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How the SBT Library Uses the sbt.cfg Parameter File

The SBT library uses the sbt.cfg parameter file to interact with the agent. This file contains various user-defined parameters that are passed to Arcserve Backup when you submit backup and restore jobs through the ca_backup and ca_restore commands. The orasetup program creates the initial sbt.cfg configuration file during agent setup.

In addition, orasetup automatically encrypts the password and puts it in the sbt.cfg file (SBT_PASSWORD). If you want to modify the password, you must first execute cas_encr <password> to receive the ASCII encrypted value. An example result of the cas_encr command looks similar to this:

# cas_encr password
CAcrypt:HGJD92748HNNCJSFDHD764

After you receive this value, you must copy the entire value including the CAcrypt string as the value for the SBT_PASSWORD variable in the sbt.cfg file.

Important! Before using cas_encr, you must modify the library path to include the common agent directory. For example,

#LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/CA/ABcmagt

Use the following guidelines to set the library paths specific to your operating system:

Note: The sbt.cfg file provides default values if you choose to use RMAN directly.