Re: Benefits of RMAN

On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 17:48:11 -0500, JEDIDIAH wrote:

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> What Oracle is pushing us into violates "the Unix way of doing things".
> Since Oracle's core market is with Unix shops, this is not something
> to trivialize. Disasters impose considerable burdens on an enterprise
> without making them also contemplate whether or not RMAN will make it
> through in one piece.

Excuse me? "...whether or not RMAN will make it through in one piece."?? If that's truly your opinion, then I can only assume you have either: 1.) Never used RMAN. (Please, try it. Set up a throw away test database to practice on! It really is very good at what it does.) OR
2.) You looked at it, but didn't really put the time into it. RMAN has a lot of annoying new lingo and terminology. If you're used to conventional backups, it cant bea bit daunting. Bite the bullet, read the docs, pick up the Freeman book or the Velpuri book. It's worth the journey.
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> The cost benefit analysis doesn't necessarily work out in Oracle's favor
> even for large shops that might actually have thousands of files to
> manage.

Now who are you kidding? That's what RMAN does *best*! It manages lots and lots of files and keeps track of which versions of which files go with what databases and what archive logs you'll need and where they are. That's RMAN. It's what it does.

Try it, you'll like it....;-)

-Mark
(who does not work for Oracle or any storage vendors and will not materially gain in any way if you jump on the RMAN bandwagon...) Received on Wed Jul 07 2004 - 01:54:39 CDT