Dennis,
Thanks for your comments.
I have just received the new 36 GIG drives for the Alpha system and I
plan to back the database up to disk and then during the day copy the
backups to tape for archival purposes.
I tried to use OEM RMAN backup on my test box to play-and-learn but
it does not have the software for the tape manager. Disk space is also
scarce on the test box so I can't do a database backup with RMAN until I
install a new 60 GIG drive.
If I understand the RMAN manuals, a "database" backup is needed before
you do the incremental. I need the new disk space to do a database
backup. It's been a lot of fun making do with what you have and learning
to grovel and plead.
Thanks,
Ron
ROR mª¿ªm
>>> DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM 05/29/02 10:48AM >>>
Ron - Couple of points for you to consider:
- If you only have a single Oracle server, you may want to consider
using
the control file to store the RMAN information.
- Ideally, you will have another system with licensed Oracle to host
your
RMAN catalog.
- You can host your RMAN catalog in a separate instance on the same
server, but you should carefully examine the devices used by each
instance
so you don't have a single point of failure. You don't want your
production
instance failure to wipe out your RMAN instance.
- If you only have one production server, and don't plan future
expansions, RMAN may be more trouble than it is worth. Its greatest
benefit
is at sites with many, many instances/servers.
- You might want to consider using RMAN to write to disk as Sujatha
suggested so you only have one thing to learn at a time. That was the
advice
I was given.
Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
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