Message-Id: <25998.339189@fatcity.com> From: Josh Collier Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 09:57:28 -0700 Subject: RE: Veritas like RMAN? This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C3513B.7FFFB290 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" If there is no evidence in the alert log, and no backups/file copies/incarnations are registered in rman, my bet is that the database isn't backed up. -----Original Message----- From: DENNIS WILLIAMS [ mailto:DWILLIAMS@LIFETOUCH.COM ] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:50 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: Veritas like RMAN? Michael Don't discount the possibility that they are just using Veritas to back up everything on the Oracle server. Not correct, but I've seen people that know nothing about Oracle do that. Dennis Williams DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA Lifetouch, Inc. dwilliams@lifetouch.com -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 11:39 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I found no signs of RMAN being used in any way shape or form... I've been told they are doing "hot" backups using Veritas... HOWEVER, the alert log shows no signs what so ever of "alter tablespace xyz begin/end backup"... Can it do a good backup backing up live DB files and leaving no signs what so ever that backup took place. Is Veritas capable of this? If so, why is there a Veritas interface to RMAN??? Confusion, confusion... Michael Alan Kline, Sr. Principal Consultant Business to Business Solutions, LLC Phone: 804-744-1545 Cell: 804-314-6262 ICQ: 1009605, 975313 Email: < mailto:mkline@b2bsol.com > mkline@b2bsol.com Web: < http://www.b2bsol.com/ > www.b2bsol.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS INET: DWILLIAMS@LIFETOUCH.COM Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). ------_=_NextPart_001_01C3513B.7FFFB290 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"

If there is no evidence in the alert log, and no backups/file copies/incarnations are registered in rman, my bet is that the database isn't backed up.

-----Original Message-----
From: DENNIS WILLIAMS [mailto:DWILLIAMS@LIFETOUCH.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:50 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: Veritas like RMAN?

Michael
    Don't discount the possibility that they are just using Veritas to back
up everything on the Oracle server. Not correct, but I've seen people that
know nothing about Oracle do that.

Dennis Williams
DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams@lifetouch.com

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 11:39 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

I found no signs of RMAN being used in
any way shape or form...

I've been told they are doing "hot" backups
using Veritas... HOWEVER, the alert log shows
no signs what so ever of "alter tablespace
xyz begin/end backup"...

Can it do a good backup backing up live
DB files and leaving no signs what so
ever that backup took place.

Is Veritas capable of this?

If so, why is there a Veritas interface
to RMAN???

Confusion, confusion...

Michael Alan Kline, Sr.
Principal Consultant
Business to Business Solutions, LLC
Phone: 804-744-1545 Cell: 804-314-6262
ICQ: 1009605, 975313
Email: <mailto:mkline@b2bsol.com> mkline@b2bsol.com Web:
<http://www.b2bsol.com/> www.b2bsol.com

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