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Frank van Bortel wrote:
> peterstibbons_at_yahoo.com schreef:
>
> > Yes you can use the Linux machine to backup the AIX RAC. I'm doing the
> > exact same thing here: 9i & 10g RAC's (and single instance db's) on
> > AIX,HP-UX, Linux, Windoze are being backed up by a 10g Recovery Catalog
> > on Linux and then sent to TSM. I've had no problems whatsoever.
>
> The recovery catalog is nothing more than a bunch of tables, containing
> a copy of the information that is held in the controlfiles.
> It is not a backup, nor a backup mechanism.
you're right, but i think you misunderstood peter. the backed up data itself is stored by TSM via MML, only the data about the backup is stored in the recovery catalog.
regards,
-ap
Received on Fri Jul 28 2006 - 15:00:29 CDT