RE: Opinion: RMAN vs Veritas

AFAIK
Veritas has two products for Oracle; an agent that links rman with Netbackup and their 'Database edition for Oracle' that'e bundled with Veritas QIO, VXFS and Volume Manager as well as Veritas own 'BLI' (block level incremental) solution that uses the VXFS snapshot capability with Netbackup. I've got the 'Database Edition' but have not implemented Veritas BLI solution as it hasn't been necessary yet - we're skating by on shell scripts as DB's aren't big enough to require incremental solutions. IMHO, NO Veritas products are 'easy' to implement, and their licensing policies (Three days to get a 'key'!) are restrictive at best, impossible in emergencies. Look into BMC SQL Back-Track and Legato for an 'easier' path than either rman OR Veritas.

HTH Ed Maurer
Sr. DBA
Acquirex  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rama Malladi [mailto:rmalladi_at_inteliant.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 3:51 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Opinion: RMAN vs Veritas
>
>
> Jon,
> We use RMAN for doing the backups in Oracle (like full
> backup, incremental
> backup etc...) and use Veritas for file systems and volume
> management at the
> O/S level.
>
> As you said RMAN is built into Oracle and Veritas is an add-on at the
> system level. You could use Netbackup of Veritas for doing
> the backups, but
> I do not have first-hand experience about this product. May
> be somebody else
> could fill the gaps ...
>
> Rama
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 3:36 PM
> To: oracledba
>
>
> I was wondering if anyone out there had a quick opinion on
> which is best
> to use besides the fact that rman is already built in/paid for.
>
> I have no experience with either, but need to determine all factors
> before proceeding. Just looking for ease of use (or not) and such.
>
> Does rman still have a role when using Veritas software?
>
>
>
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