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[Veritas-bu] Best Option for Hot Backups of Oracle on an AIX enviornment

2004-11-03 19:26:22
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Best Option for Hot Backups of Oracle on an AIX enviornment
From: Jared Still <jkstill AT gmail DOT com> (Jared Still)
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 16:26:22 -0800
We use the Oracle database agent for versions of Oracle 7.3, 8.1.6 and 8.1.7 
on Solaris, Win2k, NT and Linux without any problems.

Jared



On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 14:40:01 -0700, Rami Elyas <rami.elyas AT lilydale DOT com> 
wrote:
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> Hi, 
> 
> I'm currently running cold backups of our Oracle environment. We will be
> moving to hot backups soon and I've been looking at a few options: 
>  
> Use the Database Agent with NetbackUp 
> The other is to run a split-mirror and break the mirror during backup and
> then re-sync the mirror when the backup is finished 
> 
> I've heard mixed reviews regarding the Database Agent, does anyone have any
> tips or comments regarding either method??? 
> 
>   
> 
> Thanks 


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Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist