Steps and Docs - Automated Tape backup for LINUX OS

Hi
Currently we are using ARC7 tape (LTO) backup movement in which the product belong to firm CA for windows. We are not having the license to use it for the LINUX os.
In one of our environment we are planning to set up automated tape backup movement for the LINUX OS. (Database Backups such as RMAN and export) It would be great if you suggest few links or procedural steps to use which tape backups , how to configure, which brand, documents, what all procedural steps etc.
Thanks
SHIYAS M
Edited by: 965652 on Apr 23, 2013 12:12 AM

I suggest to look into Oracle Secure Backup (OSB) or Oracle Secure Backup Express. The later is free.
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E14812_01/doc/doc.103/e12836/toc.htm
http://www.oracle.com/us/products/database/secure-backup/overview/index.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/products/secure-backup/downloads/secbackupexpress-084447.html
There is also a specific forum:
Secure Backup

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Jamie Kinney (guest) wrote:
: I received a copy of this Oracle marketing announcement today:
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: been experiencing tremendous demand on Linux since Oracle8 was
: announced for
: that platform last October. Over 50,000 developers have
: downloaded Oracle8
: for Linux from Oracle Technology Network (OTN) since March,
with
: the first
: 20,000 coming in just the first 10 days! We now have over 800
: paying
: customers with over half the orders coming from enterprise
: accounts and most
: of the remainder orders from mid-sized businesses.
: This week Oracle is announcing the shipping of Oracle8i for
: Linux. Already,
: 20,000 developers have registered for early access. With new
: internet
: technologies like Java and XML built right into Oracle8i for
: Linux, this
: release promises to be the hottest yet.
: Read on for more information about:
: - What are we announcing?
: - What are the key messages?
: - What is the pricing for Oracle8i on Linux?
: - Why does Oracle care about Linux?
: - Who are Oracle's major Linux Partners?
: - Which products are available on Linux?
: - Who is driving the Oracle on Linux effort and what are we
: doing?
: - Where to find more information about Oracle on Linux?
: What are we announcing?
: Oracle is announcing today that it has been receiving extremely
: strong demand
: for its Linux based products over the past quarter and is also
: shipping
: Oracle8i for Linux to manufacturing.
: What are the key messages?
: Linux represents the ultimate commodity operating system -- its
: fast, reliable
: and almost free! Businesses can now spend their time focusing
on
: the higher
: value software they buy to run their businesses (such as
: databases and applications).
: With over 800 customers paying for Oracle on Linux, Linux is
: progressing from
: its roots as a student and developer operating system to a
viable
: deployment
: environment in large business.
: Oracle has the best database on Linux. With over 50,000 people
: using Oracle8
: and over 20,000 people registered through Oracle Technology
: Network (OTN) for
: Oracle8i, Oracle is the overwhelming choice for the Linux
: operating system.
: What is the pricing for Oracle8i on Linux?
: Pricing of Oracle8i on Linux follows the standard Oracle price
: list (see
: http://appsweb.us.oracle.com/amapp/). Linux may be a freeware
: operating
: system, but Oracle on Linux is not free. Oracle does offer
: developer licenses
: through Oracle Technology Network (OTN) which allows developers
: to use Oracle
: software for non-commercial use.
: Why does Oracle care about Linux?
: Linux is hot! It is rapidly becoming the preferred platform
for
: small ISP's
: and is used extensively by many of the internet's largest
portal
: sites. For
: Oracle, Linux is the fastest growing operating system, growing
at
: three times
: that of WindowsNT. Oracle on Linux presents customers a viable
: low-cost, yet
: highly stable alternative to WindowsNT. That said, with 46% of
: the NT market,
: Oracle is also the best selling database on NT!
: Oracle now has over 800 customers on Linux. This statistic
alone
: strongly
: contradicts the common perception that Linux is solely used by
: students and
: developers. Linux has already established a foothold in many
: Fortune 100
: companies and although deployments are still currently small
: compared to NT
: and Solaris, they are accelerating rapidly.
: Which products are available on Linux?
: Currently available on Linux are:
: - Oracle8.0.5 Standard and Enterprise Edition
: - Oracle8i Release 8.1.5
: - Oracle Application Server 4.0.7 (40 Bit)
: - Oracle Application Server 3.0.2 (40 Bit)
: - Oracle WebDB 2.0.5.6.1
: Who are Oracle's major Linux Partners?
: Redhat Software - Linux distributors. Oracle has also made an
: equity
: investment in RedHat. (http://www.redhat.com)
: Caldera System - Linux distributors. Novell spin-off, focus
: primarily on
: enterprise customers. (http://www.caldera.com)
: Turbolinux - Linux distributor. Has a mostly Asia presence.
: (http://www.turbolinux.com)
: VA Linux Systems - Hardware vendor, making Linux systems.
: (http://www.linux.com)
: Linuxcare - Linux support provider. (http://www.linuxcare.com)
: Who is driving the Oracle on Linux effort?
: There are two teams within Oracle working closely to drive the
: Oracle strategy
: and goals on Linux: Internet Platform Marketing and the Linux
SBU
: (Strategic
: Business Unit).
: Where to find more information about Oracle on Linux?
: Internal: http://worldwide-marketing.us.oracle.com/iPlatform
: External: http://platforms.oracle.com/linux
: http://technet.oracle.com
: Email [email protected]
: Contacts: Hongwei Lu ([email protected])
: David Lee ([email protected])
: Press Release
: ORACLE CAPITALIZES ON ENTERPRISE DEMAND FOR LINUX OFFERINGS
WITH
: ANNOUNCEMENT
: OF ORACLE8i ON LINUX
: Early Adopters Programs Draws Nearly 20,000 Developers
: REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., July 19, 1999--Oracle Corporation, the
: number one
: choice for e-business, today announced dramatic growth and
demand
: for Oracle
: on Linux with strong adoption in both enterprise and general
: business markets.
: Oracle also announced the general availability of Oracle8i on
: Linux, after a
: successful early adopter's program.
: Since Oracle Corp. announced Oracle8 on Linux, there have been
: over 50,000
: downloads from Oracle Technology Network
: (http://technet.oracle.com/ ). Now,
: after the announcement of Oracle8i, there have been nearly
20,000
: registrants
: for early access in the first few weeks. Outside the
development
: community,
: Oracle has also seen overwhelming customer adoption with an
: excess of 800
: paying customers today -- over half of these orders from
: enterprise accounts
: and the remainder from small to mid-sized businesses and
: organizations.
: "Until the availability of Oracle database on Linux, we either
: had to rely on
: NT or use one of the shareware database servers available for
: Linux," says
: Jonathan August, President and CEO of Internection, Inc., a
: company providing
: customized Internet services solutions to businesses, including
: web hosting
: and e-commerce solutions. "Neither solution provided us the
: security,
: performance, manageability or reliability required by our
: customers. Oracle
: brings enterprise credibility and robustness to our products.
As
: a result,
: we've gained access to customers ranging from small businesses
to
: Fortune 100
: enterprises like Prudential and Pfizer. Our total revenue
since
: the addition
: of Oracle on Linux has increased by 250%."
: "Oracle on Linux combines enterprise level reliability,
: scalability and
: performance with a free, robust and well-supported operating
: system," says
: Nick Marden, technical director of e-commerce, Xoom.com, and
: e-commerce
: service provider. "It enables Xoom.com to better understand
our
: members'
: needs and respond to them quickly. Oracle on Linux represents
an
: extraordinary value and it gets the job done."
: "Oracle is committed to bringing superior technology to the
Linux
: community,"
: says Chuck Rozwat, senior vice president of Server Technologies
: at Oracle.
: "Oracle8i on Linux comes with both Java and XML built right in.
: Together they
: offer the most cost-effective way to deploy scalable Internet
: applications."
: Oracle8i is the first and only database specifically designed
for
: the
: Internet. Oracle8i extends Oracle's long-standing technology
: leadership in
: the areas of data management, transaction processing and data
: warehousing to
: the new medium of the Internet. Oracle8i is the centerpiece of
: Oracle's
: Internet Platform, which also includes Oracle Application
Server
: and Oracle's
: Internet development tools.
: Oracle Corporation is the world's leading supplier of software
: for information
: management, and the world's second largest software company.
: With annual
: revenues of more than $8.8 billion, the company offers its
: database,
: application server, tools and application products, along with
: related
: consulting, education and support services, in more than 145
: countries around
: the world.
: For more information about Oracle, please call 650/506-7000.
: Oracle's World
: Wide Web address is (URL) http://www.oracle.com/.
: Trademarks
: Oracle is a registered trademark and Oracle8i is a trademark or
: registered
: trademark of Oracle corporation. Other names may be trademarks
: of their
: respective owners.
: Oracle Worldwide Marketing
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[SOLVED] Lousy fonts with .chm viewer for Linux

I installed the .chm file viewer HelpExplorer 3.0 in both Windows XP and Arch Linux (chm = compiled HTML help file). In Windows XP, with default fonts installed, the fonts in text read with this viewer appear crisp, sharp and anti-aliased. In Arch with KDE 3.5.7, on the other hand, the fonts appear fuzzy, grainy and don't seem to be anti-aliased, in contrast with their appearance in all other apps (except for a few such as Dillo) which render text good-looking, sharp and anti-aliased.
HelpExplorer for Linux was provided as a tarball that included a precompiled 'helpexplorer' binary. The program doesn't seem to allow for customizing font settings.
The following fonts are installed in Arch (in /usr/share/fonts/):
ttf-bitstream-vera-1.10-5 is installed by default
gsfonts 8.11-4 is installed by default
PostScript Type 1 fonts installed: Century Schoolbook, Nimbus, URW Bookman, URW Gothic, URW Palladio
ttf-ms-fonts-2.0-1 (Microsoft TTF: Andale Mono, Arial, Comic, Courier, Georgia, Impact, Tahoma, Times New Roman, Trebuchet)
font-bh-ttf-1.0.0-3 (Luxi BH)
xorg-fonts-100dpi-1.0.1-1 (courier, helvetica, lucida, new century, times)
The "Files" section of my xorg.conf looks as follows:
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
# Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
# FontPath "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
# FontPath "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi"
# True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig!
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/TrueType"
EndSection
I've attached a screenshot of some text displayed in the HelpExplorer reader in Arch (the font is Times New Roman): http://img216.imageshack.us/my.php?imag … ot1zh9.png
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What do I need to do to improve the font appearance in this program in Linux?
Last edited by RobF (2007-10-02 18:06:46)

I found a solution of sorts by installing and running the Windows version of HelpExplorer in Wine or Crossover. There is still very little control over fonts but when I enlarge the default font (with 2x CTRL-+) I do get a nice-looking anti-aliased Times New Roman font, and this solution would be my preferred way of reading .chm files in Linux (i.e. better than KchmViewer or Xchm).
Recap of the problem:
1. The .chm viewer HelpExplorer Viewer 3.0 when installed in Windows XP renders fonts crisp and clear and anti-aliased.
2. The Linux version of HelpExplorer Viewer 3.0 (delivered as a precompiled executable in a tarball) doesn't render fonts antialiased, regardless of what I tried, and they look grainy and unattractive.
3. The Windows version of HelpExplorer Viewer 3.0 when installed and run in Arch in Wine or Crossover does render the default font they offer (looks like Times New Roman) fairly crisp and clear and anti-aliased, at least at the enlarged setting.
Can someone explain to me what might be going on? Why is it that the Linux version cannot render fonts anti-aliased when the Windows version running in the emulator in Linux can? Is there something that I have to change in my fonts config, fonts location, symlinks or path to get the anti-aliased fonts to work in HelpExplorer in Linux?
Robert

Can I use a single external drive to maintain time machine backups for two Mac computers?

Hello
We have an older mac mini and macbook air. I have one Western Digital external USB drive. Can I use the same drive to hold and maintain time machine backups for both machines?
I already have the macbook air time-machined on the WD drive. I now want to backup the mac mini onto the same drive. Is it going to over write the time machine backup or is the software smart enough to maintain two separate files, partitions, whatever it does..?

It will maintain separate backups. Note that it's generally advisable to use separate drives for best practice backup, but yes, it will work for both computers, provided you have enough space (need generally 2-3 times the total used file space for both Macs).
Matt

Flashplayer8 for linux ?

when is flashplayer 8 for linux going to be released? Can i
get a beta version or something ?
many sites require flashplayer 9, and the download labelled
flashplayer8 for linux
on the website actually gives you flashplayer 7
thanx

Adobe has no respect for it's Linux users. They don't see
making any profit from it anytime soon. We'd have to be surprise we
even got Flash 7 on linux, we might still be stuck on Flash 5 or
something.
Now it seems they'll skip 8.5 and go directly to Flash 9... A
word of advice, webdesigners should boycott products that are not
truly cross platform ready. I mean the point of making a website is
that everyone can access it or everyone be interested in what you
have to offer. When I think about movies websites like Spider-Man 3
or X-Men 3 I can't access them while using Linux, well the money I
saved on an operating system will not go to those hollywood studios
because I can't even see their website and get the hype about their
movies.
Bad move from Macromedia/Adobe, Linux is becoming ready for
mainstream on Desktop and they are still proposing stone-age
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