Networker does not know about DMP so specifying alternate device paths
will end-up in backuping same data multiple times.

Do not forget to put db in backup mode (if db is in archive enabled mode)
or to stop db before the backup and resume/restart after backup to
maintain DB consistency.

HTH

Th


> Hi listers,
>
>
>
> I've just got three HP-UX servers to include in my backup but these
> servers have their databases on raw partitions.  Since we haven't
> purchased the Oracle module yet I intend to use the rawasm directive to
> backup the oracle partitions.  The volume group on the partition is
> shared in a cluster and has three alternate links.  My problem is
> whether to include the alternate links in the directive as in
>
>
>
>     <</dev/rdisk>>
>
>         +rawasm c1t0d2
>
>         +rawasm c4t0d2
>
>              ..
>
>              ..
>
>
>
>
>
> Or just to backup the primary path with
>
>
>
>     <</dev/rdsk>>
>
>         +rawasm c1t0d2
>
>
>
> TIA
>
>
>
>
>
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