RE: RMAN - Useful or not?

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class=356485309-19102001>Eva,
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RMAN,
though only applicable to Oracle 8 and higher, is a very useful tool. You can do the following:
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class=356485309-19102001>1. Detect corrupted blocks during backup
2. Can
verify backup validity
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Perform Incremental Block level backup to reduce recovery time
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With Recovery Catalog in place use can store backup scripts, automate backup, etc, works with OS Medial Management Software.
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class=356485309-19102001>Moses

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  size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Denham Eva   [mailto:EvaD_at_TFMC.co.za]Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 1:25   PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RMAN

• Useful or not? Hi Everyone, I am investigating using RMAN for backup and recovery etc. What I would like to know is: <FONT face=Arial size=2>Have you found it useful? or is it much like the old Oracle 7.3 EBU (Enterprise Backup Utility) were most DBA's <FONT face=Arial size=2>created their own backup scripts and etc anyway? <FONT face=Arial size=2>I would really like to hear your ideas. Thanks <FONT face=Arial size=2>Denham