Re: Oracle 9i RMAN backup on Solaris 9

On 30 Mar 2006 19:21:13 -0800, "Bruce" <brucemcgill.nyc_at_gmail.com> wrote:

>Hello All,
>
> Is it possible to use Oracle's RMAN (Recovery Manager) utility to
>create backups to Sun DLT 7000 tape drive or do I need to download and
>install any media management software? Can the backups be taken without
>
>any added configuration?
>
>
>Operating Environment is Solaris 9 on SPARC and the database is Oracle
>9i.
>
>
>Regards,
>Bruce

Oracle should come with Legato Storage Manager ( a single node somewhat limited version of Legato Network Manager). I don't think it is installed automatically.
Rman can't backup to tape (ie it can backup to disk) without interfacing to a product like Legato.
A poor man's solution would be to backup to disk and write your own procedures to back up the disk directories to tape. But with LSM installed that shouldn't be needed.

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA