Yes, well, I've heard that claim too. It may actually work now, but a very capable DBA ( 2 actually ) spent quite a bit of time testing this with no good results.
And then there was the SQL BT glitch that left one of my former coworkers without a certain TBS in the DW for 6 weeks. Yes, 6 weeks. And you complain about Oracle Support. ;) Jared On Monday 13 January 2003 18:29, Deshpande, Kirti wrote: > I think SQLBackTrack can get the table data back from the backup file > without the need to create a partial database on another server and then > export the table from it. > > I remember seeing a demo where a dropped table was recovered by the BMC > rep. > > - Kirti > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 6:15 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > RMAN Does everything that SQL Backtrack does, for free. :-) > In fact, last I heard, BMC was planning on altering SQL Backtrack so that > it > > is really nothing more than a nice fancy front end to RMAN. When I was > at CSX we moved away from SQL Backtrack to RMAN and never had any regrets. > The only issue with SQL Backtrack vs. RMAN was support for 7.x databases. > RMAN does not support anything < 8.0. > > RF > > Robert G. Freeman > Technical Management Consultant > TUSC - The Oracle Experts www.tusc.com > 904.708.5076 Cell (it's everywhere that I am!) > Author of several books you can find on Amazon.com! > > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 4:39 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > I *think* that RMAN does everything SQL Backtrack does. > > Can't be positive, as I haven't used it for awhile. > > RMAN seems to have everything I recall SQL BT having, and then some. > > Jared > > On Monday 13 January 2003 12:38, Tim Gorman wrote: > > Don't know really. Just thought that it should probably be included, > > then I was hoping to find out... :-) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Tim Gorman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 10:49 AM > > > > > On Monday 13 January 2003 06:03, Tim Gorman wrote: > > > > Another question: should SQL BackTrack be included for > > > > consideration? > > > > > > What does SQL BackTrack to that RMAN doesn't do? > > > > > > Jared -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jared Still INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
