Re: Anyone Using BMC's SQL BackTrack??

From: Howard J. Rogers <hjr_at_dizwell.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 01:57:50 +1000
Message-ID: <41261175$0$6317$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>

Charles wrote:

> "Oradba Linux" <techiey2k3_at_comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:<75eVc.3313$9d6.3006_at_attbi_s54>...

>> "Charles" <cdavis10717_at_comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:83dbb3cd.0408180958.6f222ec7_at_posting.google.com...
>> > I am looking for opinions of and user experience with BMC's SQL
>> > BackTrack.
>> >
>> > Like it?
>> >
>> > thank you.
>> >
>> > Charles
>> 
>> I have used it . I liked it . RMAN is built using the same concepts but
>> stores metadata in the database not in filesystem
>> and is FREE . Any reason why you dont want to consider RMAN ?

>
> I have found RMAN to be very difficult to use and buggy, needing lots
> of patches.

Based on what versions would that be?

8.0? I'd agree.
8i? I'm starting not to agree.
9i? Definitely not.

Now your experience may be different, in which case it would be helpful to have just a little bit more detail.

> With SQL BackTrack I like its "guided recovery" feature and potential
> ease-of-use for non-DBAs in an extreme Disaster Recovery situation.

Crikey. I'd not be taking any bets on your data surviving a disaster recovery AND a non-DBA trying to get it back, no matter how clever the software is!

Regards
HJR
>
> I plan to eval SQL BackTrack next month.
Received on Fri Aug 20 2004 - 10:57:50 CDT