Re: easiest way to backup&recover Oracle?
Date: 18 Apr 2003 15:31:08 -0700
Message-ID: <5868625b.0304181431.64c7344e_at_posting.google.com>
This sounds interesting..
I took a look at the white paper and it sounds like what I'm looking
for, plus it does some things I hadn't thought were possible... does
anyone out there have experience with BackupButler?
cgshort_at_aol.com (Chris) wrote in message news:<32f76be9.0304170944.69ad5778_at_posting.google.com>...
> canuck_tech_at_yahoo.com (Grant) wrote in message news:<5868625b.0304151518.120cecad_at_posting.google.com>...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was wondering what the easiest & best way is to backup and recover
> > our new Oracle 9i database? I've taken a look at the oracle recovery
> > manager documentation but it looks like I'd have to code a lot of
> > scripts. Our company had a Veritas rep by and their product doesn't
> > look like it removes any of the scripting requirements, plus I'll have
> > to install a bunch of third party drivers, and I'll be relying on
> > tape.. yuck, I have bad memories of tape from my sysadmin days.
> > Although, I guess I don't have an alternative for our disaster
> > recovery needs...sigh. Are there any better solutions that people
> > like?
> >
> > thanks,
>
> Hello!
>
> At the risk of being egregiously self-serving, take a look at what
> Database Appliances is doing: www.databaseappliances.com (Full
> disclosure: I work for these guys).
>
> We have a product that should make your life a *LOT* easier! It
> performs backup & recovery directly to/from disk. No need for tapes
> in day-to-day unless you want to use them. The scripts are included
> and use RMAN so it will meet your requirements for 9i. Also, you can
> schedule block backups as frequently as you'd like ? like every 15
> minutes. We use iSCSI to connect to a duplicate offsite box for
> automatic failover.
>
> Anyway, take a look for yourself. When I saw your post I just
> couldn't keep quiet. Our product meets all of your requirements and
> probably is a lot less expensive than Vertias' software alone ? not to
> mention the hardware!
>
> Good Luck!
> Chris
Received on Sat Apr 19 2003 - 00:31:08 CEST