Re: How to backup a 2 Tb Oracle data warehouse ?

From: Frank <fbortel_at_nescape.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 21:21:18 +0100
Message-ID: <bpgisf$ffe$1_at_news2.tilbu1.nb.home.nl>


michael ngong wrote:
> Frank <fbortel_at_nescape.net> wrote in message news:<bpe0bk$cqq$1_at_news3.tilbu1.nb.home.nl>...
>

>>copernicus wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>I have a 2 Tb data warehouse.I need a backup strategy as the current
>>>backup strategy(cold backup) is taking too long.Is it possible to do a
>>>incremental backups using RMAN ? I guess I have to put the database in
>>>archivelog mode for this to work.But it is going to generate a lot of
>>>archive if I put in archivelog mode.

>
> I will try archive log, but compress and move the archived log files
> to tape if space is an issue .These you can recycle after a date you
> choose
>
> Michael Tubuo Ngong

Yes - but you must tell RMAN about this - so it's better to let RMAN delete the files; either from disk or tape.

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Regards, Frank van Bortel
Received on Wed Nov 19 2003 - 21:21:18 CET

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