Re: Who Is Using RMAN ?

From: Peter Sharman <psharman_at_us.oracle.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 13:34:32 -0800
Message-ID: <36B0D7E8.1B2B4912@us.oracle.com>

Tony

Not a war story or strong opinion, but have you thought about having two recovery catalogs in two databases that don't share anything? Then you could have your primary catalog in one existing database, and the backup recovery catalog in another existing database. It's a bit messy, but it gets away from needing additional databases.

A thought anyway!

Pete

"Rodgers, Tony (CEI-Atlanta)" wrote:

> I posted a similar question a few weeks ago, and had a couple of good
> responses, but I'm really beginning to wonder how many people are
> actually using RMAN (Recovery Manager) to perform their backups with
> Oracle8.
>
> I'm not getting the impression that many people are using it yet. There
> are some pro's and con's to using RMAN, and one of the cons is having to
> maintain more databases to keep a recovery catalog. I know the catalog
> isn't an absolute *must*, but is recommended if you're going to use
> RMAN. Without the catalog, it seems we might as well just be using
> old-fashioned OS backups combined with exports.
>
> I'm aware of the supposed benefits to using RMAN, and I guess I'm just
> looking for people who either sing its praises, or feel strongly about
> staying away from it. Anyone have war stories or strong opinions one
> way or another?
>
> Many thanks

Regards

Pete

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