Re: ASM and Backups

On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 06:00:56 -0700, GeoPappas amused us by writing:

> We are currently running 10g using ASM on a Sun V880. Oracle
> recommends using RMAN to do a backup and store the backup files within
> the ASM storage area. My question is how to copy the backup to a
> remote location (e.g., to another box) so if the box or room catches on
> fire we have another copy?
>
> The Admin group has Netbackup 4.5, which can copy files remotely (from
> one box to another), but I don't believe that it will run on ASM. Does
> anyone know of a third party backup utility that can work with ASM?

RMAN can ALSO backup the stuff stored in ASM to a second location - a backup of the backup.

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