RE: RMAN

Dennis,
  I perform a cold backup each night of the production database. There isn't a problem with the tape drive because it will hold over 80 GIG and I only have 36 GIG of active tablespaces. The rest are read-only. I would like to use RMAN to backup my test database which is a complete database and can become a production database in case of a disaster. It takes me over a day to back up the active tablespaces with a 4mm tape drive and 90 meter tapes.
 Thanks for the feedback on the pocket guide. I looked at the local bookstore today and there wasn't any books about RMAN. Off to the web I guess.
Ron

>>> DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM 04/04/02 03:08PM >>>
Ron

        Hopefully one of the authors on the list is writing the great RMAN
book that people like me need so much. In the meanwhile, check out "Oracle
RMAN Pocket Reference" from O'Reilly. At only $10 you can't pass it up.
Jonathan Gennick who participates on this list edited it.

        For us, hot backups never worked out. That is why we are looking at
RMAN.
Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

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List,
  I need the name of a good book that deals specifically with RMAN. I have read the fine manual and have found out that it basically works with a third party vendor software if you are using tape as the backup storage media. There has to be a way around this requirement. I have a 70 GIG test database that I would like to use Rman on and I am not going
to use a catalog for RMAN. I have a system tape drive that I would like
to use to backup each tablespace individually. I do not have a large or
multi cartridge drive to use. Backup to disk is not possible as I do not
have much free space.
 Could you please inform me of the contents of your V$BACKUP_DEVICE.DEVICE_NAME if you use a tape drive for backups. Thanks,
Ron
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