RE: Different Backups - A Comparative analysis

Almost true. If you are going to use a local attached tape device you can use the Legatto Single Server version of Legato that comes with 9i and backup to that tape device. Of course this dosen't support networked backups or robotic tape devices.

RF

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Ah! There's the rub...

RMAN isn't "free" unless you are only using device-type=DISK. If you are going to use device-type=SBT-TAPE, then some media-management vendor like Veritas or Legato or whomever is going to charge you a *bundle* to integrate.

Oracle purposely did this so they would not have to write the interface to the various backup-media software utilities. It was a good idea, but the fact is that the cost comes in after the fact...

That's one thing that I was looking to point out...

Mind you, I'm a huge RMAN proponent (see my quote advocating physical violence to get people to migrate to RMAN on the back of the "RMAN Pocket Reference") :-), but I thought it would be useful to point these things out...

• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 5:15 PM

> 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
>
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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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