Re: Looking for Recommendation on Backup Software that works well with Oracle in Hot Backup Mode

Hi Norman,

No, it's not been fixed, I suppose on the grounds that it isn't a problem! The DBID is indeed unique, and goes along for the ride when you clone, and yes, it will still trip RMAN up when it sees an 'already registered' database.... but then, I guess you could create a catalog for each clone???!

I'd actually still recommend multiple catalogs and use RMAN, unless it threatens to turn silly. By the time you get to your fifth or sixth catalog, I think it's time to look elsewhere.

But come on.... the syntax isn't *that* hard. I mean, if you can write C, Java or serbo-croat, you'll not find it a problem. ;-)

Regards
HJR

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"Norman Dunbar" <ndunbar_at_lynxfinancialsystems.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Howard,

>

> have they fixed the 'problem' in using RMAN if one or more of your

> instances are clones of another - because, I led to believe on the B&R

> course, that they have the same 'instance number' or unique (!)

> identifier or whatever - something from the control file.

>

> I have quite a few copies/clones (I built them from a cold backup and a

> controlfile trace of another instance) and this was one reason why we

> didn't go the RMAN route. (Another was the syntax !)

>

> Cheers,

> Norman.

>

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: Howard J. Rogers [mailto:howardjr_at_www.com]

> Posted At: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 9:32 AM

>

> <SNIP>

> Oh, incidentally, RMAN is free.  And it works very nicely, provided you

> can

> invest three weeks to do battle with the syntax ... <SNIP>

>

>