Would a hotbackup direct to tape (with Netbackup client) work in this
occassion?
"Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:pan.2003.02.28.09.34.59.990323_at_yahoo.com.au...
> On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 09:31:58 +0000, Mike wrote:
>
> > I have been told that if I have Oracle RAC on a Solaris platform (raw
> > partition) I HAVE to use RMAN for backup.
> >
> > Is this right?
>
> You don't *have* to, no. BUt unless you're a dab hand with dd, how do you
> propose copying the datafiles somewhere safe? RMAN is really a rather
> nifty tool when it comes to dealing with RAW.
>
> Regards
> HJR
Received on Fri Feb 28 2003 - 03:50:55 CST
