Re: Costs for RMAN

steven_nospam_at_yahoo.ca wrote:
> Anyone have a rough idea how much RMAN costs for US customers?
>
> Our company has been buying the Oracle 9i Database Enterprise Edition
> for our Oracle clients but they do not include the RMAN product (or at
> least we never use it and I was told that it was because RMAN used to
> be too expensive to include).
>
> As a result, we have been building our own software that uses UNIX
> commands to backup or copy the database, and I hate re-inventing the
> wheel or having to fix tedious Korn Shell scripts if there is a valid
> product that works (and works possibly better!).
>
> Thx,
>
> Steve
>

Whomever indicated that RMAN is "too expensive" misinformed you. RMAN is free and comes with the database.

HTH,
Brian

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