{I can't remember the exact title of my previous email -- it is on my home PC and I am at work right now}
I had asked about options for backups when running heterogenous environments [eg HP and Sun Database Servers with DBs on FileSystems] in a single SAN. We had a meeting with Sun and their local dealer and Hitachi wich actually suppies the HDS 9XXX storage systems to Sun. I identified these options at the end of the meetings 1. Tape library connected to both Sun and HP servers [SCSI connection] 2. Add a backup server for each OS in to the SAN [e.g. one backup server for Sun file-systems, another for HP file-systems] 3. Backup over the Network [standard Veritas Netbackup client and server] 4. Tape library directly on the SAN switch via FC and using Veritas NetBackup Shared Storage Option to share the tape library and yet do LAN-free backups. My thanks to all those who replied earlier. Hemant K Chitale http://hkchital.tripod.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Hemant K Chitale 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).