Zoltan, don't jump to the wrong conclusion just because everyone is busy doing their jobs!
The TDP for Oracle works just fine but there is no TDP for the Linux platform. Your best alternative may be to backup Oracle live to disk and then backup that disk with the regular TSM BAC (backup archive client). I'd confugure a separate node name (<hostname>_ORA for example) and make either its DOMAIN unique for the oracle backup area or the INCLUDE_EXCLUDE. Steffan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 6:47 AM Subject: Oracle on Linux backups > 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
