Re: 8i backup and recovery

Yes - you're right Allan - there are a lot of pro's for using RMAN and I think it has
some cool features - so it's indeed a matter of taste ... The biggest problem for me is the crappy script language they invented to create
your backup procedures and repository management... Too bad they didn't take Tcl with an extention because Oracle comes with oratcl
so why not use it besides OEM only.
And like I said - I like to be in control when doing the recovery - not some tool and
its repository - the less layers the better :-)

Kind Regards

"godmann" <allanwtham_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:95cd51c.0111201913.69e34b17_at_posting.google.com...
> Koert54,
>
> Well, there are always pros and cons. I like Rman mainly because it is
quite
> flexible. You can create/replace/delete/list scripts. You can do a
database
> clone out of it. You can do incremental backups (faster in a sense than
> rollfoward the redo archives), check corruption automatically. Also, you
can
> parallel write to disks. Yet the whole pros is not yet completely
discovered.
> The only con (I think) is to manage the Rman repository.
>
> Management trust the certified Rman better than hand-written,
old-fashion
> scripts. I started doing OS hotbackup but then I switched.
>
> Your question of how to backup rman repository, I would say just
> use an old-fashion manner since it's not big generally.
>
> Some Oracle tech supports are newbie themselves in certain areas. But
> sometimes you do get good guys who really help.
>
> Anyone knows where to get the whole list of advantanges of Rman over
> old-fashion backup (if any ever written).
>
>
> Allan W. Tham
> DBA
Received on Wed Nov 21 2001 - 04:56:27 CST