Re: Using a STANDBY database to perform backups using exp

steven_nospam_at_yahoo.ca wrote:
> Thought you guys like to see the "official" response I received when I
> asked this question on the Oracle Enterprise Server/System
> Administration forum at Oracle.com:
>
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> Subject: Re : Breaking Replication to Perform Backups from Standby
> Database
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Please post this thread in the RAC /High availability forum.
>
> Regards
> Jack

Not nearly as offensive as one I got on metalink last night.

I actually had an analyst write: "Disk space is cheap nowadays" as a workaround on a P1 TAR on which a bug has been opened.

Yeah sure. We are going to tear down 6 production RAC clusters, drop ASM, buy new disk and new fabric switches, just because someone is lazy. Quality control obviously needs to expand from just the product to include those charged with supporting it.

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