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Re: RMAN on Linux REDHAT AS4

From: Jon <jglickma_at_rcn.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:10:28 -0400
Message-ID: <j-mdnTFrh6PHeI7anZ2dnUVZ_sCtnZ2d@rcn.net>


I reread the doc and after doing a installob you have to go to the obtool and do a mkdev so I did and called tc-tape like the manual for lack of any better name ( well tape is good ) and it says its in service when I do a lsdev from the obtool prompt

"Jon" <jglickma_at_rcn.com> wrote in message news:ifydnRwNhs-KfI7anZ2dnUVZ_uSgnZ2d_at_rcn.net...
> okay I know where the problem is and thatis setting up the device here are
> some things I have done so far with the installob I selected a tape drive
> it created a libobt.so which I symbolically linked to the Oracle_home/lib
> directory
>
> it created a /dev/obt0 device
>
> I guess there was a step I didn't do which is naming the device which I
> saw in the doc you are to do after creating the device... so I am close,
> since there is no named device when I run a rman script to tape it hangs
> but hey there was no library.so file in oracle lib directory or anywhere
> on the machine and no /dev/obt0 either with the default install... I think
> once I get this last
>
> step it should work...
>
> any thoughts
>
> ~Jon
>
> "Cristian Cudizio" <cristian.cudizio_at_yahoo.it> wrote in message
> news:1192464345.175815.31990_at_t8g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> On Oct 15, 6:04 pm, Cristian Cudizio <cristian.cudi..._at_yahoo.it>
> wrote:
>> On Oct 15, 5:26 pm, "Jon" <jglic..._at_rcn.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > The tape drive is supported, would I have to
>> > link it to any oracle libraries or I can just
>> > installob and make the tape device and just
>> > use it directly... I had trouble finding examples
>> > of this.
>>
>> > "Jon" <jglic..._at_rcn.com> wrote in message
>>
>> >news:ovGdnT84_6rM_o7anZ2dnUVZ_vmlnZ2d_at_rcn.net...
>>
>> > > Hi
>> > > I installed Secure Remote Backup and did the
>> > > installob program and configured my HP Sureshot
>> > > Dat/24 with it but not tape library... I saw an article
>> > > about configuring a virtual tape device and tape library.
>> > > How would it work with just a tape device, doesn't it
>> > > need a tape library if you are going to have multiple
>> > > backups on one tape, else how does it find a particular
>> > > backup amony many on a tape, assuming that is what
>> > > a tape library is and not a multiple tape machine, mine
>> > > takes one tape at a time. Is it possible to have a virtual
>> > > tape library or its just not needed. Has anyone got this
>> > > to work on Redhat or something simular?
>>
>> > > ~Jon
>> > > "Cristian Cudizio" <cristian.cudi..._at_yahoo.it> wrote in message
>> > >news:1192450077.760047.245370_at_t8g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
>> > > On Oct 15, 1:56 pm, vitalis..._at_gmail.com (Jerome Vitalis) wrote:
>> > >> Cristian Cudizio wrote:
>> > >> > Maybe the answer is Oracle Secure Backup
>> > >> >http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/secure-backup/index.html
>>
>> > >> Anyone using it here?
>> > >> It's still a beta software according to the official site.
>> > >> -----
>> > >> échangez opinions et commentaires dans les forums de
>> > >> discussion.http://www.usenetgratuit.com/
>>
>> > > I've tested it. 10.2 is beta, but 10.1 it not. If your tape driver is
>> > > supported you can use
>> > > it without any vendor media library.
>>
>> > > regards,
>>
>> > > Cristian Cudizio
>> > >http://oracledb.wordpress.com
>> > >http://cristiancudizio.wordpress.com
>>
>> you can just installob and use it it not necessary any relinking.
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> Cristian
>> Cudiziohttp://oracledb.wordpress.comhttp://cristiancudizio.wordpress.com
>
> really, you have to do a setup that is explained in the docs.
>
> regards,
>
> Cristian Cudizio
> http://oracledb.wordpress.com
> http://cristiancudizio.wordpress.com
>
>
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