The problem is that I don't have enough room on disk to do the backups off peak. I will be getting another disk (18 or 36gig ) soon but I was looking for a way to hold us in the meantime.
Thanks! Ruth ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 11:40 AM > Ruth - If you have space for individual RMAN backups, but not enough room > for all RMAN backups, consider this. For simplicity, assume that you only > have two production databases on your system. > - Backup database A using RMAN. > - Copy the backup to tape. > - Delete the disk copy of the RMAN backup. > - Backup database B using RMAN > - Copy the backup to tape. > > This means that if you have to recover database A, then you'll have to > delete backup B and read A's backup in from tape. That means the recovery > time will be longer. But maybe not that much longer than if you were using a > media manager and writing directly to tape. > Actually, we are considering a schedule like this down the road. Buy > a cheap NAS unit just to hold backups until they are copied to tape. > Incremental backups, staggered days, etc. may make this arrangement > more usable. > Dennis Williams > DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 9:41 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > If I get it to work, which from everything I've heard so far won't happen, I > will be happy to let everyone know. As of today, I had to compress some > backup sets so I could backup the last production database. What a waste of > time! > > Ruth > ----- Original Message ----- > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 3:58 PM > > > > Ruth - The RMAN documentation says the test of where you can save your > > backup is whether Oracle can do a CREATE TABLESPACE to that location. That > > is what rules out tape except through a certified media manager. I would > > guess that also rules out compressing through a pipe, but if you get it to > > work, let the rest of us know. > > Dennis Williams > > DBA > > Lifetouch, Inc. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 8:40 AM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > Does anyone know if you can do rman backups throught pipes and compress > them > > the way you can with an export? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Ruth > > > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > > -- > > Author: Ruth Gramolini > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). 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