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How the SBT Inteface Uses libobk Library Files

The SBT interface is implemented through libobk library files. Oracle Server provides a default libobk.* library file. However, for your RMAN backup and restore jobs to be successful, RMAN must use one of the following Arcserve versions of libobk.* instead of the default Oracle version:

• libobk.*.2.32 (32-bit implementation of the SBT 2.0 interface)
• libobk.*.2.64 (64-bit implementation of the SBT 2.0 interface)

Some other considerations include:

• Oracle 9i, 10g, and 11g support both SBT 1.1 and SBT 2.0. We recommend using SBT 2.0 with Oracle 9i, 10g, and 11g.
• When the agent is installed, the libobk32.* and libobk64.* symbolic links are created in the agent home directory. These symbolic links are used in the RMAN scripts generated by the agent as a value to the SBT_LIBRARY parameter. You can also use these links when you create your own scripts.