Re: RMAN and openVMS

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On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 22:25:48 +0200, "Mario" <mario.jaksic_at_zg.htnet.hr> wrote:

>Hi guys,
>
>I am trying to help my customer with setting a backup environment for Oracle
>8.1.7.0.0 on OpenVMS 7.3-1 with RMAN and HP Data Protector.
>
>There are few things which make me a little confused and I would be happy if
>you can give me couple hints.
>
>First of all, I have to tell that I am not experienced in work with OpenVMS.
>
>1. SysAdmin told me that it is not possible to allocate more than one
>channel for RMAN. Is it true?

no

>
>2. Also, he uses sbt_tape instead disk type, because he claims that disk
>type does not work. What is your experience?

we back up to disk all the time. Might be a VMS problem though.
>
>3. Is "Test disk API" supported in production environment?

no

>
>Data protector (DP) does not have an integration with Oracle on OpenVMS. My
>plan is to use RMAN for backup Oracle to the disk and then backup that disk
>with DP.
>
>I tried to make few backups (full database, datafiles, controlfiles, archive
>logs) and also tried to use few restore scenarios and it worked.
>
>What do you think about that? Can we count on that or we were just lucky?

Provided you restore the backups to their original location you can count on it.

>
>Thanks in advance and best regards,
>Mario.
>

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA