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what are the uses of Media Management Software [message #223586]

Fri, 09 March 2007 12:55

DRDBA
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can any one explain what are the uses of the media management
software (Tivole/Netbackup) in RMAN backup and recovery

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Re: what are the uses of Media Management Software [message #223589 is a reply to message #223586]

Fri, 09 March 2007 13:06

Mahesh Rajendran
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Historically, Oracle cannot directly write to tapes.
So you make your backups (old school alter database begin or new RMAN or logical backups with exp) to disk based filesystem .
Any backup tool like tivoli/legato/veritas would pickup these backupfiles and write into tapes for on-site/off-site archiving.
Most modern generation backup tools can directly invoke RMAN to backup and write backupset to tapes. To do this you need a seperate licensed (generally) MML (media management layer) from the respective vendor. With this, you can directly backup to tapes and restore from tapes.

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Re: what are the uses of Media Management Software [message #223593 is a reply to message #223589]

Fri, 09 March 2007 13:19

DRDBA
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Thanks Mahesh...so RMAN can not write to tapes directly..it uses MML for writing to tapes..do we need MML to write to disks also???

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Re: what are the uses of Media Management Software [message #223597 is a reply to message #223593]

Fri, 09 March 2007 13:26

Mahesh Rajendran
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>>do we need MML to write to disks also
No

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Re: what are the uses of Media Management Software [message #223824 is a reply to message #223593]

Sun, 11 March 2007 21:00

ebrian
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You may also want to consider Oracle Secure Backup which is actually a free product (one server to one attached tape drive) from Oracle that can backup to disk and provides a MML interface for backup to tape. Oracle Secure Backup also offers many other features.

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Re: what are the uses of Media Management Software [message #224001 is a reply to message #223824]

Mon, 12 March 2007 10:48

DRDBA
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Thanks buddy thanks for the info

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