Is anybody out there using NetBackup to do hot backups of Oracle databases 
without using the Veritas DB Extension product?

I have licenses for (8) DB Extensions and I'm using (5) of them. The other (3) 
are earmarked for another project. I have folks in several other business units 
that want me to perform hot backups of their Oracle databases but when I told 
them the cost of the DB Extension, it almost killed them. They are currently 
using the RMAN utilities via scripting to perform the backups but the manual 
tape management is getting them down. They want something a little more 
automated that's not going to break the bank. If anybody out there is doing 
this successfully, I'd sure like to here from you.

Regards,
Dennis

Quote: "Time is not a test of the truth"
Translation: Just because you've always done it that way, doesn't make it right

Dennis F. Dwyer
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