Table of Contents

• Title and Copyright Information
• Preface
  • Audience
  • Documentation Accessibility
  • Related Documents
  • Conventions
• Changes in This Release for Oracle Secure Backup Installation and Configuration Guide
  • Changes in Oracle Secure Backup 18c Release 1 (18.1)
• 1 Introduction to Oracle Secure Backup
  • What Is Oracle Secure Backup?
  • Oracle Secure Backup Features
  • Overview of Oracle Secure Backup Concepts
    • About Oracle Secure Backup Administrative Domains and Hosts
      • Host Roles in an Administrative Domain
      • Host Naming in an Administrative Domain
      • Oracle Secure Backup Host Access Modes
    • About Oracle Secure Backup Administrative Domain: Examples
    • About Disk Pools
    • About Tape Devices
      • Tape Drives
      • Tape Libraries
      • Virtual Tape Libraries
      • Device Names and Attachments
    • About Cloud Storage Devices
  • Oracle Secure Backup Daemons
  • Oracle Secure Backup Interfaces
• 2 Oracle Secure Backup Installation Overview
  • Overview of Installing and Configuring Oracle Secure Backup
    • About Installing Oracle Secure Backup
    • About Configuring Oracle Secure Backup
    • About Oracle Secure Backup Client Backward Compatibility
      • Client Backward Compatibility Requirements
    • About Certificate Lifetime
    • Steps to Install and Configure Oracle Secure Backup
  • Preparing to Install Oracle Secure Backup
    • System Requirements for Oracle Secure Backup
      • Supported Platforms and Tape Devices
      • Disk Space Requirements for Oracle Secure Backup
      • Other System Requirements for Oracle Secure Backup
    • Acquiring Oracle Secure Backup Installation Media
    • Decide Which Role the Host Performs in the Administrative Domain
  • Overview of Customizing Configuration Parameters During Installation
    • Oracle Secure Backup Temporary Directory
    • Oracle Secure Backup Home Directory
    • Preauthorized User for Performing Oracle Database Backup and Restore Operations
    • Length of Oracle Secure Backup User Passwords
    • Identity Key Certificate Length
    • Oracle Secure Backup Database Directory
• 3 Installing Oracle Secure Backup on Linux or UNIX
  • Prerequisites for Installing Oracle Secure Backup on Linux or UNIX
  • Options for Installing Oracle Secure Backup on Linux or UNIX
  • Installing Oracle Secure Backup on Linux or UNIX
    • Specifying Advanced Settings for Linux/UNIX
  • Silently Installing the Client Role on Linux or UNIX
  • Configuring Platform-Specific Media Server Devices
    • Configuring Devices on Linux Media Servers
      • Manually creating devices using mkdev in Linux
    • Configuring Devices on Solaris Media Servers
      • Manually creating devices using mkdev in Solaris
    • Configuring Devices on AIX Media Servers
      • Manually Creating Devices in AIX
      • Identifying and Configuring AIX Devices in a Point-to-Point or FC-AL Configuration
    • Configuring Devices on HP-UX Media Servers
    • Assigning Oracle Secure Backup Logical Unit Numbers to Devices
  • Additional Information for Installation of Oracle Secure Backup on Linux
    • Linux Media Server System Requirement: SCSI Generic Driver
  • Additional Information for Installing Oracle Secure Backup on AIX
    • Configuring IOCP on AIX Systems
• 4 Installing Oracle Secure Backup on Windows
  • Prerequisites for Installing Oracle Secure Backup on Windows
  • Installing Oracle Secure Backup on Windows
    • Enabling Installer Logging on Windows
    • Configuring Advanced Installation Settings for Windows
  • Configuring Firewalls for Oracle Secure Backup on Windows
• 5 Uninstalling Oracle Secure Backup
  • Uninstalling Oracle Secure Backup on Linux or UNIX
  • Uninstalling Oracle Secure Backup on Windows
• 6 Oracle Secure Backup User Interfaces
  • Using Oracle Secure Backup in Enterprise Manager
    • Enabling Oracle Secure Backup Links in Oracle Enterprise Manager
    • Registering an Administrative Server in Oracle Enterprise Manager
    • Accessing the Web Tool from Enterprise Manager
  • Using the Oracle Secure Backup Web Tool
    • Starting a Web Tool Session
    • Web Tool Home Page
      • Persistent Page Links
    • Web Tool Configure Page
    • Web Tool Manage Page
    • Web Tool Backup Page
    • Web Tool Restore Page
  • Using obtool
    • Displaying Help for Invoking obtool
    • Starting obtool in Interactive Mode
    • Running obtool Commands in Interactive Mode
      • Redirecting obtool Input from Text Files
    • Executing obtool Commands in Noninteractive Mode
      • Running Multiple Commands in Noninteractive Mode
      • Redirecting Input in Noninteractive Mode
    • Ending an obtool Session
    • Starting obtool as a Specific User
  • Using Oracle Secure Backup through Recovery Manager (RMAN)
    • Configuring Oracle Secure Backup for Use with RMAN
      • Setting Up User Preauthorization in Oracle Secure Backup
      • Defining Backup Storage Selectors Using Oracle Secure Backup
• 7 Configuring and Managing the Administrative Domain
  • Overview of Configuring the Administrative Domain
    • Network Load Balancing in Oracle Secure Backup
    • Steps to Configure the Administrative Domain
  • Configuring the Administrative Domain with Hosts
    • About Administrative Domain Host Configuration
    • Steps to Configure Hosts in the Administrative Domain
    • Adding a Host to the Administrative Domain
    • Adding the Media Server Role to an Administrative Server
    • Adding Backup and Restore Environment Variables to an NDMP Host
    • Configuring Preferred Network Interfaces (PNI)
      • About PNI
        • About PNI for Inbound Connections
        • About PNI for Outbound Connections
        • PNI and Network Connection Types
      • Configuring PNI for Inbound Connections
      • Configuring PNI for Outbound Connections
      • Removing a PNI for Inbound Connections
      • Removing a PNI for Outbound Connections
    • Pinging Hosts in the Administrative Domain
    • Enable tcpkeepalive on local host
      • About tcpkeeplive
      • Steps to enable tcpkeepalive
  • Overview of Automatic Device Discovery
    • About Automatic Device Discovery
    • About Persistent Binding for SCSI Tape Devices
    • Steps to Discover and Configure Tape Devices in the Administrative Domain
    • Steps to Detect Missing Tape Devices
  • Adding Tape Devices to an Administrative Domain
    • About Tape Device Names
    • About Manually Configuring Tape Drives and Libraries
      • Methods of Configuring Tape Devices
    • Steps to Configure Tape Devices in the Administrative Domain
    • Displaying the Devices Page
    • Manually Configuring Tape Libraries
      • Configuring Automatic Tape Drive Cleaning for a Library
    • Configuring Tape Drives
    • Configuring an NDMP Copy-Enabled Virtual Tape Library
    • Adding Tape Device Attachments
      • Pinging Device Attachments
      • Displaying Device Attachment Properties
    • Multiple Attachments for SAN-Attached Tape Devices
    • Configuring Multihosted Device Objects
  • Updating Tape Library Inventory
  • Verifying and Configuring Added Tape Devices
    • Displaying Device Properties
    • Pinging Tape Devices
    • Editing Device Properties
    • Verifying Tape Device Configuration
    • Setting Serial Number Checking
  • Configuring Disk Pools
    • Displaying the Defined Disk Pools
    • Creating Disk Pools
    • Editing Disk Pool Properties
    • Renaming Disk Pools
    • Removing Disk Pools
  • Managing Hosts in the Administrative Domain
    • Viewing the Hosts in the Administrative Domain
    • Viewing or Editing Host Properties
    • Updating Hosts in the Administrative Domain
    • Removing Hosts from an Administrative Domain
  • Configuring Cloud Storage Devices
    • Prerequisites for Configuring Storage Devices for OCI Classic
    • Configuring an Authentication Object for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    • Creating Cloud Storage Devices for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    • Creating Cloud Storage Devices for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic
    • Displaying the Defined Cloud Storage Devices
    • Editing Cloud Storage Device Properties
    • Renaming Cloud Storage Devices
    • Removing Cloud Storage Devices
    • About Cloud Certificates
      • Adding Certificates to the Cloud Wallet
        • Download a Cloud server CA certificate
        • Import Certificate into the Cloud wallet
      • Manually Creating a Cloud Wallet
• 8 Upgrading Oracle Secure Backup
  • About Upgrade Installations
    • About Upgrade Requirements
  • Upgrade Installation on Windows x64
  • Performing an Upgrade Installation on Linux or UNIX
• 9 Managing Security for Backup Networks
  • Backup Network Security Overview
  • Planning Security for an Administrative Domain
    • Identifying Assets and Principals
    • Identifying Your Backup Environment Type
      • Single System
      • Data Center
      • Corporate Network
    • Choosing Secure Hosts for the Administrative and Media Servers
    • Determining the Distribution Method of Host Identity Certificates
  • Trusted Hosts
  • Host Authentication and Communication
    • Identity Certificates and Public Key Cryptography
    • Authenticated SSL Connections
    • Certification Authority
      • Automated and Manual Certificate Provisioning Mode
    • Oracle Wallet
      • Oracle Secure Backup Encryption Wallet
    • Web Server Authentication
    • Revoking a Host Identity Certificate
  • Encryption of Data in Transit
  • Default Security Configuration
  • Configuring Security for the Administrative Domain
    • Providing Certificates for Hosts in the Administrative Domain
      • Configuring the Administrative Server
      • Configuring Media Servers and Clients
    • Setting the Size for Public and Private Keys
      • Setting the Key Size During Installation
      • Setting the Key Size in the certkeysize Security Policy
      • Setting the Key Size in mkhost
    • Enabling and Disabling SSL for Host Authentication and Communication
  • Managing Certificates with obcm
    • Renewing Certificates in Automated Certificate Provisioning Mode
    • Renewing Certificates in Manual Certificate Provisioning Mode
    • Renewing Certificates in Automated Certificate Provisioning Mode on Earlier Versions of Oracle Secure Backup
    • Renewing Certificates in Manual Provisioning Mode on Earlier Versions of Oracle Secure Backup
    • Manually Authenticating Hosts After Certificate Renewal
    • Exporting Signed Certificates
    • Importing Signed Certificate Chains
• A Oracle Secure Backup Directories and Files
  • Oracle Secure Backup Home Directory
  • Administrative Server Directories and Files
  • Media Server Directories and Files
  • Client Host Directories and Files
• B Determining Linux SCSI Parameters
  • Determining SCSI Device Parameters on Linux
• C Oracle Secure Backup and ACSLS
  • About ACSLS
  • ACSLS and Oracle Secure Backup
  • Communicating with ACSLS
  • Drive Association
  • Volume Loading and Unloading
  • Imports and Exports
  • Access Controls
  • Scratch Pool Management
  • Modified Oracle Secure Backup Commands
  • Unsupported Oracle Secure Backup Commands
  • Installation and Configuration
• D Oracle Secure Backup and Reliable Datagram Socket (RDS)
  • Overview of Reliable Datagram Socket (RDS)
  • Using Reliable Datagram Socket (RDS) Protocol over Infiniband for Data Transfer in Oracle Secure Backup
    • Enabling RDS for Interhost Communication
• Glossary
• Index