On 8/29/06, Stefan Knecht <knecht.stefan_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> One major drawback I see with it, is that you can only backup that area with
> RMAN, and ONLY TO TAPE. So any backup-to-disk-to-tape strategies have to be
> adjusted for this. Let alone, various software used for backup (Enterprise
> level) doesn't support backing that up yet. ( i.e. HP Data Protector).
Well it is true that you can only backup the Flash recovery area to an
SBT device which is a tape device unless you are using SBT_DISK I
guess. I don't entirely understand your remarks though since the flash
recovery area is primarily a backup to disk to tape strategy. Backup
to the FRA then backup the FRA to tape.
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Received on Tue Aug 29 2006 - 07:28:17 CDT
