RE: [oracle-l] A few rman questions

Daniel Hanks scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon:

> Thanks for the reply. I'll look into Robert's book. As Dennis
> reminded me, I failed to indicate which version of Oracle I'm using.
> I'm running 8.1..7 on Solaris 7. How 'backwards compatible' would
> Robert's book (titled for 9i) be for me, still on 8i?

should be OK for most of the functions, AFAIK.  

> I just received a copy of the 'Oracle8i Backup & Recovery Handbook',
> but a first glance seems to indicate that it's not gonna give me too
> much more than the Oracle docs (except perhaps, more examples).

i have the 8 backup and recovery book and it does give a number of good examples for various types of backups and restores that i've managed to follow and adapt for my needs.  

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