Re: No future for DB2

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 12:20:22 -0700
Message-ID: <1122837601.611024@yasure>

Mark A wrote:
> "DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message
> news:1122836023.709609_at_yasure...
>

>>Oracle has one ... RMAN ... how many less does DB2 have?
>>
>>Daniel A. Morgan

>
>
> I think he is talking about the Oracle control files, which are optionally
> backed up. RMAN is a big improvement for backups compared to what was
> previously required in Oracle, but amazingly not everyone uses it.
>
> DB2 just has one command, the backup command. All of the control files
> needed to restore a database are included. If doing an online backup, you
> can also include the log files that were active during the online backup in
> the backup image.

I think he is talking about dinosaurs that still use command line scripts to back up Oracle and thus have to concern themselves with control files, log files, data files, temp files, etc. But lets acknowledge that these DBAs are dinosaurs using techniques no longer reflecting best practice in the product.

Sole exception from my comment ... those poor souls precluded from upgrading to 9i or above by management short-sightedness.

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Daniel A. Morgan
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Received on Sun Jul 31 2005 - 14:20:22 CDT