Oracle provided MMV "Oracle Secure Backup" in 10gR2

I have been reading in oracle paper 1261 titled "Oracle's Vision For High Availability Revealed" that Oracle version 10gR2 contains an Oracle provided MMV fully integrated with RMAN. However I have installed 10gR2 Enterprise and can not find any documentation or reference in this version of such a feature. Does anyone have any additional knowledge on this feature? Is it in 10gR2?

According to one article OSB should ship Q1 2006.
It's too bad 10.2 desupported the integrated Legato Single Server, but did not ship with OSB. I'm currently using OS tools to get tape backups.

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Looking at the Dell website I would say that this unit is not a tape autoloader or library, it is just an enclosure that holds up to two drives. From our sg output I would say you have a single drive and that is what is being seen by the OS (and therefore OSB). I don't think there is any other mechanics to automatically load/unload tapes from the drive, so it is effectively a standalone drive.
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Hi-- could you please describe your administrative domain?
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hi!
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Device type: library (virtual)
Model: [none]
Serial number: 82206a7c
In service: yes
Debug mode: no
Barcode reader: default (hardware-selected)
Barcodes required: no
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Min writable volumes: 0
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Max blocking factor: (default)
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The configuration you have described is not supported. If you want to use a VTL you will need to purchase one from a supported VTL supplier.
OSB does not provide its own VTL.
Rich

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