Re: RMAN question also

I don't have experience with 8.1.x, only 8.0.x and it works that way there. I have my recovery catalog in an 8.0.6 database and I can backup all of my 8.0.5.1 databases.

Sorry I can't be of more help.
Ruth
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From: "Adam Turner" <ATurner_at_concreteinc.com> To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 10:55 AM Subject: RE: RMAN question also

> Ruth,
>
> Sorry but I think I am missing something here (maybe I have it backwards).
> If I have an 8.1.7 catalog and am running RMAN there to register
(hopefully)
> and backup my other 8.1.6 machines then I am doing that - going from 8.1.7
> to lower versions - that is what is failing. I can't seem to register
older
> versions without getting an error that they are not compatible. It makes
> sense to me that I should be able to backup older versions of Oracle with
> 8.1.7 RMAN ... I only want to backup one or two releases older (still 8i)
> and I am getting these errors. The metalink articles I can find aren't
all
> that helpfull becuase 8.1.7 isn't on any of the matrices yet.
>
> Now Metalink is not even responding to see if there are any answers to my
> posts, but there were several people complaining that 8.1.7 couldn't
backup
> 8.1.6 .... any thoughts?
>
>
> Thanks again
>
> Adam
>
> -----Original Message-----
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>
>
> You can go backwards but not forward. Use an 8.1.7 recovery catalog and
you
> can backup databases in a lower version and 8.1.7.
>
> Ruth
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>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > So I was just handed a small Sun box to play with. I thought ... hmmm I
> > could use a new RMAN catalog. I also thought hmmm I would like to try
> > playing with 8.1.7 ... so these together caused me to install and get
> > running a small DB in 8.1.7. Now I want to backup a bunch of 8.1.6
> > databases - some on Sun some on NT and one on Linux. But all 8.1.6
> >
> > I try to connect and I get : incompatible package ... too old.
> >
> > is there a way to use 8.1.7 to backup other 8.1.6 databases - or should
I
> > roll it back to 8.1.6 on my play machine.
> >
> > thanks all...
> >
> > Adam
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