Re: The old raw devices chestnut.

> From what I remember of Oracle's "basic" backup tool (and I haven't
> had much to do with it since 8.1.6) you have to put tablespaces
> (equivalent to our dbspaces) into "backup mode" before you can back
> them up which means they can't be written to. It's also typical to do
> all this one tablespace at a time. If my memory is serving me
> correctly (and I'm quite open to being told it isn't) this is a vastly
> more primitive mechanism than either ontape or onbar.
>
> Has the basic backup tool moved on since then, and does RMAN avoid any
> such limitations?

RMAN does not have this limitation. You do not have to put any tablespaces in backup mode for RMAN to perform a hot backup.

HTH,
Brian

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