Conducting a survey here ... What is the preferred method of Hot Backups {where you do not have a SAN with SnapClones) and the database is large [say more than 80GB, against the DLT drive of 40GB tapes] 1. Scripted Hot Backup to Tape, spanning tapes in an AutoLoader configuration [the switching of tapes has to be scripted into the Hot Backup] 2. Scripted Hot Backup to Disk, followed by a subsequent backup to tape a. With a compressed image of the DB on Disk b. To an uncompressed image on Disk Assume : No Media Manager Libraries available for RMAN so backups have to be scripted with ALTER TABLESPACE BEGIN ... END ... Hemant K Chitale http://hkchital.tripod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------