Oracle Secure Backup 10.3

Comprehensive data protection management with enterprise-class features and Oracle database integration

Oracle Secure Backup (OSB) delivers unified data protection for heterogeneous file systems, Network Attached Storage (NAS) and the Oracle database in complex distributed IT environments.  Centrally manage Oracle Secure Backup domains (environments) using a single console and common management interface across the spectrum of servers and NAS devices.

Beyond file system protection, Oracle Secure Backup has built-in Oracle database integration providing optimized backup / restore for the database.  Oracle Secure Backup delivers centralized tape backup management for the entire IT environment:

• Oracle database integration with Recovery Manager (RMAN) supporting versions Oracle9i to Oracle Database 11g
  • Optimized performance achieving 25-40% faster backups than comparable media management utilities with up to 10% less CPU utilization
• File system data protection: UNIX / Windows / Linux servers
• NAS data protection leveraging the Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP)

With a highly scalable client / server architecture, Oracle Secure Backup leverages Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology for secure intra-domain communication and two-way server authentication. Domain-wide data protection operations may be standarized through user-defined policies controling backup / restore, security and media. Policies and day-to-day activities are managed using the OSB web tool, command line or Oracle Enterprise Manager (EM) interface.

Data is the most important business asset.  Oracle Secure Backup delivers comprehensive data protection management with enterprise-class features and Oracle database integration in one, complete solution.  Comparable products separately license advanced features; OSB does not.  Advanced capabilities are inclusive in the Oracle Secure Backup low-cost, per tape drive license simplifying license management without compromising functionality.

Bringing enterprise to the Cloud, the Oracle Secure Backup Cloud module extends database backup from local disk and/or tape to the Cloud (Amazon S3 storage). Oracle database backups to Amazon S3 utilize Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) providing efficient (fast backup compression) and secure (backup encryption) database backup. The Cloud offers a unique strategy for offsite, redundant secondary storage without IT management complexities.

Oracle Secure Backup Express available free with the Oracle Database and Oracle Application products for protecting one server to one attached tape drive. When backup requirements exceed one tape drive, then Oracle Secure Backup Express may be seamlessly upgraded to the fully licensed Oracle Secure Backup edition.

Built-in integration with Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN)
-Supports Oracle9i forward
-Elusive performance optimizations:

• Unused block compression – Backup / read only currently used blocks
• Backup only uncommitted undo – Eliminates backup / read of committed undo
• SBT-buffer allocation optimization reduces CPU utilization

Oracle Enterprise Manager (EM)
- Integrated with EM Database and Grid Control
- Enhanced integration with EM Grid Control 10.2.0.5

• OSB backup domain monitored by EM with alerts and notifications
• Media lifecycle management
• File system backup and restore managment
  • Browse host files selecting files for one-time backup or dataset creation
  • Restore by backup or selected files within a backup
• Media lifecycle management

Vaulting
- Automates rotation of tapes between multiple locations
- Volume reports by location, in transit, exception or missing
- Automated tape migration from Virtual Tape Library (VTL) to physical tape

Duplication
- Automated per user-defined policy or on demand
- Duplicate tapes may have same or different retention and vaulting - schedule as that of the original tapes
- Traditional and server-less tape duplication

Volume management
- Manage tapes individually or as a group
- Update tape location or mark it as “missing”
- Remove tape from the OSB catalog (physically lost tapes)

Dynamic drive sharing
- Tape drives may be shared by multiple servers with OSB dynamically managing any contention between shared resources
- Increases tape drive utilization

Server-less tape duplication
- Provides direct tape duplication between a virtual tape (within a Virtual Tape Library- VTL) and physical tape reducing server overhead during duplication process
- Achieved by leveraging NDMP direct tape copy capabilities of the VTL (refer to OSB Tape Device Matrix) for list of NDMP direct copy qualified VTLs
- The physical tape drives used for server-less duplication from virtual to physical tape may be shared drives (as in Storage Area Networks - SAN) or dedicated to the VTL.

Enterprise tape silo support
- Integrated with Sun StorageTek Automated Cartridge System Library Software (ACSLS)

Backup encryption
- Host-based or hardware encryption options with identical key management for both
- Policy-driven encryption key management
- Transparent (random) or passphrase key generation
- Automated rekey per user-defined policy

Safeguards access of the backup domain
- User-level access control
- Two-way server authenication
- OSB control messages and optionally backup/restore data are encrypted while in transit over the network as part of SSL communication