You said it better than I did, Niall, that's for sure. But in a nutshell,
that's it.
Regards
HJR
"Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in message
news:3deb6433$0$706$ed9e5944_at_reading.news.pipex.net...
> It looks like you will get an official reply along the lines that 'RMAN
does
> work and is supported' see
>
>
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/A87860_01/doc/paraserv.817/a76934/ch
> ap4.htm#1030586
>
> and
>
>
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/A87860_01/doc/paraserv.817/a76970/ps
> adm_ba.htm#5691
>
> which both talk about using RMAN to backup an Oracle Parallel Server
> Database. So it looks to me like it is possible to achieve what the client
> has specified, but it will be a pain in the arse to achieve, document and
> make work reliably. ISTM that if a backup solution takes (say) a week to
> design and implement then it is probably too complex to be an appropriate
> backup solution. In a disaster backup and recovery needs to be documented
> sufficiently well for an untrained monkey to follow the instructions, for
> the simple reason that whoever is doing the operation will be under so
much
> stress that the procedure needs to be foolproof.
>
>
> --
> Niall Litchfield
> Oracle DBA
> Audit Commission UK
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> "Marc Blum" <marc_at_marcblum.de> wrote in message
> news:lnpkuukrj4jpqd39m6l24aglqbn7i3cnum_at_4ax.com...
> > On Mon, 2 Dec 2002 06:43:47 +1100, "Howard J. Rogers"
> >
> > >> second, is this your personal opinion (which I appreciate very much)
or
> an
> > >> official statement by Oracle Corp.?
> > >
> > >I never, ever speak for Oracle Corp. They have plenty enough lawyers to
> do
> > >that for them. Everything I post here is always my own opinion. Always.
> > >
> >
> > ok, I understand
> >
> > >>If Oracle Corp. supports your opinion, I have to
> > >> escalate it to my customer and stop the project. If Oracle doesn't
> support
> > >your
> > >> opinion, I'm stuck, because if someone like you (or Jonathan or Tom
or
> > >Sybrand
> > >> or Richard or Nuno or ...) says it's unreliable, I won't go for it,
but
> > >the
> > >> customer wants something more official.
> > >>
> > >
> > >Understand. I will do some digging to see what I can come up with.
> >
> > that's very kind. Thank you very much in advance. Tomorrow (in germany
> it's
> > sunday evening) I'll too contact Oracle Germany.
> >
> >
> >
> > Marc Blum
> > mailto:marc_at_marcblum.de
> > http://www.marcblum.de
>
>
Received on Mon Dec 02 2002 - 12:51:06 CST
