OS: AIX 4.3.3 ML8
Oracle: 8.1.7
Legato 6.1

OK, I have avoided RMAN and hot backups  for some years now.  I have always used my 
trusty scripts. Having come from the sysadmin side of dba, I prefer backups/restores 
that I can control.  I am leary of depending on RMAN, but I have no choice b/c this 
1tb db of blobs is just too big for full backups.  I need to do incremental backups 
using RMAN and Legato's Oracle Business Suite.

Question:  Has anyone used the aforementioned products together to do incremental 
backups?  And if so, any quick guide to set up and configuration?

Thanks,
Gene
*Now Forced to use RMAN*

PS. The db is 950gb blobs.  I am trying to get the vendor to put the blobs on the 
filesystem where they belong, but they are a big informix shop and like blobs in the 
db.  I am building a case to remove the blobs.  So far I have:

1. Backup/restore window would shrink, as well as performance degradtion during the 
backup window.
2. Db copies (e.g. for dev, test, web, ...) would be more managable.
3. Oracle upgrades would be more managable. I prefer exp/imp for upgrades.  Oracle's 
migrate utility is never clean.  Besides, get a reorg out of an upgrade.

Any other ideas I may have missed?

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