Re: RMAN question also

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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From: "Adam Turner" <ATurner_at_concreteinc.com> To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 4:05 PM Subject: RMAN question also

> 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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