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Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 05:28:20 -0800
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From: "Mark J. Bobak" <mark@bobak.net>
Subject: Re: RMAN  and TSM
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We are in the midst of a big move to RMAN.  We use EMC's EDM to do
backups, and the SAs have been pushing us towards RMAN for a while now,
cause the EDM interface intergrates w/ RMAN seamlessly.  It really is a
nice backup solution.  (We started the process by upgrading all our EDM
units to 5.0)  Anyhow, we are setting up the RMAN catalog databases
ringht on the EDM boxes.  (The EDMs are Solaris boxes.)

It's working well.  We haven't yet fully rolled out, but all our testing
has worked fine.  We're about to start the production database migration
next week.

-Mark
On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 06:23, Connor McDonald wrote:
> There is a Metalink note (73431.1) which talks about
> the rman version compatibility, but it also states: 
> 
> "Ensure that the RMAN executable version matches the
> version of the target database that it is backing up"
> 
> which I presume to mean that you need to run rman from
> each target and "push" to the catalog & storage
> management node(s).  This is how I've always seen it
> done - but I've often wondered if one could get away
> driving eveything from the catalog node, pulling
> client databases over sqlnet  - thus only having a
> single TSM client (and license) on the rman catalog
> node.
> 
> Cheers
> Connor
> 
>  --- "MacGregor, Ian A." <ian@SLAC.Stanford.EDU>
> wrote: > I'm  trying to use RMAN and TSM to backup
> multiple
> > databases spread across various nodes with some
> > nodes hosting more than one database.  The RMAN
> > catalog database will reside on a node different
> > from  any of the nodes hosting the other databases. 
> > I have long used ADSM  without the RMAN clothing to
> > backup the databases.  I have convinced the SA's to
> > move on to TSM, and now I need to add the RMAN
> > adornments.
> > 
> > I assume I need the SA's to install TDP  for Oracle
> > on all the nodes requiring RMAN backup.  Do I also
> > need to install it on  the machine which will host
> > the catalog database.  That database will undergo
> > cold backup using "naked" TSM.  The same question
> > applies to the tdpo.opt file.  Do I need multiple
> > TDPO_FS values and multiple tdpo.opt files to hold
> > them.
> > 
> > 
> > I am also assuming I will start RMAN from one of the
> > databases requiring backup and connect also to the
> > RMAN catalog.  Is this typical.
> > 
> > Ian MacGregor
> > Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
> > ian@SLAC.Stanford.edu
> > -- 
> > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ:
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> > -- 
> > Author: MacGregor, Ian A.
> >   INET: ian@SLAC.Stanford.EDU
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