We're considering an IBM FAStT SAN for a 30GB Oracle9i DB on HP/UX 11i. One option with the FAStT is called "FlashCopy". It's been six months since I've last looked at this, but our original idea was to smack all TSs into backup mode, FlashCopy, then smack all TSs out of backup mode. We'd also need to dump the copy to tape, then startup this copy as another instance, so the Tivoli plugin to have RMAN manage this probably wouldn't be worth the money for us.
So, has anyone done this? Which FlashCopy options did you use? Any major gotchas to not do this? Does the Flash cause I/O problems during the backup due to the block reads from the original DB? TIA, Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jesse, Rich 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).
