| what is the advantage to using RMAN in Oracle 11g Standard Edition [message #582198] |
Mon, 15 April 2013 11:51  |
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bettyp106
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Registered: April 2013
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Hi all,
We are upgrading from oracle 9.2.0.8 to 11g r2, and both are Standard Edition database. The database is part of a product that runs on a customer site, and won't get bigger than 50 GB. It runs in archive mode, and our backup script does a hot backup every night, plus copying the archive logs, redos, controlfiles, etc. We save 2 entire backups - from the last night plus the night before last. Then there's a tape backup that saves the backed-up files to an off-server location.
This architecture has allowed us to recover our customer's data from many odd occurrences at customer sites (power loss during a hot backup, corrupt controlfiles/datafiles/archivelogs). My question is, given that we are running the Standard Edition database, which doesn't have most of the helpful RMAN features, is it worth it to switch to RMAN?
I took an Oracle Backup and Recovery class and posed this question to the instructor, and the response was, it would be better to use RMAN over a manual user backup script. Our backup script is pretty battle-hardened - is that the best reason?
Also having trouble finding documentation that tells exactly what the standard edition DOES allow me to do.
Sorry so long-winded - trying to include everything in the first shot at this. Any help is VERY appreciated!
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