Re: Using RMAN

From: Steve Phelan <stevep_at_toneline.n-o-s-p-a-m.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 01:41:37 +0000
Message-ID: <36E870D0.64529BED@toneline.n-o-s-p-a-m.demon.co.uk>

My gut instinct is that you may need to look at using password files. Are you doing this? Have a look at the various connection options listed in the RMAN manual. I have to admit that on my set-up both the db's and RMAN are local, so I don't use password files. Still, check it out, and if you do go that route remember that RMAN will *not* backup password or init files.

Steve Phelan.

sharon wrote:

> Does anybody have experience out there with Oracle8's RMAN utility?
> I would like to test it as a possible backup solution. I have created
> the the recovery catalog, ran the appropriate procedures to create the
> packages needed, created the rman user and tablespace needed.
>
> One problem I am having, is that I would like to user RMAN to backup
> remote databases. However, I can connect to the recovery catalog on the
> local machine, but when I try to connect to a remote database I would
> like to target I get an invalid username/password error. This can't be
> true, because as a safeguard I am connecting as system/manager.
> I can connect to these remote databases via all the other tools such as
> sqlplus ect.
>
> Maybe I am missing something really easy.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks.
Received on Thu Mar 11 1999 - 19:41:37 CST