Re: redhat linux ia64 rman backup : is it possible?

utkanbir wrote:
> Hi ,
>
> I have a large datawarehouse system on redhat linux 2.1 itanium 64
> cpus, 9.2.0.5 rac with 2 nodes and ocfs . My main problem is with
> backups. Since there is no third party software available on itanium
> 64 , i cant get rman backup . The only backup solution for me is to
> copy all data files to tape after stopping the db server . This is
not
> a good backup stragety , this is just a file system backup . Is there
> anyone who has similiar system? The third party softwares such as
> legato has no version on redhat linux 2.1 on ia 64 but on redhat 3.0
.
> This means upgrading of both my os to 3.0 and database to 10g .
>
> I will be appreciated for any help.
> Kind Regards,
> tolga

Why do you have to stop the db server? Do you have a single tablespace that would take too long to copy in hotbackup mode? How large is large?

jg

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