rman backups

Hello all,

   I've decided to become more intimate with using rman as opposed to cron scripting. So, my first attempt at a test database bombs because of the database not being in ARCHIVELOG mode. I did a google to see if I can actually backup a db in NOARCHIVELOG mode and on Ask Tom, it says yes. I looked at the solution and it doesn't make any sense. Has anybody done this, a backup in NOARCHIVELOG mode using rman?  

ciao,
Brian  

Brian J. Zelli
Sr. Database Administrator
Enterprise Application/Systems Integration Information Technology - Roswell Park Cancer Institute phone: (716) 845-4460 email: brian.zelli_at_roswellpark.org  

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