Data Protection for Oracle updates V8.1.9

What's new

Password command for all environments

In this version, Data Protection for Oracle uses the IBM Spectrum Protect API to manage all password actions regardless of passwordaccess option setting on Unix and Linux operating systems. The IBM Spectrum Protect API saves the password in the local key database. It then automatically generates a new password when the password expires. This method of password management is useful when you are running unattended scheduled backups because it ensures that the backup never fails with an expired password.

Run the tdpoconf password command as the root user or as the Oracle user. The password files are created in the directory that is specified by the passworddir option in the dsm.sys file for the Data Protection for Oracle node. If the tdpo_pswdpath option is specified, the files are created in that directory. The following files are created:

• TSM.IDX
• TSM.KDB
• TSM.sth

If the password files were created by the root user, make sure that they are readable and writable by the Oracle user who runs the backup operations.