Re: Looking for Recommendation on Backup Software that works well with Oracle in Hot Backup Mode

RMAN is very easy to use.. I use RMAN backup to disk the use VERITAS to backup the disk for Disaster recovery ..

"Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr_at_www.com> wrote in message news:3b27db73_at_news.iprimus.com.au...
> Hi Norman,
>
> No, it's not been fixed, I suppose on the grounds that it isn't a problem!
> The DBID is indeed unique, and goes along for the ride when you clone, and
> yes, it will still trip RMAN up when it sees an 'already registered'
> database.... but then, I guess you could create a catalog for each
 clone???!
>
> I'd actually still recommend multiple catalogs and use RMAN, unless it
> threatens to turn silly. By the time you get to your fifth or sixth
> catalog, I think it's time to look elsewhere.
>
> But come on.... the syntax isn't *that* hard. I mean, if you can write C,
> Java or serbo-croat, you'll not find it a problem. ;-)
>
> Regards
> HJR
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> "Norman Dunbar" <ndunbar_at_lynxfinancialsystems.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:F43E6BAE5BB5D411A44C00805FBE740D9E3584_at_apps.leeds.lfs.co.uk...
> > Howard,
> >
> > have they fixed the 'problem' in using RMAN if one or more of your
> > instances are clones of another - because, I led to believe on the B&R
> > course, that they have the same 'instance number' or unique (!)
> > identifier or whatever - something from the control file.
> >
> > I have quite a few copies/clones (I built them from a cold backup and a
> > controlfile trace of another instance) and this was one reason why we
> > didn't go the RMAN route. (Another was the syntax !)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Norman.
> >
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> > Norman Dunbar EMail: NDunbar_at_LynxFinancialSystems.co.uk
> > Database/Unix administrator Phone: 0113 289 6265
> > Lynx Financial Systems Ltd. Fax: 0113 201 7265
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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Howard J. Rogers [mailto:howardjr_at_www.com]
> > Posted At: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 9:32 AM
> >
> > <SNIP>
> > Oh, incidentally, RMAN is free. And it works very nicely, provided you
> > can
> > invest three weeks to do battle with the syntax ... <SNIP>
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Wed Jun 13 2001 - 18:05:40 CDT