Re: RMAN question

From: Lucyna Witkowska <ypwitkow_at_nospamcyf-kr.edu.pl>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 11:54:43 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <bljo23$mm0$1@srv.cyf-kr.edu.pl>

Howard J. Rogers <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> Well, I believe that without a catalog in 8i, you not only lose the
> scripting abilities (which as I say is no great drama, because you can
> invoke text file scripts from within RMAN), but you also lose the ability
> to do tablespace point in time recoveries (TSPITR).
> However, I can't remember the last time I actually needed to *do* a TSPITR,
> so for me that would not be a show-stopper. But your mileage might vary.
> In short, it's not such a clear-cut issue in 8i.

Thank you for your comments.

>> It's a pity that 9i RMAN cannot backup 8i databases :-(

> Sure about that??

From RMAN Compatibility Matrix - I can store RMAN catalog in 9.2, but cannot use RMAN 9i executables to backup 8i database.

Regards,
Lucyna Received on Fri Oct 03 2003 - 06:54:43 CDT