ive seen posts from people who use two seperate RMAN instances. Both backup
everything, including each other. What do you think fo that plan?
"Mladen Gogala" <mgogala_at_adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2003.12.05.08.44.56.79945_at_adelphia.net...
> On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 09:29:46 -0800, Ryan Gaffuri wrote:
>
> > Is it wise to have 2 instances with RMAN repositories or just one that
> > is backed up a few times a day. If its an RMAN catalog, it would be a
> > small instance so this is highly practical.
>
> What would be the alleged purpose of the second instance?
> It does make sense if you have two disjoint systems of databases
> and two backup systems. For instance, you can use one system to
> back up your NT boxes and another one to backup your Unix boxes.
> In that case, I'd recommend two separate RMAN systems, together with
> two catalogs. If it's only a security measure - definitely not because
> you'd stand a good chance of having discrepancies, what would be an
> administrative nightmare.
>
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