Re: RAC, CFS and online backups

PdV wrote:
>
> Group,
>
> Running a RAC database (9.2) on an OCFS clustered system.
> Works surprisingly well.
> Having a real file-system is very comfortable.
>
> Question:
> Can we revert to using "conventional" online backup
> instead of using RMAN to take care of backup ?
>
> e.g. would this still allow me to take backups:
> SQL> alter tablespace data_m begin backup ;
>
> nb: we do realize we need archive-logs from ALL instances to
> perform recovery!
>
> Thanks for any feedback,
>
> Regards,
>
> Piet.de.visser_at_cmg.com

Yes, and its probably a good idea to do so. My understanding is that rman still has a few problems with RAC. Depending on the failure, it could be possible that an instance needs the archive from another

hth
connor

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