> I had earlier asked the question about using the TSM TDP for Oracle on a
> Linux box but never got a response.  From the silence and other messages
> related to this topic, I can only surmize that this won't/doesn't work and
> I shouldn't waste my time/money in purchasing the TDP.
>
> So, since I can't change the platform, I need to know how anyone else in
> this situation/configuration backs up their Oracle systems on Linux ? Or
> are most folks waiting for TSM 5.x and the supposed forthcoming TDP that
> will work on Linux and are keeping Oracle on supported/backup-able OS'es ?
>
> Note, I am not a DB person. I don't know the first thing about Oracle. I
> have seen some discussions about an RMAN program/utility, but I only know
> the name.
>
> The objective is to do live (i.e. not shutting down the application)
> backups of the Oracle DB and be able to restore it on a backup/test
> machine.
>
> We do a nightly backup but all attempts to restore from these backups to
> another box, have produced useless files. Oracle is very unhappy !!
>
> Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
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> Zoltan Forray
> Zoltan Forray
> Virginia Commonwealth University - University Computing Center
> e-mail: zforray AT vcu DOT edu  -  voice: 804-828-4807