Yeah, using the built-in scripts isn't great -- previous versions caused problems by not returning return codes when there were failures, making it hard to ensure the database backups were successful.
If you want to ensure your database backups are secure, you should be working with your DBAs to develop a backup & restore strategy that makes sense in your environment. As much as ODUG is a great technical resource, this isn't something you should be asking someone on an internet forum to do for you -- it's important enough that someone inside your organization should be responsible for developing, monitoring, and testing it regularly!
-JD.
