgrade a Linux or UNIX installation of Oracle Secure Backup, follow the setup and installation process described in Oracle Secure Backup Installation and Configuration Guide.

During the upgrade, the installer displays the following prompt:

Oracle Secure Backup is already installed on this machine (myhostname-sun2).Would you like to re-install it preserving current configuration data[no]?

Enter yes to perform the upgrade installation, retaining your previous configuration.

8.2.1.3 Upgrade Installation of Oracle Secure Backup Release 10.4.0.1.0 on Solaris

Oracle Secure Backup release 10.4.0.1.0 uses the Solaris standard generic (sgen) driver to support attached devices.For more information about configuring the Solaris sgen driver to provide Oracle Secure Backup attach points, see Oracle Secure Backup Installation and Configuration Guide.

8.3 Bugs Fixed in Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.1.0

Table 5 lists the bugs that have been fixed in Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.1.0.

Table 5 Oracle Secure Backup 10.4.0.1.0 Fixed Bugs

Bug Number

Subject

12965340

SUPPRESS CAPACITY CHECK FOR DUPLICATION

12926877

CWALLET.SSO IS SKIPPED DURING HARDWARE ENCRYPTION

12875157

DEVICE OBJECT USE LIST CORRUPTION CAUSING RESTORE FAILURE

12822296

BROWSING CATALOG GETS EXTREMELY SLOW AT TIMES

12652278

NON ACSLS MACHINES SHOULD ONLY HAVE 3 PASSES IN AUTOMOUNTER

12575036

OBROBOTD CONNECTION RESET BY PEER

12543183

OBTOOL SEGFAULTS DURING CATALOG LISTING OF 1023 CHARACTER LENGTH DIRECTORY PATH

12322773

USERNAME INPUT VALIDATION BYPASS OF VALIDATE_LOGIN FUNCTION ON LOGIN.PHP PAGE

12315104

OSB WEB TOOL ONLY DISPLAYS THE 1ST 25 BACKUP SECTIONS

12313425

VOLUME MISMATCH

12312668

DATA FIELDS OVERFLOW WHEN DEALING WITH TAPE VOLUMES LARGER THAN 2TB

11907554

MODIFY IO RATE REPORT IN JOB TRANSCRIPTS TO BE MORE ACCURATE AND DESCRIPTIVE

11817669

NULL STRING FOR CLIENT IN PNI COMMAND CAUSES SEG FAULT

11797678

SCHEDULER CRASH WHEN DUPLICATION JOB SUMITTED WITH STANDALONE DRIVE

11779486

UI CATALOG RESTORE BROWSE 'PREVIOUS' ISN'T WORKING "ERROR: CAN'T CD" IS THROWN

11662645

OSB MEDIA SERVER CAN'T HANDLE DAR RESTORES WHEN POSITION > 0X7FFFFF

11076873

LSJ AND CATXCR UNRESPONSIVE WHEN OBACSLIBD HAS ANY DEVICE RESERVED

11071973

OBACSLIBD SEG FAULTS WHEN NO TAPE DRIVES ARE CONFIGURED

10314282

WEB SERVER STARTUP FAILS - OBPASS.BAT CAN'T EXECUTE OBTOOL

10302944

CHPNI COMMAND

10283082

UPDATER CHECKED OUT - STAT RECORD NOT FOUND (OB INDEX DB MGR)

10273086

DATASERVICE FAILED TO CONNECT TO MOVER SERVICE.

10259321

IBM LTO 5 DRIVE REPORTS "MEDIAINFO NOT HW ENCRYPTABLE" WHEN IT SHOULD BE

10231332

CLEANING NOT WORKING PROPERLY-- "ERROR: CAN'T EXECUTE COMMAND - SOURCE IS EMPTY"

10218725

OSB JOB START IS SLOW

10199325

WEBTOOL REMOVE HOST DOESN'T SUPRESS COMMUNICATION EVEN WHEN CHECKED

10191788

OBTOOL INVENTORY FAILED WITH "CAN'T EXECUTE COMMAND - OBJECT NOT FOUND"

10162402

OSB CH/RM/MKDEV CMD TO ACSLS INVALIDATES DRIVE DB, AFFECTING QUEUED REQUESTS

10158637

DIRECT ATTACHED SCSI DEVICE FILES(SGEN) HAVE UNRECOGNIZED FORM

10154601

IN GUI, QUOTED BACKSLASHES IN ALTERNATE PATH BREAKS RESTORE AND RESTORE PREVIEW

10134939

CORE DUMPS FROM ACSLS LIBRARY

10126431

SOLARIS V11 INSTALL REPORTS ERRORS DURING PROTECTION STEP

10080006

MULTIPLE ATTACH POINTS POSES RISKS OF DEVICE HANGS

10071088

NDMP INCREMENTALS FAIL IF USING A BACKUP TYPE THAT DOESN'T SUPPORT BASE_DATE

10054576

REFERENCING MH AND DRIVE STRUCTURES INTERCHANGEABLY LEADS TO CORE DUMPS

10045771

OSB MULTI-LINKED DIRECTORY ERRORS BACKING UP ON AIX

9958811

SENSE RANGE COMMAND BEING ATTEMPTED ON LIBRARY THAT DOESN'T SUPPORT RANGES

9857394

TRYING TO ADD MORE THAN 35 CLIENTS FOR A PNI JUST GETS AN ERROR

9828170

OBACSLIBD APPEARS TO HANG WITH 20 TAPES DRIVES IN ACSLS LIBRARY

9387688

OSB WEBTOOL FAILS TO PING DEVICE WITH WWN ATTACHMENT

9371317

INCREMENTAL BACKUPS BEHAVES DIFFERENTLY IF TZ VARIABLE IS SET

9302454

AUTOMOUNT FAILS TO OVERWRITE VOLUME THAT ONLY HAS AN INCOMPLETE SECTION

9245324

CANNOT SET DEVICE RESTRICTION FOR OSB-CATALOG-SCHED SCHEDULE IN WEB TOOL

9194101

CAN NOT SET WRITE WINDOW OF FOREVER

9170790

RENAME OF A HOST WITH THE '--NOCOMM' OPTION FAILS IN UI

9170779

IF ONLY ONE JOB IS DISPLAYED ON THE MANAGE:JOBS PAGE, TRANSCRIPT ISN'T VIEWABLE

9082393

HOST NAME: ERROR STATUS: OPERATION ROLES: [UNABLE] IN OSB WEB

8994552

ABILITY TO BACKUP RAW DEVICES /DEV/RDSK/DEVICE

8617627

REPLACE GETENV() OS CALLS WITH POSIX_UNAME

8495214

CONFIG:DEVICES:BLOCKING FACTOR NEEDS A CHECKBOX FOR DEFAULT

8491199

OSB BACKUP SCHEDULE--PREVIEW TRIGGER MISSING 'LEVEL' INFO

8491189

SETTING AN IP INTERFACE NAME FOR AN NDMP HOST IN THE UI THROWS AN ERROR

8422984

OPTIONS 'IDENTIFYVOL' & 'IMPORT' SHOULD ONLY BE OFFERED FOR A DRIVE/NOT LIBRARY

8390931

MANAGE->VOLUMES PAGE DOES NOT RETAIN THE SELECTED VOLUME ATTRIBUTES

8256070

RAW RESTORE APPENDING THE 'FILE NUMBER' TO THE VOLUME ID SPECIFIED

7704721

INV OF LIMITED RANGE OF SE'S IS SAMPLING ALL ELEMENTS ON SOME LIBRARIES

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