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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zoltan Forray Virginia Commonwealth University - University Computing Center e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - voice: 804-828-4807
