Re: How popular is RMAN for backup?

"a" <a_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3B4D8E51.6B84D4DA_at_hotmail.com...
> We are not using rman, to me, it is like to joke, you have to use a
> database to backup all the other databases, if your rman is down, all
> your databases are at risk.
>

Yes, and if I'm not very much mistaken, if the machine that runs all your EMC software is stuffed, er, all your databases are at risk!

Come off it! There's always one point of weakness in any set up. Your job is not to say "forget it", but to minimise the risk.

As for RMAN 'having to use a database', (a) that's factually incorrect and (b) even when you do use a database, you are supposed to protect the RMAN database by creating a catalog in another database, and using *that* catalogue to protect RMAN. And that catalogue is supposed to be in one of the databases that RMAN is backing up. A question of 'you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours'.

As an argument for not using RMAN, it's weak.

Now if you'd moaned about the arcane scripting language, the feeble documentation, the sensitivity of the syntax, maybe fair enough. But the fact that it uses a database for storing what it's done does not render the product a heap of crap.

HJR
> Actually, we are now let SA to take care of backup, they use EMC
> software. From DBA's point of view, we just have a standby database, if
> we really need something from tape(very rarely), just talk to the SA. I
> really do not see the need to use RMAN at all.
>
> dominica_at_secondhat.com wrote:
>
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > How popular is using RMAN for Oracle backup?
> >
> > I use to write my own dynamic script to generate
> > which tablespaces and redo logs files to be
> > backed-up for HOTBACKUP.
> >
> > And my friend recently tell me RMAN become more
> > and more popular and I am trying to learn RMAN now.
> >
> > But very curious how do other senior Oracle DBA like RMAN.
> >
> > I think it is pretty confusing to me for now.
> >
> > Please email me directly to dominica_at_secondhat.com
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Dominica
>
Received on Sat Jul 21 2001 - 16:33:03 CDT