Re: RMAN v Control Files

Following up on Howard J. Rogers, 17 Feb 2003:

>
> I had hoped I made myself clear, but obviously not. The recommendation
> to dispense with the catalog is a 9i one. The reason is that RMAN now
> stores 'persistent configuration parameters' in the control file of the
> target database, meaning that backup becomes a one-line command 'backup
> database;'. Not too complicated!! But in 8i, there were no persistent

While I caught you in RMAN mode, Howard:

Much appreciated if you could help here.

91r2, W2K, Enterprise Manager being used. You know how the config (channels, yadda yadda) can now be stored on the control file. Now, there is a user login under which the backup process will take place. Apparently that can also be changed/stored.

I've been unable to make it use anything other than "not specified, default", which I prsume to be Windows SYSTEM user. What's the trick? Been through the doco, but nothing on this that I could find.

TIA, etcetc.

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Nuno Souto
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