Safe online backup?

i'm planning to use an online backup service (Carbonite) but i'm afraid to backup sensitive data. where do i find the files that contain website username and password information?
and here's a paranoid question: i can choose not to backup certain files, but how can i be sure they are not being copied against my knowledge?...
thaks!!!

I do not trust any sort of on-line backup services and use a combination of daily and weekly backups on several external Hard Drives.
I manually update a daily backup drive any time I add new file's, but Time Machine also works well for those that want something more automatic. I also keep two other backup drives that are Bootable Clones and rotate them weekly in and out of the fire safe.
Have a look at > My backup plan: Dan Frakes | Macworld it's a couple of years old, but still very informative.
I'm not sure exactly what Carbonite cost per year, but you should first weight that cost versus buying a couple of External Hard Drives over the period of a year or two.

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Online Backup, is it SAFE?

I just signed up with one of the better online backup services, and my files are already flying thru the internet as we speak... But then I started thinking, is this thing SAFE?.......

mynameismyname wrote:
I do back up every night using Time Machine. But I'm saying for $5/month it's worth to have a BACK-UP OF A BACK UP,
Do not "back up your back ups". Create redundant backups of your systems.
It seems you want to justify your decision to use a backup subscription service. In that case you already made up your mind and are seeking reassurance, not an answer to your question.
Reassurance that backups stored in a manner that you do not control are guaranteed to remain secure from loss or theft cannot be responsibly provided by anyone... unless the answer is "no".

OT: New - Free Online Backup for OS X

Just found this and thought it might be of interest to some (I think I remember WA asking about online backup). I've done no reading myself, so I don't know what their limits are (Size/Bandwidth/etc),but here's what I found:
Clunk Click has launched an online data backup service for Mac OS X users to provide a simple, safe, and affordable means to protect data. OnLine Pro automatically backs up data to secure offsite data centers over the internet every day, according to Clunk Clink. "Mac users have been frustrated by the lack of choice in protecting their data," said Paul Roberts, managing director of Clunk Clink. "We now offer a secure service that will simplify the backup process, giving mirrored offsite backup and storage without the need for additional hardware or backup media. This presents a huge advantage for Mac users over current methods." OnLine Pro backup pricing was unavailable.
http://www.clunkclick.net/online_pro.html
(Oh, and needless to say, I have no affiliation with them)

Hi,
As someone who is constantly searching for reasonably priced "remote" storage of my files, I was interested in finding out more about the ClunkClick service. Upon visiting the web site I was unable to find any pricing info, so I sent the following email.
To: [email protected]
Subject: Mac Free Trial
Greetings,
A Mac free trial is great. Not finding pricing for after the free
trial is not so great. Please provide me with pricing info. TYVM.
Frank
I received a response with an hour. Here it is:
=======================
Subject:
RE: Mac Free Trial
Hi Frank,
The base service is priced at £5/licence and then £5/GB. All pricing is monthly and subject to 17.5% UK VAT. We have some flexibility on the GB price for larger storage commitment.
Kind regards,
Jeremy Keane
=======================
At today's exchange rates, that's $9.54 for a license and $9.54 per GB per month. I didn't even figure in the whopping 17.5% UK VAT. OUCH!!! Even if I were to only back-up my most important files, at around 25 GB, that would be $238 PER MONTH. There are dedicated-server, web-hosting plans out there that offer 160 GB of disk space for $99 per month.
Seeing as how I back-up (incrementally) over 75 GB daily, from my 400 GB of data, I just don't see this as a viable option for most "average" users. I bought myself an 80 GB SmartDisk FireLite Drive for around $80, new, on eBay. This unit actually does fit in your shirt pocket. I partitioned a boot drive and 3 other partitions containing various important files. I use SuperDuper as my BU app. Before leaving the house I do an incremental BU of all partitions. That rarely takes more than 5 minutes. I then head out with the drive in my pocket and never worry about being burglarized or the house burning down. If something were to happen, my drive contains every app and file I need to sit at another machine and not skip a beat.
I guess these services may be attractive to some people, but I believe most would benefit from a solution similar to the one I have outlined, or, for smaller GB requirements, a single or dual-layer DVD burning scenario.
Just my 2¢.
Regards,
Frank
P.S. Hate the name. Where I come from "clunk" means "just died!" Not a good choice for a secure BU service.
If you're serious about backing-up - at 15¢ a GB - go here: http://www.jungledisk.com/

How does recovery work after an online backup

Hello,
While trying to conceptually understand how backup and recovery works, I came accross a question concerning hot (online) backup.
This is a conceptual question (I am trying to understand how things work), it is not a "how should I proceed/ what should I do step by step" question.
As far as I understand, an online backup of a tablespace can be performed by copying the OS files making up a tablespace while the database is up and being used (i.e. transactions are modifying data in the database). Before the copying of the OS files starts, the Oracle RDMS must be notified that an online backup is being taken via "ALTER...BEGIN BACKUP" (such that some additional information is written to the Redo Log, which may be required for subsequent recovery using the online backup). During recovery the Oracle RDBMS uses the copies of the OS files together with the online and archived redo logs in order to reconstruct all committed transactions and it further uses the UNDO tablespace to rollback open (uncommitted) transactions.
Thinking about this, it seems to me, that in order for this to work in all possible scenarios the undo information from the time the backup was taken may be required. Therefore backup of the UNDO tablespace should be taken as well (see the explanation for this assumption below). However browsing the internet (including the Oracle online documentation) I did not find any statements concerning the backup of the UNDO tablespace when an online backup is taken. Moreover I couldn't figure out when exactly such a backup of the UNDO tablespace must be done, to ensure that the database can be recovered in all scenarios.
I believe that undo information from the time the hot backup was taken may be required e.g. in the following scenario:
Assume we are taking a hot backup of a given tablespace, i.e. we are copying all OS files that make up this tablespace, while the database is potentially being used. Let D1 be one of the datafiles in our tablespace and let transaction T1 modify datafile D1. Let transaction T1 further be uncommitted while the copy of datafile D1 is being made and let (at least some of) the changes from T1 be included in the backup copy D1' of D1 (because DBWR has already written the modified blocks at the time they were being copied to the backup). Let transaction T1 be rolled back after the copy is completed. D1' will thus contain modifications from T1, while D1 will not.
Now some time later the datafile D1 is lost. When recovering D1 from the copy D1', the (archived) redo logs will be applied to D1'. Before that, transaction T1 should be rolled back in the copy D1', because modifications from T1 must not appear in the recovered version of the database.
I do however not understand, where the information to rollback transaction T1 exactly comes from. It may still be in the current UNDO tablespace. I do however assume that rollback information is not kept in the UNDO tablespace forever. I see three possible answers to this
(a) There are some requirements which I missed so far to backup the UNDO tablespace whenever a hot backup is made.
(b) Since the Oracle "RDBMS" has to be notified that an online backup is being done, it might store all relevant undo information (e.g. write it to the redo log) when the tablespace is put in backup mode.
(c) There are situations when recovery is not possible due to "missing old UNDO information".
Answer (b) seems the most plausible to me. I did however not find any confirmation of this and if (b) really is the answer, I would be interested to understand what information is stored where by the Oracle RDMBS and how it is used for recovery.
To summarize I have the following questions:
(I) Is there any requirement to backup the UNDO tablespace together with an online backup of a tablespace, and if so, where is this stated in the Oracle documentation?
(II) What mechanisms ensure that uncommitted transactions can be cleared from the online copy of a tablespace (potentially a long time after the copy was taken)?
(III) Do you know any links (Oracle documentation or other online resources) explaining these datails?
Thank you for any hints and answers
kind regards
Martin

Its a highly technical question and I can be completely wrong due to my very less knowledge but I would attempt to answer still. Hope I say something sensible so bear with me.
As far as I understand, an online backup of a tablespace can be performed by copying the OS files making up a tablespace while the database is up and being used (i.e. transactions are modifying data in the database).Correct. But it would depend on the tool you are going to use to do so.Using o/s level commands like CP and all would require you to manually copy the files to the backup location. Using RMAN, it would be lot easier and RMAN would take care of everything.
Before the copying of the OS files starts, the Oracle RDMS must be notified that an online backup is being taken via "ALTER...BEGIN BACKUP" (such that some additional information is written to the Redo Log, which may be required for subsequent recovery using the online backup). Again, this is a requirement only in the case of user-managed backup . In that case, because of the fractured block issue , its important that the corresponding older information/image of the buffer is also copied in the redo stream and that's done when the begin backup command is used. Using RMAN, this is not needed as RMAN can read the consistent image which it would store in the backup piece, exactly in the same way in which select request is fulfilled by oracle for a dirty buffer which is yet to be made consistent.
During recovery the Oracle RDBMS uses the copies of the OS files together with the online and archived redo logs in order to reconstruct all committed transactions and it further uses the UNDO tablespace to rollback open (uncommitted) transactions.Correct!
Thinking about this, it seems to me, that in order for this to work in all possible scenarios the undo information from the time the backup was >taken may be required. Therefore backup of the UNDO tablespace should be taken as well (see the explanation for this assumption below). >However browsing the internet (including the Oracle online documentation) I did not find any statements concerning the backup of the UNDO >tablespace when an online backup is taken. Moreover I couldn't figure out when exactly such a backup of the UNDO tablespace must be done, to >ensure that the database can be recovered in all scenarios.The reason that its not a must to do so is that if the transaction is yet active, there is no way that Oracle would overwrite the Undo information of it, even if you may come after 100 years, it would be there. The Undo segment would mark those blocks as active undo blockswhich contains the information of that transaction whose status within the transacton table of that undo segment is still marked as active. So its there all the time in the undo tablespace. Now, for an instance, let's assume that the undo is not there as well( it would be but let's assume), the changes made to the undo segment's blocks are also recored in the redo as its just a change happening to any other segment like EMP,DEPT except with the difference that its not done by you but by oracle. So using that information, in the future , if there would be a need to replay those changes, necessary information to do so can be brought up from the redo blocks stored in the redo/archive logs. Yes, if there would be pending transactions that would require Undo information to get them rolled back and you have lost Undo tablespace and have no backup of it , you wont be able to bring back the database as it would be inconsistent and oracle would not let you to do it. In that case, you may require to use hacks to get it up and that would be really tricky situation.
(I) Is there any requirement to backup the UNDO tablespace together with an online backup of a tablespace, and if so, where is this stated in the Oracle documentation?As I said above, it must be there if you are anticipating loss of Undo tablespace. If you have lost it, you would need a backup and all the archive logs and redo logs to recover and get it back to the point where the current database is . Rest, oracle would take care as it would reapply the redo contents of the undo segments over the undo segment and get it consitent.
(II) What mechanisms ensure that uncommitted transactions can be cleared from the online copy of a tablespace (potentially a long time after the copy was taken)?As I said , pending transaction's undo is never overwritten by Oracle. Its always kept and marked as active undo . Only a transaction end would make it elgible to get overwritten and that too won't happen immediately(undo_retention would kick in) .
(III) Do you know any links (Oracle documentation or other online resources) explaining these datails?I have to see if its there some where step by step mentioned and I shall update the reply once I shall find the link. Hoep someone else in the meantime finds it .
HTH
Aman....

Open resetlogs is not working when creating clone db with online backup

Hi All,
I am trying to create a clone database using hot backup of a database .
STEPS THAT I FOLLOWED
LET ----- >CURRENT_DB NAME=DEV
CLONE DATABASE NAME=DEVCLONE
steps PERFORMED FORM DEV DB
- put the database in backup mode using 'alter database begin backup'
- copy all the data files to a different folder
- during copy i have performed some operations on the DB (creating users, tables, dmls etc...)
- in between copying i also performed log switch
- after completion of copy , "alter database end backup"
- created a backup control file in a human readable format (alter database backup controlfile to trace as ........)
steps performed for clone DB side ((DEVCLONE)
- created a parameter file for the database .
- modified the backup control file so that it will point to the location of copied destination of datafiles
- set the ORACLE_SID
- then 'sqlplus / as sysdba
- starup nomount
- run the modified control file ( created a control file for the clone database)
- recover the database using "recover database using backup controlfile"
I have provided the archive files that it was asking for (archive logs that has been generated in DEV DB)
then i canceled the recovery by typing "cancel"
- recover database using backup controlfile until cancel;
then typed "cancel"
- then try to open the database with open resetlogs but it showed below error
alter database open resetlogs
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01195: online backup of file 1 needs more recovery to be consistent
ORA-01110: data file 1: 'D:\DATA_GUARD\DEVHOT\SYSTEM01.DBF'
please help me on this ......
Thanks

Thanks , now i am able to open the DB in open reset logs mode .
Previously , when i had not taken the archive log after "alter database end backup" , i was not able to open the db with open resetlogs because the
fuzzy status of all the datafile headers were YES .
But after taking the archive log that got generated after "alter database end backup" and applying it on the clone db(Created with HOT backup ) the datafile_header status got changed from YES to NO .
So for that i am able to open the clone db with open resetlogs .
Can you please help me with a small description why this is happening ?
Thanks.......

Database open fails after online backup recovery

Hi Friends
We are trying to set up an additional server using the online backup of our DEV server. We have been following SAP Note 549828 for the same. Having restored the online backup, the open database failed.
To resolve the same, in accordance to SAP Note 549828, we created a backup control file with success using the command
create controlfile reuse set database DEV resetlogs noarchivelog
However on issuance of the command
RECOVER DATABASE USING BACKUP CONTROLFILE UNTIL CANCEL
we run into an error as to
ORA-00279: change 794638222 generated at 10/25/2007 12:43:20 needed for thread 1
ORA-00289: suggestion : /oracle/DEV/oraarch/DEVarch1_9766.dbf
ORA-00280: change 794638222 for thread 1 is in sequence #9766
Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}
ORA-00308: cannot open archived log '/oracle/DEV/oraarch/DEVarch1_9766.dbf'
ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
SVR4 Error: 2: No such file or directory
Additional information: 3
ORA-01547: warning: RECOVER succeeded but OPEN RESETLOGS would get error below
ORA-01194: file 1 needs more recovery to be consistent
ORA-01110: data file 1: '/oracle/DEV/sapdata1/system_1/system.data1'
We even manually copied the file system.data1 from the source to the target server but to no avail.
Also the SQL command
SELECT FILE#, CHANGE# FROM V$RECOVER_FILE
displays a different change# for system.data1 while it is showing same number for all other datafiles.
Please advice at the earliest as we are struck. Points awaiting their master.
Regards
Lokesh Gupta

Some inputs addition to Erics comments
The problem is you dont have archives ie Offline redo logfiles in correct location.
/oracle/DEV/oraarch/DEVarch1_9766.dbf Here DEVarch1_9766 is archive file which is misssing from location /oracle/DEV/oraarch. To recover DB you need Archives generated during hot backup.
Generally these steps willl give you desired result.
select * from v$logfile;
We normally switch the log files to the number of log groups that exist
alter system switch logfile;
create a Backup directory to hold our hot back datafiles and Archives
When the backup is complete check the backup location to see if all the files are available. We could now either FTP the same to the other system or copy over these files to another location in case of cloning on the same system.
Copy over all the files to their respective filesystems and directories and then edit the file that was created using the backup controlfile to trace. Copy that file to the remote system and edit it accordingly.
check that all the files are in the right location and edit that information in the control file
Once the controlfile is run successfully and you get the statement processed, we can start applying the archive logs that we have moved to the archive log destination directory as per the init<sid>.ora file.
do a recover of the database to its consistent state
recover database using backup controlfile until cancel;
The create control file command only changes the structure of the database and the SID name, the header of the datafiles still hold all the required information. The above command would ask you to input the archive log file names one by one to do recovery or you could choose the AUTO option. Once the recovery process is complete, open the database with the resetlogs option
Regards
Vinod

Getting error while running script for online backup

Hi,
I am running a script for online backup but ended up with an the below error.
*ERROR* [Backup Worker Thread] com.day.crx.core.backup.Backup Failed to create temporary directory
Please help out in resolving this.
Thanks in Advnace.
Maheswar

Hi mahesh,
If you are using backup feature from crx console, I mean http://localhost:4502/crx/config/backup.jsp I can say that we had also some problems with this functionalities.
First off all what you need to check are the permissions, because when you check a source code there is line which creates a File object using a path specified by you to make a backup of repository.
File targetDir = new File(req.getParameter("targetDir", listDir.getParentFile().getAbsolutePath()));
You need to have sure that the proper read write access has been granted for this path.
Another issue is that maybe there was already prepared some hotfix if you are using CQ5.4. Please refer to the following link:
http://dev.day.com/content/kb/home/Crx/CrxSystemAdministration/CRXOnlineBackup.html
and also to this one:
http://dev.day.com/content/docs/en/crx/current/release_notes/overview.html which contains a hotfix number #34797 which was applied to backup.jsp file.
Regards,
kasq

Problem in new database creation with the help of online backup

Dear dba's
i am using oracle 11gR2 database in windows server 2003. database is running in ARCHIVE LOG mode.
i have taken an online backup of all datafile,controlfile and spfile.Then i crated folders in all the locations as required for new database.
then i registerd the service of new database named as 'newdb' by
oradim -NEW -SID newdb
then i created a password file manually in 'oracle_home\database' location.
i created a new contolfile named as controlfile_01.ctl. the content of controlfile as follows
STARTUP NOMOUNT
CREATE CONTROLFILE SET DATABASE "NEWDB" NORESETLOGS ARCHIVELOG
MAXLOGFILES 16
MAXLOGMEMBERS 3
MAXDATAFILES 100
MAXINSTANCES 8
MAXLOGHISTORY 292
LOGFILE
GROUP 1 (
'D:\APP\ADMINISTRATOR\ORADATA\NEWDB\ONLINELOG\O1_MF_1_7FK0XG7B_.LOG',
'D:\APP\ADMINISTRATOR\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\NEWDB\ONLINELOG\O1_MF_1_7FK0XHWB_.LOG'
) SIZE 50M,
GROUP 2 (
'D:\APP\ADMINISTRATOR\ORADATA\NEWDB\ONLINELOG\O1_MF_2_7FK0XKB8_.LOG',
'D:\APP\ADMINISTRATOR\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\NEWDB\ONLINELOG\O1_MF_2_7FK0XM0Z_.LOG'
) SIZE 50M,
GROUP 3 (
'D:\APP\ADMINISTRATOR\ORADATA\NEWDB\ONLINELOG\O1_MF_3_7FK0XNOZ_.LOG',
'D:\APP\ADMINISTRATOR\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\NEWDB\ONLINELOG\O1_MF_3_7FK0XOWB_.LOG'
) SIZE 50M
DATAFILE
'D:\APP\ADMINISTRATOR\ORADATA\NEWDB\DATAFILE\O1_MF_SYSTEM_7FK0SKN0_.DBF',
'D:\APP\ADMINISTRATOR\ORADATA\NEWDB\DATAFILE\O1_MF_SYSAUX_7FK0SKPG_.DBF',
'D:\APP\ADMINISTRATOR\ORADATA\NEWDB\DATAFILE\O1_MF_UNDOTBS1_7FK0SKTC_.DBF',
'D:\APP\ADMINISTRATOR\ORADATA\NEWDB\DATAFILE\O1_MF_USERS_7FK0SKWB_.DBF',
'D:\APP\ADMINISTRATOR\ORADATA\NEWDB\DATAFILE\O1_MF_EXAMPLE_7FK0Z5LK_.DBF',
'D:\APP\ADMINISTRATOR\ORADATA\NEWDB\MARSH.DBF',
'D:\APP\ADMINISTRATOR\ORADATA\NEWDB\JOMARSH.DBF'
CHARACTER SET AL32UTF8
the control file path was registered in pfile also.
then i brought the database to nomount stage.
the problem is when i try to mount database it shows following error. anyone can help me to over come from this issue????????
SQL> startup pfile='D:\app\Administrator\product\11.1.0\db_1\database\INITnewdb.ora' nomount;
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 535662592 bytes
Fixed Size 1334380 bytes
Variable Size 301990804 bytes
Database Buffers 226492416 bytes
Redo Buffers 5844992 bytes
SQL> ALTER DATABASE MOUNT;
ALTER DATABASE MOUNT
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00205: error in identifying control file, check alert log for more info
the alert massage is:
ORA-00210: cannot open the specified control file
ORA-00202: control file: 'D:\APP\ADMINISTRATOR\ORADATA\NEWDB\CONTROLFILE\CONTROLFILE_01.CTL'
ORA-27048: skgfifi: file header information is invalid
OSD-04001: invalid logical block size (OS 1413563730)
Fri Dec 09 13:11:59 2011
Checker run found 1 new persistent data failures
ORA-205 signalled during: ALTER DATABASE MOUNT...
Thanks & Regards,
John Marshal.A

Hi;
Error: ORA 205
Text: error in identifying control file <name>
Cause: The system could not find a control file of the specified name and
size.
Action: Either
Check that the proper control filename is referenced in the
CONTROL_FILES initialization parameter in the initialization parameter
file and try again.
When using mirrored control files, that is, more than one control file
is referenced in the initialization parameter file, remove the control
filename listed in the message from the initialization parameter file
and restart the instance.
If the message does not recur, remove the problem control file from
the initialization parameter file and create another copy of the
control file with a new filename in the initialization parameter file.
Regard
Helios

Online Backup of supported Linux VM on Hyper-V 2012 R2 / SC DPM 2012 R2

Hi,
I'm trying to set up a lab environment:
Win 2012 R2 with Hyper-V
running 2 Linux Machines:
Linux2 - CentOS 6.4 with manually installed Linux Integration services 3.4
Linux3 - CentOS 6.4 without LIS (should be already included in CentOS)
Another machine running Win 2012 R2 Server with SC DPM 2012 R2
but both VMs show as "Offline" when trying to back them up via DPM. Tried local Windows Server Backup with the same result.
I am able to backup the VMs "offline" (pausing the VM, taking snapshot, resume VM) but according to MS, SC DPM 2012 R2 should be able to do Online backups for supported Linux VMs (http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2013/07/24/enabling-linux-support-on-windows-server-2012-r2-hyper-v.aspx)
The only things in the EventLog are these:
A storage device in 'Linux3' loaded but has a different version from the server. Server version 6.0 Client version 4.2 (Virtual machine ID 4F5CDDD8-B855-41CF-83B2-772C1B99090D). The device will work, but this is an unsupported configuration.
This means that technical support will not be provided until this problem is resolved. To fix this problem, upgrade the integration services. To upgrade, connect to the virtual machine and select Insert Integration Services Setup Disk from the Action menu.
Any Ideas ?
Thanks

Hi,
That list would need to come from the Windows hyper-v group, they are responsible with adding the feature to the integration components for various Linux OSes. DPM just backs up whatever the hyper-V writer presents to us, if the guest supports
online, we back it up online, if not hyper-V saves the guest before the VSS snapshot is taken and DPM takes the backup from the saved state.
NEW NOTE ADDED 1-29-14: Windows group just released “Linux Integration Services Version 3.5 for Hyper-V”. The
document mentions that some versions of Red Hat and CentOS are now
supported to do online backup.
Live virtual machine backup support
======================
RHEL/CentOS 6.0-6.3
RHEL/CentOS 5.7-5.8
RHEL/CentOS 5.5-5.6
ADDTL NOTES: If there are open file handles during a live virtual machine backup operation, the backed-up virtual hard disks (VHDs) might have to undergo a file system consistency check (fsck) when restored.
Live backup operations can fail silently if the virtual machine has an attached iSCSI device or a physical disk that is directly attached to a virtual machine (“pass-through disk”).
Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. Regards, Mike J. [MSFT] This
posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Can't access online backup and sharing web site

Does anyone know how to access the Online Backup and Sharing web site from a computer that does not have the O/B/S software installed? I used to be able to go to My Verizon/My Services/Internet and hit "Launch" for O/B/S, and the link would go directly to the web site for uploading or downloading material. Now, that link takes me to a Verizon page that asks to activate the O/B/S service, and wants to download the software. My O/B/S service was activated years ago and has worked until recently without the software installed. There is no other obvious way to get to the O/B/S web site. (If it matters, I tried this in both IE 9, with Windows 7 64-bit, and Safari.)
After some effort, I got the help number for the outside vendor that runs the O/B/S service. They say that the Verizon web site should link directly to their O/B/S web site, regardless of whether or not the O/B/S software is installed locally, but that the failure to do so is entirely an error of Verizon's on the Verizon web site and they have nothing to do with it. They also said there is no way to bypass the Verizon web site to get to a Verizon O/B/S account on their web site. They said they have received many complaints about this from Verizon O/B/S customers, and that the same problem has even arisen when the O/B/S software is installed on the local computer.
So does anyone know if it is really necessary to install the O/B/S software on any computer used to access O/B/S, and if it is now impossible to access the material from any other computer? That would be a major reduction in the usefulness of the service that was not announced anywhere that I know of. I saw a strong of comments on this issue in the Forums from a few years ago, but the conclusion was that the problem had been fixed. It seems to have arisen again.

Anthony, I tried to private message you several times, but I kept getting an error message stating that my message had invalid HTML that was being removed, and to resend. It did not actually have any HTML, and hitting the resend button just led to the same message.
Also, since my last post, I downloaded the OBS software onto my computer. This gave me access to OBS from that computer. However, even after doing this, I cannot use the old method of directly getting to the OBS web site from My Verizon. The link from "Launch" does not work either on the computer with the OBS software or on any other computer. Rather, the link goes only to the Verizon page saying that my OBS service has not been activated (which it surely has been) and asking to download the OBS software.
If this is happening to everyone and not just to me, this means that material stored on OBS is only available from a computer that has the OBS software downloaded on it. That is certainly not supposed to be the case, and it would make OBS much less useful.
Again, the OBS technical people said that this was a problem that they knew about, but it was entirely a problem with the Verizon web site that they could not do anything about.

Online Backup Failed from DB13, brbackup runs on application server

Hi Everone,
I am getting problem when i am scheduling Online Backup from DB13 t-code.
Backup gets failed because logical command BRBACKUP execute on our Application server host rather than DBCI server host.
I have pest the lob logs below:
Job started
Step 001 started (program RSDBAJOB, variant &0000000000389, user ID BASIS)
Execute logical command BRBACKUP On host xyzapp - (Application server)
Parameters:-u / -jid ALLOG20110824210000 -c force -t online -m all -p initSEP.sap -a -c force -p initSEP.sap -s
d
BR0051I BRBACKUP 7.00 (40)
BR0252E Function fopen() failed for '/oracle/client/10x_64/instantclient/dbs/initSEP.sap' at location BrInitSapRead-1
BR0253E errno 2: No such file or directory
BR0159E Error reading BR*Tools profile /oracle/client/10x_64/instantclient/dbs/initSEP.sap
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2011-09-02 21.01.09
BR0301E SQL error -12545 at location BrDbConnect-2, SQL statement:
'CONNECT /'
ORA-12545: Connect failed because target host or object does not exist
BR0310E Connect to database instance SEP failed
BR0056I End of database backup: begroqyn.log 2011-09-02 21.01.09
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2011-09-02 21.01.09
BR0054I BRBACKUP terminated with errors
External program terminated with exit code 3
BRBACKUP returned error status E
Job finished
Please help.
Thanks,
Ocean

Hello
The previous contributor is correct, the profile is usually read from ORACLE_HOME. I have never seen this error linking to the Oracle client directory, please double check the following
Ensure that your envirionment variables are correctly set ORACLE_HOME, DIR_LIBRARY
Brtools are always installed on the DB server and can be called from any application server. if you are scheduling from DB13 on the application server, what is the connection setup? RSH, RFC, standalone gateway?
If using a standalone gateway, it must be installed on the DB server, please refer to oss notes #446172, #1025707
Best Regards
Rachel

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Just understand it gets pretty expensive after you exceed the free space. 2-5 GBs isn't much space.
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For some people Time Machine will be more than adequate. Time Machine is part of OS X. There are two components:
1. A Time Machine preferences panel as part of System Preferences;
2. A Time Machine application located in the Applications folder. It is
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3. Time Machine requires a backup drive that is at least double the
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1. Carbon Copy Cloner
2. Get Backup
3. Deja Vu
4. SuperDuper!
5. Synk Pro
6. Tri-Backup
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Although you can buy a complete external drive system, you can also put one together if you are so inclined. It's relatively easy and only requires a Phillips head screwdriver (typically.) You can purchase hard drives separately. This gives you an opportunity to shop for the best prices on a hard drive of your choice. Reliable brands include Seagate, Hitachi, Western Digital, Toshiba, and Fujitsu. You can find reviews and benchmarks on many drives at Storage Review.
Enclosures for FireWire and USB are readily available. You can find only FireWire enclosures, only USB enclosures, and enclosures that feature multiple ports. I would stress getting enclosures that use the Oxford chipsets especially for Firewire drives (911, 921, 922, for example.) You can find enclosures at places such as;
1. Cool Drives
2. OWC
3. WiebeTech
4. Firewire Direct
5. California Drives
6. NewEgg
All you need do is remove a case cover, mount the hard drive in the enclosure and connect the cables, then re-attach the case cover. Usually the only tool required is a small or medium Phillips screwdriver.

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I am having trouble with the restore part of my Online Backup and Sharing. Whether I select specific files or a folder, the history shows that the backup was successful, but when I try to find it in the list of files that can be restored, the files that I want are not there.
I can see the structure of folders and sub-folders, but the specific files are not anywhere in my restore list.
Also, there seems to be two different structures with some of my folders in one and some in another with some redundancy. Neither is complete.
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There is a specialized team who troubleshoots issues with the backup and sharing program.
A dedicated internal phone number (866-770-6800) has been provided for hand-offs to the VOL Backup & Sharing Technician.
Hours of Operation are Mon - Sat 7am - 11pm EST.
After hours the customer will be asked to leave a message and someone from VOBS support will return their call during business hours.
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I have installed the Online Backup program (4.0) and, when started, the main window has no scroll bars and cannot be resized. Yet you see content, such as backup scheduling, continues further down the page. You can't get to the rest of the window due to the lack of a scroll bar. OS is Windows 7. Any idea of how to fix? Should I reinstall? Is there a newer version than 4.0?
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