Re: RMAN and DAT72 tapes

From: Frank van Bortel <frank.van.bortel_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 20:37:04 +0100
Message-ID: <drodik$5m2$1@news5.zwoll1.ov.home.nl>

Jim wrote:
> Our DAT DDS-3 tape drive finally gave up the ghost and we are
> considering replacements.
>
> SUN now has a DAT72 format drive. Does anyone know if ORACLE RMAN
> supports the DAT72 format?
>
> Thank you.

Nitpicking here: RMAN does not support *any* tapes. There might be a library, you can link with RMAN, that allows DAT72 drives to be used by RMAN.

Contact a backup solutions software (yes, software!) vendor. They should be able to tell what hardware they support. Maybe vice-versa: the hardware (SUN) vendor can tell what software can be used with these drives.

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Regards,
Frank van Bortel

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Received on Tue Jan 31 2006 - 13:37:04 CST