Hi all,


We are putting TDP for oracle 5.2 with TSM 5.2. I need some help:


1. We have configured recovery catalog on a seprate database (different from 
target database).What backup strategy should i follow in order to protect my  
target database and  RMAN catalog database in case if it is a complete failure 
of system and i have to do it from scratch(i will be having offsite copy of the 
full database backup).


2. .Should i do a OFFLINE backup or TSM filelevel backup of all files and 
init.ora file of recovery catalog database.Target database i can restore thru 
recovery catalog ,but what happen if my recovery catalog is lost and i have to 
rebuild again at the postion it failed.


3 If i do't use recovery catalog on separate database i.e putting it on target 
database.What policy will be usefull for me to recover from a disater.We will 
be doing daily full backup of target dtabase.Is it possible that i recreate a 
new databse and configure it as it was before disaster,will  TDP be able to do 
it if i have backup on tape or in simple words recovering a completly lost 
database having recovery catalog on it,but full online and offline backup of 
database on tape.


. If somebody have some documentaion,procedure or redbook on such 
implementation senerio ,it is really helpfull for me.Although i do have one 
redbook "backing up oracle using tivoli storage manager",but it is not solving 
my purpose.





Thanks in Advance


Alkina l