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Month: November 2025

Backing up to a fake tape (SBT) in Oracle RMAN and using sbttest tool

9 Nov 2025 15:22

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by

Osman DİNÇ

Backup, Databases, Oracle

This content discusses simulating tape backups using RMAN and a dummy SBT library (oracle.disksbt) to troubleshoot backup failures. The article details how to perform fake tape backups with Oracle’s disk-based SBT library, effectively isolating issues within the Oracle layer or the vendor’s Media Management Library (MML). It also introduces the sbttest tool for assessing media manager installation and its usage with Oracle Test Disk API.