He only said CERTAIN operations in RMAN aren't available with ASM. I don't know which ones he's referring to though. Finn On 4/11/08, Don Seiler <don@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Baumgartel, Paul > <paul.baumgartel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I understand that many people use ASM in conjunction with Symmetrix, > etc., > > but I don't see how just pooling the storage and presenting it to the > > database is worth the effort (and the limitations, as there are certain > > operations in, e.g., RMAN, that aren't supported with ASM). > > What do you mean RMAN isn't supported with ASM? RMAN is the *only* > backup solution available when you use ASM. > > -- > Don Seiler > http://seilerwerks.wordpress.com > ultimate: http://www.mufc.us > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > >