Patrick, sorry I read too fast. You are talking about Oracle and not SAP.

For Oracle, we are right now comparing two solutions:

ADSM Connect agent for Oracle (interface between RMAN and ADSM API)
SQL Backtrack from BMC Software

Apologies,

Rene Lambelet
Nestec SA - 55, Av. Nestle - CH-1800 Vevey
Tel: ++41'21'924'35'43 / Fax: ++41'21'924'45'89
E-Mail: rene.lambelet AT nestle DOT com




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lambelet,Rene,VEVEY,FC-SIL/INF.
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 3:14 PM
> To:   'ADSM: Dist Stor Manager'
> Subject:      RE: Backing up Oracle with ADSM
>
> Hello Patrick, we use Backint from IBM, a very good solution for us.
>
> Plaese have a look at their site:
>
> http://www.de.ibm.com/ide/backint_adsm.html
>
> Rene Lambelet
> Nestec SA - 55, Av. Nestle - CH-1800 Vevey
> Tel: ++41'21'924'35'43 / Fax: ++41'21'924'45'89
> E-Mail: rene.lambelet AT nestle DOT com
>
>
>
>       -----Original Message-----
>       From:   Kelly, Patrick C. [SMTP:PKELLY AT WCB.STATE.ND DOT US]
>       Sent:   Friday, July 30, 1999 2:49 PM
>       To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>       Subject:        Backing up Oracle with ADSM
>
>       Hi everybody,
>
>       I am looking for some suggestions on backing up Oracle databases
> using ADSM.
>       The way we do it now, is to shutdown the database nightly and do a
> cold
>       backup. Works good but causes about 3hrs of downtime. What I would
> like to
>       do is shut the database down for a cold backkup weekly and then
> backup the
>       archive logs periodically throughout the week.
>
>       Has anyone had experience doing this? More importantly has anyone
> had
>       success recovering from this type of backup. I have seen how fussy
> Oracle
>       can be after a restore and I need to have my bases covered.
>
>       Thanks in advance
>       Pat Kelly
>       pkelly AT wcb.state.nd DOT us