Re: rman backup to tape?

"Michel Cadot" <micadot{at}altern{dot}org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:3ffc1296$0$1154$636a55ce_at_news.free.fr...
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> "utkanbir" <hopehope_123_at_yahoo.com> a écrit dans le message de
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> > Hi ,
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> > This is related to rman backup .
> > I am using 9.2.0.2 on linux itanium , and want to backup data by using
> > rman.
> > Unfortunately , i was told that rman could not backup data directly to
> > a tape device without additional softwares like legato . Is this true?
> > Because of this , i first backup data to disk than transfer to tape
> > but i dont have enough disk space for all the data. On my platform ,
> > legato has not released a version yet , it will be available at the
> > end of q1 (may be) so i must find a way to backup data. Is it true
> > that rman cant backup data directly to tape?
How much data do you have to back up? How much disk space do you have on the local machine?
Can you add more disks, maybe via an external SCSI housing? Is it viable, from a safety point of view, to back up to a nfs mounted disk?

Lots of Greetings!
Volker Received on Wed Jan 07 2004 - 08:53:08 CST