This line is key:
"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."

Once a backup has been done to the flash recovery area, you would use
the oracle agent and netbackup to do a "backup backupset all" or
specify a completed time spec in the rman command (the details of the
RMAN backup command can be found at
http://ocpdba.net/10gdoc/server.101/b10770/rcmsynta9a.htm#78898 ).
That will move them from the flashbackup area to tape and then RMAN
will know that they can be freed when it needs to reclaim disk for the
next backup.

-Charlie

On 11/17/05, Vincent_Mase AT harvardpilgrim DOT org
<Vincent_Mase AT harvardpilgrim DOT org> wrote:
>
> 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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