RE: No future for DB2
Dirk wrote: >>A friend of mine had the same problem at her company (she is the >>software manager), and eventually phoned me for help, who doesn't know Oracle. >>They couldn't get RMAN to work, and got Oracle in. Oracle couldn't get >>RMAN to work, and blamed it on Veritas - and Veritas again blamed it on Oracle ....... I hope your friend makes more than me... not sure I would aspire to be software manager, but title sounds nifty. RMAN is pretty complex. It took our experienced Oracle DBA several months working on/off with our Veritas Netbackup person to get RMAN to work. We are just now beginning to roll it out across all our oracle dbs. Sounds like your friend needed someone to stand between oracle and veritas and make the two parties work nicely together to get a solution. This of course would probably have had to be the "DBA in the middle".... aren't we always there?.... I've gotten so good at watching fingers point around.... hey, can I get certified for that? (not finger pointing, but being an observer). Or maybe I'm just certifiable... but we all gotta be something :) Norma Jean ============================================================ The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reproduction, dissemination or distribution of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Tellabs ============================================================ sending to informix-list
Sebastian, Norma J. wrote: > Dirk wrote: > >>>A friend of mine had the same problem at her company (she is the >>>software manager), and eventually phoned me for help, who doesn't know > > Oracle. > >>>They couldn't get RMAN to work, and got Oracle in. Oracle couldn't > > get > >>>RMAN to work, and blamed it on Veritas - and Veritas again blamed it > > on Oracle ....... > > I hope your friend makes more than me... not sure I would aspire to be > software manager, but title sounds nifty. > > RMAN is pretty complex. It took our experienced Oracle DBA several > months working on/off with our Veritas Netbackup person to get RMAN to > work. We are just now beginning to roll it out across all our oracle > dbs. > > Sounds like your friend needed someone to stand between oracle and > veritas and make the two parties work nicely together to get a solution. > This of course would probably have had to be the "DBA in the middle".... > aren't we always there?.... I've gotten so good at watching fingers > point around.... hey, can I get certified for that? (not finger > pointing, but being an observer). > Or maybe I'm just certifiable... but we all gotta be something :) > > Norma Jean > ============================================================ > The information contained in this message may be privileged > and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader > of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee > or agent responsible for delivering this message to the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reproduction, > dissemination or distribution of this communication is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, > please notify us immediately by replying to the message and > deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Tellabs > ============================================================ > > sending to informix-list I see zero value in any of Veritas' offerings. But then I see zero value in backing up to tape rather than removable hard disks. I don't mean to be insulting but I don't think your DBA has modified his or her thinking in the last 10 years while the technologies available have changed dramatically. Take tape out of the picture and what does Veritas do? Same as with RAC asking how one can justify Veritas when ASM does more and costs far less (included in the Oracle license). -- Daniel A. Morgan http://www.psoug.org damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)