RE: Good/Cheap Backup Agent?

From: Mercadante, Thomas F <NDATFM_at_labor.state.ny.us>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 06:26:41 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.003927A5.20010919053021@fatcity.com>

Walter,

Ruth's suggestion is still a good one. You can use Rman to backup to disk, and then simply copy the Rman files to tape. You get all of the recoverability using RMan, without having to purchase the 3rd party tape interface product (like Legato, Edm etc.).

Your costs are :
  probably an additional disk drive to hold Rman backups   Your time to develop and test Rman scripts.   Developing Rman scripts will be very easy - there are only a   couple of hundred people on this list using Rman, and we all share!

Hope this helps

Tom Mercadante
Oracle Certified Professional

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 6:40 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

I neglected to mention that we're trying to backup to tape. I'm not sure what is involved with configuring a media manager for Oracle that will allow Rman to work with a tape drive but it would seem to me at that point I'm into a 3rd party solution anyway. Yes? No?

What does it take to get a tape drive to work with RMAN? If a 3rd party solution is better, then I'm back to inquiring about an inexpensive, but useful, solution.

Thanks.
-w

• Ruth Gramolini <rgramolini_at_tax.state.vt.us> wrote:
  > Go for it! Rman is cheap (free with Oracle) and
  > works well. You can either
  > run it from OEM (Backup Manager) or directly from
  > the rman prompt or using
  > shell scripts.
  >
  > Good luck,
  > Ruth
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  > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 3:05 PM
  >
  >
  > > Hi,
  > >
  > > We're looking for an inexpensive backup agent for
  > our
  > > databases. The databases are 8i and are on Sun
  > boxes
  > > but we're looking to have the agent/client hosted
  > from
  > > an NT box (because it appears to be cheaper that
  > way).
  > >
  > > What are your recommendations? Do all of the
  > agents
  > > work through RMAN these days? Are there any
  > features
  > > or caveats I should look for?
  > >
  > > Thanks!
  > > -w
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