Re: RMAN - backup to remote disk array?

"Steven" <SPAMBLOCKERsteven.pannell_at_gmx.net> wrote in message news:<bq1ndu$1tisdh$1_at_ID-82797.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> "-={Giorgio}=-" <leva.md3496_at_mclink.it> wrote in message
> news:bq052l$2asd$1_at_newsreader1.mclink.it...
> >
> >
> > > You seem to have a choice between
> > > a) an unreliable and slow-backup on NFS
> > > b) no backup at all
> > > c) pray.
> > > d) make sure the array is attached directly to the db server.
> >
> > e) install RMAN ad perform backup from the server with the
> > destination disk array
>
> How to do that??? RMAN only supports write to local disk or tape drive. At
> least I think so...

I believe the idea is to put RMAN where it can write the disk as local, because it can read the database from anywhere, ie, rman target sys/sys_pwd_at_prod1 catalog rman/rman_at_rcat

This is so obvious I didn't understand Giorgio's comment at first either :-)

jg

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