Re: RMAN backup to disk and then later copy to tape

This piqued my interest. Pretty soon I'm going to have to find some
tape backup software for Windows Server 2003 (or higher) 64-bit.

On my 32-bit server, I use an old version of Veritas (pre-Symantec)
BackupExec with the Oracle Agent option. To upgrade this to the newest
version for 64-bit, will cost the project around $3,000 (which we
don't have).

So, can anybody recommend other programs that would work in this
environment (Oracle 11g and Windows 2003 Server, 64-bit)? If we have
to go begging for money, I'd rather beg for money for something that
WILL work instead of for something that MAY work.

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-- Bill Ferguson

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Mark Brinsmead
<pythianbrinsmead@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes indeed.  Backup to (disk-based) FRA, followed by BACKUP RECOVERY AREA
> (to tape), is the cleanest and simplest way to take care of this.  It avoids
> the race conditions (and the risk that your backup-to-tape may be invalid
> because it ran too soon), and RMAN remains aware of exactly where every
> backup is.
>
> The only problem is that this requires an RMAN-compatible media manager.
> The Original Poster referred to "BackupExec"; the last time I checked
> (granted, about 4 years ago) this was not compatible with RMAN.  Now, if the
> OP was interested in stepping up to NetBackup (or any of a couple dozen
> other products), this would be an option.  A very, very, good option.
>
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