Re: Rman vs. Manual Hot Backups

RMAN is very handy. Takes some time so get started perhaps, but is safer and a lot easier in use.

Mainaining recovery catalog is easy with rman commands and quick to automate. Get a nice book: RMAN reference from Oreilly is good.

Anton

"Alan Karelitz" <alanbk_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:63ef7534.0201040601.27b55d4f_at_posting.google.com...
> I need some advice from users out there who have tried both methods.
> I am running Oracle 8.05 in HP-UX with Omniback II v3.5 as tape media
> management.
>
> Currently we backup cold every night. In the process of switching to
> Hot backup with a cold backup once a week. I am testing both methods,
> RMAN and Manual Hot. While RMAN seems to work, it seems that most
> Oracle DBA's don't use it. I guess this is due to the extra db
> required, and the chunkiness of RMAN.
>
> The problems that bother me about RMAN:
>
> 1. Not sure how to restore RMAN Backup (Hot Or Cold) to development
> server.
>
>
> 2. Can't seem to manually touch the files on tape (Omniback).
>
>
> 3. Recovery catalog maintenance. When a tape is over written (2week
> tape cycle) it seems to be a manual process to remove the old session
> on the tape from the recovery catalog.
>
>
>
> Any help would me much appreciated with this matter, in helping me
> with the RMAN vs. Manual Hot Backup decision, and with the listed RMAN
> concerns.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alan
Received on Fri Jan 04 2002 - 10:05:07 CST