Dale DeRemer wrote:
>>That you are not using RMAN is not a reason to continue not using RMAN.
>>Change your practice.
>>--
>>Daniel A. Morgan
>
>
> It's not a religious objection to rman. It's our management's zeal to be
> cheap. rman requires a "connector" to Veritas. That is, more money to
> Veritas. Once the ORACLE folks told our management there was a way to do it
> without rman, I was sunk. I do try to make sure I get a cold backup
> periodically. However, media failures happen. So, I'm trying to plan ahead.
> It seems somehow this rankles you.
Not at all. You only need Veritas if you back up to disk. And if your
management is that committed to pinching pennies then you should be
backing up to cheap SCSI or IDE drives because it is faster, safer, and
CHEAPER.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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Received on Mon Feb 28 2005 - 17:32:16 CST
