Not sure if blib would work unless it s using Rman to do it. (Rman allows
for a database block level backup and it has an API for backup vendors. So
Veritas might be using Rman under the covers) If the Veritas BLIB is a disk
block backup and does not go through rman then no I don't think it would.
If it does go through Rman and does a database block backup then yes.
Jim
"Steve Mckee" <steve.mckee_at_ericsson.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> We are developing a backup solution for our database product.
> The product runs on Solars 8, Oracle 8.1.7, and uses
> the Veritas Database Edition for Oracle. All file systems
> are VXFS and we are using Quick I/O files for the database files.
>
> From what I understand, there seems to be 2 different
> ways of performing incremental backs:
>
> o one using RMAN
> o one using the Block Level Incremental Backup (BLIB)
> from Veritas.
>
>
> Question 1:
>
> Am I correct when I say that these are 2 separate ways
> of performing incremental backups? Or does one somehow use the other.
>
> Question 2:
>
> Which is better? What are the advantages/disadvantages of each.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve
Received on Mon Dec 03 2001 - 11:37:50 CST
