1 Oracle Secure Backup Product Family

Introducing the Oracle Secure Backup Product Family

Oracle Secure Backup provides tape backup management for the entire Oracle environment. You can use Oracle Secure Backup to back up Oracle databases and host file systems to tape through direct-attached or network-attached tape drives. Oracle Secure Backup provides centralized management and control over backup and restore operations.

Oracle Secure Backup is available in the following forms, each suitable for different development and deployment scenarios.

Oracle Secure Backup For environments that consist of many servers, Oracle Secure Backup offers high performance data protection from server to tape. This protection is crucial for local and offsite storage of business-critical data.

Oracle Secure Backup Express For environments that consist of a single server, Oracle Secure Backup Express offers the same tape backup functionality as Oracle Secure Backup, but is limited to a single host with one direct-attached tape drive. As shown in Table 1-1, Oracle Secure Backup Express also has restrictions on some advanced features.

Feature Availability by Product

Table 1-1 lists the features available in Oracle Secure Backup and Oracle Secure Backup Express. This table explains the difference between Oracle Secure Backup and Oracle Secure Backup Express and helps you to determine which deployment is best for your business.

Special-Use Licensing

RMAN Encrypted Backups Recovery Manager provides the ability to encrypt database backups starting with Oracle Database 10g Release 2. The functionality to write an encrypted backup directly from the database to tape requires an Oracle Secure Backup license. Writing encrypted backups to disk requires a license of the Oracle Database Advanced Security Option (ASO) with the relative metric.

Packaging and Support

Oracle Secure Backup Express is bundled with the Oracle Database. Oracle's technical support organization will provide technical support, phone support, or updates to you for Oracle Secure Backup Express when it is used to back up another Oracle Product that has a valid Customer Support Identifier (CSI). For example, if Oracle Secure Backup Express is used to back up an Oracle database that has a valid Customer Support Identifier, then Oracle Support provides technical support for the backup of this database.

Updates and technical support are only provided to customers who maintain technical support services for their Oracle licenses in accordance with Oracle's Technical Support Policies. Oracle Secure Backup is a separately licensed product and is supported in accordance with Oracle's Technical Support Policies.

Legato Storage Manager and Legato Single Server Version

Oracle Secure Backup Express is the replacement product for Legato Storage Manager (LSM) and Legato Single Server Version (LSSV). If you are currently using LSM or LSSV, then you can use Oracle Secure Backup Migration Guide to learn how to migrate these products to Oracle Secure Backup Express.

Oracle Secure Backup Express can back up an Oracle database as well as Oracle home files and other file system data requiring tape protection. Table 1-2 provides a feature comparison for Oracle Secure Backup Express and Legato Single Server Version.