Re: Cannot open DB (because corrupt Rman datafile)

On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Howard J. Rogers wrote:

> On another point, is this database actually useful for anything other than
> RMAN? I mean is it your real, live, production database? If so, why on
> Earth is the RMAN tablespace *within* the database it's supposed to be
> backing up? The RMAN catalog is supposed to be in a separate database on a
> separate machine. Otherwise, it would be a case of too many eggs in one
> vulnerable basket.

This is the thing that I don't understand about RMAN - I assume that you have to buy another Oracle license to run it in the optimal manner. I'd rather do standard hot backups and pocket the difference as my Christmas bonus.

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