Re: Verdict on RMAN?

From: Ronald <devnull_at_ronr.nl>
Date: 22 Apr 2003 00:48:47 -0700
Message-ID: <67ce88e7.0304212348.16da6d35@posting.google.com>

"Jake" <oraclenews_at_heyjay.com> wrote in message news:<zPecnXCqo5EL2zmjXTWc-g_at_speakeasy.net>...
> In 2000 and 2001 (via Google archives) there were some lengthy threads about
> RMAN, and it seemed the jury was undecided. I'm wondering which way (if
> any) the news group regulars (and non regulars) have leaned? Scripts or
> RMAN? RMAN with a Catalog or without?
>
> I'm comfortable with scripts (and played with early RMAN, and was left
> wanting). But the product is 3+ years old and is (probably) better.

I would go for rman and use that with a catalog. It works very well with tsm but if such infrastructure is not present I would still use it for disk backups. Some customers prefer scripts because they say their dba's don't know about rman. In that case I advice to do some education on the topic. Things like database cloning works very fine using rman.
Don't forget the first rule: backup when you make physical changes to your database. It makes recovery easier.

Ronald.

http://ronr.nl/unix-dba Received on Tue Apr 22 2003 - 02:48:47 CDT