Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Daemon Name
Description
Web server daemon
This daemon provides the web interface to OSB for administra-
tive purposes. It runs only on the administrative server.
NDMP daemon
This daemon provides communication services between the dif-
ferent hosts in the domain.
Robot daemon
This daemon provides tape manipulation services to OSB.
Proxy daemon
This daemon runs on clients to validate user access.
OSB Accounts
Two different account types are associated with OSB:
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OSB user accounts
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Operating system accounts
The accounts associated with OSB itself provide access to the OSB interface, allowing
you to schedule backups and restores, execute these functions on demand, and execute a
number of other functions.
Operating system accounts are used to locate OSB-related software, run the OSB programs,
and perform other OSB-related activities. Operating system accounts and OSB accounts are
considered to be in different namespaces; thus, an OSB user account and an OSB operating
system account can have the same name or different names.
OSB Security
OSB security is managed by OSB classes and OSB rights. An OSB class is created and
then assigned OSB rights. Users are then assigned to those OSB classes. You can assign
more than one OSB class to a given user, so you can have a hierarchy of OSB rights—
perhaps one for backups, one for restores, and another for administrative purposes.
Installing and Configuring OSB
Installing OSB is not difficult. First, you must make sure that the proposed OSB domain
conforms to certain requirements. Next, you install OSB. Finally, you configure OSB. You
can then use OSB to perform backups.
We'll look at these three steps in installing and configuring OSB in more detail.
OSB comes with an optional OSB cloud module, which provides the ability to do OSB
backups to the cloud (such as Amazon cloud services). You will need to download the
OSB cloud module separately from Oracle.
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