Re: Different Backups - A Comparative analysis

Yes, well, I've heard that claim too.

It may actually work now, but a very capable DBA ( 2 actually ) spent quite a bit of time testing this with no good results.

And then there was the SQL BT glitch that left one of my former coworkers without a certain TBS in the DW for 6 weeks.

Yes, 6 weeks.

And you complain about Oracle Support. ;)

Jared

On Monday 13 January 2003 18:29, Deshpande, Kirti wrote:
> I think SQLBackTrack can get the table data back from the backup file
> without the need to create a partial database on another server and then
> export the table from it.
>
> I remember seeing a demo where a dropped table was recovered by the BMC
> rep.
>
> - Kirti
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 6:15 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> RMAN Does everything that SQL Backtrack does, for free. :-)
> In fact, last I heard, BMC was planning on altering SQL Backtrack so that
> it
>
> is really nothing more than a nice fancy front end to RMAN. When I was
> at CSX we moved away from SQL Backtrack to RMAN and never had any regrets.
> The only issue with SQL Backtrack vs. RMAN was support for 7.x databases.
> RMAN does not support anything < 8.0.
>
> RF
>
> Robert G. Freeman
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 4:39 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>
> I *think* that RMAN does everything SQL Backtrack does.
>
> Can't be positive, as I haven't used it for awhile.
>
> RMAN seems to have everything I recall SQL BT having, and then some.
>
> Jared
>
> On Monday 13 January 2003 12:38, Tim Gorman wrote:
> > Don't know really. Just thought that it should probably be included,
> > then I was hoping to find out... :-)
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > To: <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>; "Tim Gorman" <Tim_at_SageLogix.com>
> > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 10:49 AM
> >
> > > On Monday 13 January 2003 06:03, Tim Gorman wrote:
> > > > Another question: should SQL BackTrack be included for
> > > > consideration?
> > >
> > > What does SQL BackTrack to that RMAN doesn't do?
> > >
> > > Jared

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