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Re: could RMAN backup different platforms?

From: Frank van Bortel <frank.van.bortel_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 11:43:29 +0200
Message-ID: <eaface$9pk$2@news3.zwoll1.ov.home.nl>


Andreas Piesk schreef:
> 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
>

I know that is what you want to hear - it is not what I see.
-- 
Regards,
Frank van Bortel

Top-posting is one way to shut me up...
Received on Sat Jul 29 2006 - 04:43:29 CDT

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