Re: Who Is Using RMAN ?

Washington State Dept. of Social and Health Services is using Recovery Manager for its Client Services Database. All Oracle recommendations for using RMAN are followed. In addition, alternate backup methods are in place if needed. Backups are performed via cron job on Sun/Solaris. Our experience is a mix of mostly success and some disappointments, including one current bug to be fixed in 8.0.5.1.

"Rodgers, Tony (CEI-Atlanta)" wrote:

> I posted a similar question a few weeks ago, and had a couple of good
> responses, but I'm really beginning to wonder how many people are
> actually using RMAN (Recovery Manager) to perform their backups with
> Oracle8.
>
> I'm not getting the impression that many people are using it yet. There
> are some pro's and con's to using RMAN, and one of the cons is having to
> maintain more databases to keep a recovery catalog. I know the catalog
> isn't an absolute *must*, but is recommended if you're going to use
> RMAN. Without the catalog, it seems we might as well just be using
> old-fashioned OS backups combined with exports.
>
> I'm aware of the supposed benefits to using RMAN, and I guess I'm just
> looking for people who either sing its praises, or feel strongly about
> staying away from it. Anyone have war stories or strong opinions one
> way or another?
>
> Many thanks
Received on Sun Jan 31 1999 - 09:23:04 CST