Re: test restore

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:05:47 -0700
Message-ID: <1176347141.249323@bubbleator.drizzle.com>

sybrandb_at_hccnet.nl wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:14:13 -0700, DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
> wrote:
>

>> I'd recommend you put Veritas away and use RMAN.
>>
>> It has two things that make it far superior.
>> 1. It works.
>> 2. It is free.

>
> It has one thing that makes it inferior: it doesn't backup directly to
> tape, and you need extra programs to interface it to a tape libary.
> Third party vendors however often call a limited version of RMAN,
> instead of having RMAN calling the third party COTS.

Backup sets can be created on disk, or on media manager devices such as tape drives.

By default, RMAN creates all backups as backup sets, on tape or on disk. You can change the default backup type for disk backups to be image copies using the CONFIGURE command. Backups to tape can only be backup sets.

http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/backup.102/b14194/rcmsynta009.htm#RCMRF107

Am I missing something?

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
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Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
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Received on Wed Apr 11 2007 - 22:05:47 CDT