Re: Anyone Using BMC's SQL BackTrack??

From: Charles <cdavis10717_at_comcast.net>
Date: 20 Aug 2004 07:23:29 -0700
Message-ID: <83dbb3cd.0408200623.4052207a@posting.google.com>

"Oradba Linux" <techiey2k3_at_comcast.net> wrote in message news:<75eVc.3313$9d6.3006_at_attbi_s54>...
> "Charles" <cdavis10717_at_comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:83dbb3cd.0408180958.6f222ec7_at_posting.google.com...
> > I am looking for opinions of and user experience with BMC's SQL BackTrack.
> >
> > Like it?
> >
> > thank you.
> >
> > Charles
>
> I have used it . I liked it . RMAN is built using the same concepts but
> stores metadata in the database not in filesystem
> and is FREE . Any reason why you dont want to consider RMAN ?

I have found RMAN to be very difficult to use and buggy, needing lots of patches.

With SQL BackTrack I like its "guided recovery" feature and potential ease-of-use for non-DBAs in an extreme Disaster Recovery situation.

I plan to eval SQL BackTrack next month. Received on Fri Aug 20 2004 - 09:23:29 CDT