ditto. I have clients using RMAN regularly writing to a linux virtual server on system z with NFS. In the fullness of time a physical server backs up the rman sitting on the NFS. backup/restore works great. Still endorse using export/import for migration. Once client did 50 databases this way in 50 days. David
________________________________ From: Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Little, Chris Sent: Thu 12/18/2008 11:49 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Slightly OT: Converting Oracle databases to run on Linux for System z -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of David Boyes Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 10:36 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Slightly OT: Converting Oracle databases to run on Linux for System z On 12/18/08 11:29 AM, "Little, Chris" <chris.lit...@okdhs.org> wrote: >> You _can_ do an online export of a database. Don't expect the data to >> be reliable, though. But we tested exports on our production systems >> without, you know, impacting production. Always a "good thing"(tm). > > Indeed. RMAN is supposed to have some Extra Magick (trademark) that keeps it > consistent for backup use, though. So far, we seem to have sufficient > supplies of Magick that it's worked reliably for us. Yeah. We RMAN/TSM/TDP/(insert any other desired TLA here) for production backups. I can say for certain to any hesitant DBAs that it works. We use it to clone databases (like hardware, of course), and have had to use it to recover production once. And our DBAs also were initially hesitant about it.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
