I was looking at an old backup script the other day. We acquired a new client who was stiil using shell scripts to execute hot tablespace backups and it got me thinking about how much I take RMAN for granted these days. Remember how meticulous we used to be about backup shell scripts? In the "old days" you had to manage everything in the scripts … [Read more...]
New whitepaper: High availability without breaking the bank
Oracle’s RAC-centric marketing sells Oracle short by ignoring a broad spectrum of huge advances in 9i and 10g. These features, including logical standby (part of DataGuard), streams, improved multimaster replication, flashback query, Cross-platform transportable tablespaces, improved RMAN (including the pipe interface), constitute the great … [Read more...]