NBU 5.1 mp2 running on Win2k sp4,  Redhat 3 client running Oracle 10G database.
Investigating if NBU will support integrated backup and recovery of  Oracle 
Flash Recovery Area with
RMAN.   The DBA team is requesting storage to create the  FRA and now  I need 
to figure out a way,
if possible to, manage staging the snapshots to tape.

Flash Recovery Area defined by Oracle:
                                                                                
                     
 Flash Recovery Area                                                            
                     
 The Automatic Disk-Based Backup and Recovery feature simplifies managing disk 
space and files       
 related to backup and recovery, by managing all backup and recovery related 
files in a flash        
 recovery area. You set the flash recovery area size and location, using the 
DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST   
 and DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST_SIZE initialization parameters. You also specify a 
retention policy that  
 dictates when backups may be discarded. RMAN then manages your backup storage, 
deleting obsolete    
 backups and backups already copied to tape when space is needed, but keeping 
as many backups on     
 disk as space permits. This minimizes restores from tape during data recovery 
operations to shorten 
 restore and recovery times.                                                    
                     
                                                                                
                     



Thanks in Advance

Vincent Mase



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