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Re: could RMAN backup different platforms?

From: Jerome Vitalis <vitalismanREMOVETHAT_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:11:38 +0200
Message-ID: <44c87557$0$668$626a54ce@news.free.fr>


Andreas Piesk wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i'm already backing up several RACs. to utilize all nodes the backup is
> peformed by a non-RAC server which allocate channels to the RAC nodes
> and transfers the backupsets to a TSM system. works great so far, for
> linux. now i want to to the same with RACs on AIX. do i need a non-RAC
> server running AIX to perform the backup for the AIX RACs or can the
> linux server do the job? to make it short:
>
> can rman on AIX back up databases on linux and vice versa? any links,
> notes, etc. are welcome.
>
> or is my setup silly and there's a better way to do it?

If I understand correctly, you're asking where to run the RMAN *client* software. In this case, the answer is wherever you want (even on a Windows box) as long as this RMAN client installation is compatible with the target database. Received on Thu Jul 27 2006 - 03:11:38 CDT

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