HELP! NO EXPORT TO TAPE FOR NT??

We are working with a large Oracle database on Windows NT 4.0 and recently found out, to our dismay, that Oracle is incapable of exporting to tape on an NT system. This was discovered during a support call. There was no workaround provided to us by tech support exept to write to disk then push to tape. This is unacceptable with a 65gig database to export. We find it VERY hard to believe that you cannot export to tape. There must be a workaround somewhere or somehow. We have seen sales documentation provided by Oracle telling stories of large Oracle databases on NT and can only assume that they are able to perform traditional backup procedures (which include exports). Do you have any solutions available for us? Could you please contact us with this information, or an explanation, as soon as possible? I thank you in advance for any suggestions you may be able to provide.

THANK YOU,
Laurie

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| Laurie J. Kirsh                     | Oracle DBA/Design/Developer |

| lkirsh_at_itsc.org  			  | Integration Systems Analyst |

| Lockheed Martin                     | ITSC project                |

| 301-982-1113				  | College Park, Maryland      |

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