"Rien, Julie L. [C]" wrote:
> 
> To all:
> 
> System details:
> SUN Enterprise 5500
> 2 A1000 Arrays
> 1 L1000 Tape Library
> 
> Software:
> Solaris 8
> Oracle 8i
> VERITAS Volume Manager
> VERITAS NetBackUP
> 
> We currently allow 4.5 hours of down time a night to do daily exports and
> backups through oracle export and netbackup respectively.  Our window of
> down time is shrinking beyond a point that utilizing incremental backup will
> not shorten our backup time enough.
> 
> I have been researching solutions to this and have come up with two options
> to allow for 24hr by 7day uptime but allow for solid backups.
> 1. SNAPSHOT -- will not work because of the oracle db (this is a db
> server...its only purpose)
> 2. VERITAS Database Edition for Oracle on Solaris
> 
> I was hoping that this group may have some success stories with VERITAS
> Database Edition for Oracle on Solaris OR suggestions on other solutions you
> have used.
> 
> I am interested in hearing your restoring experiences with either of these
> options also.
> 
> Thank you in advance for your help.
> 
> Julie
> 
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Hot backups with NetBackup via RMAN have always worded well.  It is
a little extra work to setup in the beginning, but it is well worth it.
I've set it up several times on various sized databases.  Of course
I needed a DBA to deal with the RCAT database and all the other Oracle
specific things.


Thanks
Peter