Brian, I don't know if there is a archive search for this list but this exact subject; "Using Tivoli TSM-TDPO", just came up about a week ago. I will look for my old post. Short answer... Tivoli TSM-TDPO; Works well, hard (rather "painful") to configure, docs not good. Chris Marquez Oracle DBA -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of BP Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 2:15 PM To: Oracle-L Subject: Tivoli Storage Manager Implementation [Oracle 10g Enterprise Edition for AIX 5L] Hi Everyone, Our company is considering a purchase of Tivoli Storage Manager for all its enterprise backup needs. Currently our dev and testing db's are coming online. Production db's are not to online for another six months - and are not going to run 24/7. So it looks like it will be 'consistent backups' via Tivoli. It all sounds so rosy from the vendors presentations, but as a neophyte DBA is there anything I should aware of or brush up on? I originally thought 'Great no pager!' but I guess RMAN or some aspect of this setup could stop working one night at 3am. Your thoughts? Best Regards, Brian Peasey -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l