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Re: how to handle migrating to new database over time

From: IANAL_VISTA <IANAL_Vista_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 02:03:48 GMT
Message-ID: <Xns968DC1EF3113DSunnySD@68.6.19.6>


"fluff" <highcharge_at_gmail.com> wrote in news:1120864106.467531.79530_at_o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:

> I wouldn't be suggesting this if I hadn't already
> taken 10g for a spin and fell off a couple times :-)
>
> There's a lot of little gotchas and each one
> takes time. For example, you have to
> have the "login as a batch job" privilege for
> a lot of oracle activities. By default even administrator doesn't have
> that in 2003 server.
> There's just a lot of issues like that.
>
> Plus I'm trying to use features I didn't use before
> like em and rman and each one of these is a world unto itself.
>
> Anyone know what magic it takes for rman to
> recognize a dlt tape drive? MS' backup uses it
> just fine. It is using a MS driver dlttape.sys
> But apparently that's not enough for rman. I'm
> wondering if it is even possible to use this tape
> drive with oracle. Windows labels it as
> "Bnchmark dlt scsi sequential device".
> I think the relevant error message from
> the test tape backup in em is (note
> that sbtio.log exists but has no contents):
>
> *** ACTION NAME:(0000001 STARTED1) 2005-07-08 17:51:24.945
> *** SERVICE NAME:(SYS$USERS) 2005-07-08 17:51:24.945
> *** SESSION ID:(136.6) 2005-07-08 17:51:24.945
> SKGFQ OSD: Error in function sbtinit on line 2325
> SKGFQ OSD: Look for SBT Trace messages in file D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.1.0
> \ADMIN\MYDB\UDUMP\sbtio.log
> SBT Initialize failed for oracle.static
>
>

It appears that you are either incapable or unwilling to RTFM.

http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96564/toc.htm

About the RMAN Media Management Interface

To store backups on tape, RMAN requires a third-party media manager. A media manager is a software program that loads, labels, and unloads sequential media such as tape drives used to back up and recover data. If you choose not to install a media manager, then you can back up to disk. Received on Fri Jul 08 2005 - 21:03:48 CDT

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