Configuring Firewalls for Oracle Secure Backup on Windows

If your Windows host is protected by a firewall, the firewall must be configured to permit Oracle Secure Backup daemons on the host to communicate with the other hosts in your administrative domain. Oracle Secure Backup includes daemon components that listen on ports 400 and 10000, as well as other dynamically assigned ports.

For example, Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003 contain a built-in Windows Firewall which, in the default configuration, blocks inbound traffic on ports used by Oracle Secure Backup.

Because the dynamically assigned ports used by Oracle Secure Backup span a broad range of port numbers, your firewall must be configured to allow executables for the Oracle Secure Backup daemons to listen on all ports.

Note:

The Oracle Secure Backup Windows installation provides a sample batch script called obfirewallconfig.bat in the bin directory under the Oracle Secure Backup home.

This script contains commands that make the required configuration changes for the Windows Firewall on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP systems having a single network interface. Review the script to determine whether it is suitable for your environment. You can run the script after the installation completes.

For details on configuration of other firewalls, see the documentation provided by the vendor. You can refer to the sample script for the Windows Firewall to determine the names of executables that need permission to listen on ports.