Hi Krish, Thanks for the advice, I have seen examples of channel settings for different nodes, so I will check that out. Regards Pete On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 5:40 PM, <krish.hariharan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Peter > > I have dealt with RAC backups in all three configurations (with NetBackup > which imposes the same constraint) > > 1. Dedicated node for all databases > > 2. Dedicated node for a given database > > 3. Free for all > > > > The crucial part of this is a way of knowing after the fact, where your > backup took place or conversely be agnostic to it. > > > > a) > > With single node backup in a RAC configuration you have to ensure > > a) That node is capable of backing up all the databases > > b) Or if different databases get backed up from different nodes, then a > document that captures that > > c) Prevent RMAN connection from failing over to a different node to > execute the backup of a database via another instance > > d) The node of choice must have the capacity to execute all the data of > a given database(s) consistent with your policy > > > > b) > > The same is true of NetBackup (which I am familiar with). You can set up > multiple channels are configured to reference the nodes from which backup > took place (alternate host restore mechanism) then RMAN will locate the > backup piece from the correct channel to execute the recovery (channel fail > down if you will). I have tested this and if memory serves me right I think > this capability was available starting with 9.0.1 > > > > Regards, > > -Krish > > Krish Hariharan > > President/Executive Architect, Quasar Database Technologies, LLC > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/quasardb > ------------------------------ > > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Peter Hitchman > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 05, 2008 4:39 AM > *To:* oracle-l > *Subject:* Questions on using RMAN to backup a RAC database with TSM > > > > Hi, > I have a new 11G RAC set-up to play with! > > We use TSM to do our backups and RMAN. I know that TSM associates backups > with the client node from which they came. > > So: > a) Where is the best place to run rman from? One of the RAC nodes? Or a > third-party "application" server. > > b) What sort of TSM issues would we face, if the machine we made the > backups from failed, when it comes to restore and recovery? > I assume that if we backed up using node1 and then tried a restore of an > archivelog file from node2, we would need to make TSM think that node2 was > node1 for it to find the backup. > > Thanks for any comments. > > -- > Regards > > Pete > -- Regards Pete