What lack of luck have you had? You can use Oracle EBU or RMAN and won't have to shutdown databases. Lot's of people use them. David B. Longo System Administrator Health First, Inc. 3300 Fiske Blvd. Rockledge, FL 32955-4305 PH 321.434.5536 Pager 321.634.8230 Fax: 321.434.5525 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/16/01 09:10AM >>> Hi We are running H70 IBM RS6000servers IBM AIX 4.3 alongwith SSA Disk Subsystem and Tapelibrary model 7337. Tivoli Storage Manager version 3.7.3.0 We want to run nightly backup.... shutdown oracle, backup 65 GB database to tapes. Does anyone have ideas and scripts. We have been doing trial and error an dhave very little luck. thanks Gunashekar "MMS <health-first.org>" made the following annotations on 02/16/01 09:36:29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary, or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it, and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. Health First reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views or opinions expressed in this message are solely those of the individual sender, except (1) where the message states such views or opinions are on behalf of a particular entity; and (2) the sender is authorized by the entity to give such views or opinions. ннннннннннннннннннннннннн==
