Oracle Secure Backup User Manual

Creating Attach Points with makedev
Installing Oracle Secure Backup on Linux or UNIX 2-13
Identifying and Configuring AIX Devices
To access SCSI or Fibre Channel tape devices, Oracle Secure Backup requires the
following identifying information about how the devices are attached to their hosts:
■ SCSI bus name
■ Target ID
■ LUN
This information may not be readily available for all attached devices using standard
operating system commands.
Identifying and Configuring AIX Devices in a Switched Fibre Channel Configuration
If you use Fibre Channel tape and media changer devices in a switched environment
on AIX, you can use the standalone tool obscan to assist with gathering device
information. The SCSI ID and LUN are required to correctly configure the devices for
use by Oracle Secure Backup.
The obscan tool is provided as an optional tool for device identification in AIX
environments. The obscan executable is located in the cdtools directory of the
Oracle Secure Backup CD or CD image. The syntax is as follows, where dname is
the device file name of the SCSI bus or Fibre Channel fabric to scan:
obscan dname
The obscan tool determines the SCSI ID and LUN for every tape and media changer
device in a switched configuration.
To identify and configure AIX devices with obscan and makedev:
1. Log on as root.
You must have operating system privileges to access devices, which is often root
access, to run obscan.
2. Run obscan for each SCSI and Fibre Channel adapter with tape devices to be
used by
Oracle Secure Backup.
In the following example, obscan gathers information about the tape devices
connected to the SCSI bus identified by the device file /dev/scsi2:
Table 2–3 Information Required by makedev
Platform Linux HP-UX AIX
Oracle Secure Backup LUN
1
1
Do not confuse the Oracle Secure Backup logical unit number with the
SCSI LUN.
xxx
Device type x x x
Host bus adapter x x
SCSI bus address x x
SCSI bus name-instance x x x
Target ID x x x
SCSI LUN x x x
See Also: Oracle Secure Backup Reference for makedev syntax

Oracle Secure Backup Specifications

General

Compression	Yes
Tape Library Support	Yes
Web Interface	Yes
Command Line Interface	Yes
Scheduling	Yes
Reporting	Yes
Role-Based Access Control	Yes
NDMP Support	Yes
Virtual Tape Library Support	Yes
Operating Systems Supported	Linux, Windows, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX
Backup Methods	Full, Incremental, Differential
Media Support	Tape, Disk
Database Support	Oracle Database
Encryption	AES 256-bit
Centralized Management	Yes
Cloud Integration	Oracle Cloud