Configuring an Administrative Domain on Windows: Overview

After Oracle Secure Backup has been installed on all the hosts in your network, you can use Oracle Secure Backup to configure your administrative domain. This involves configuring all media servers, client hosts, and NAS filers.

Use the --access ob option with the mkhost command to configure an Oracle Secure Backup host. The administrative server is configured by default during the installation process.

Note:

In the following example, assume that you have an administrative server/media server called BELLA, a media server called storabck05, and a client host called dlsun1976.

To configure an administrative domain:

Log on to Windows as the Administrator user or as a user that is a member of the Administrators group.
To open Oracle Secure Backup, click the Start button and select Programs, Oracle Secure Backup, and Oracle Secure Backup Command Line Interface.

The ob> prompt displays.
Include a media server in your administrative domain. Specify options for access type, role, and IP address. For example:
```
ob> mkhost --access ob --role mediaserver --ip 133.2.22.59 storabck05
```
Include a client host in your administrative domain. Specify options for access type, role, and IP address. For example:
```
ob> mkhost --access ob --role client --ip 143.15.235.140 dlsun1976
```

List the names and attributes of all the hosts in your administrative domain. For example:

ob> lshost
BELLA            admin,mediaserver,client          (via OB)   in service
dlsun1976          client                            (via OB)   in service
storabck05       mediaserver                       (via OB)   in service

Note:

You can also configure your administrative domain—or perform any of the other procedures in this chapter—with the Oracle Secure Backup Web tool. See the Oracle Secure Backup Administrator's Guide for more information.

Configuring NAS Filers

You can configure NAS filers as members of the administrative domain. Use the --access ndmp option with the mkhost command to configure an NAS filer. Under NAS, storage devices are made LAN-addressable, freeing stored data from a direct attachment to a specific locale.

The administrative server communicates with and manages NAS filers, which do not have Oracle Secure Backup installed, over Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP). NDMP defines a standard TCP/IP-based protocol for backing up and restoring data on heterogeneous networks, regardless of operating system or platform. NDMP minimizes demands on network resources, enables local backups and restores to tape, and allows for centralized management and control.

Note:

In the following example, assume you have an administrative server/media server called BELLA and an NAS filer called mynasfiler5.

To configure an NAS filer:

Log on to Windows as the Administrator user or as a user that is a member of the Administrators group.
To open Oracle Secure Backup, click the Start button and select Programs, Oracle Secure Backup, and Oracle Secure Backup Command Line Interface.

The ob> prompt displays.
Include an NAS filer in your administrative domain. Specify options for access type, role, IP address, and NDMP password. For example:
```
ob> mkhost --access ndmp --role mediaserver --ip 138.1.14.128 --ndmppass mypassword
mynasfiler5
```
Note:
Oracle Secure Backup typically provides a default NDMP password for configuration of NAS filers. Alternatively, you can set the password as the --ndmppass option of the mkhost command.

List the names and attributes of all the hosts in your administrative domain. For example:

ob> lshost
BELLA            admin,mediaserver,client          (via OB)   in service
dlsun1976          client                            (via OB)   in service
mynasfiler5      mediaserver                       (via NDMP) in service
storabck05       mediaserver                       (via OB)   in service