From: fbortel@nescape.net   
      
   michael ngong wrote:   
   > Frank  wrote in message news:...   
   >   
   >>copernicus wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>Hi,   
   >>>I have a 2 Tb data warehouse.I need a backup strategy as the current   
   >>>backup strategy(cold backup) is taking too long.Is it possible to do a   
   >>>incremental backups using RMAN ? I guess I have to put the database in   
   >>>archivelog mode for this to work.But it is going to generate a lot of   
   >>>archive if I put in archivelog mode.   
   >   
   > I will try  archive log, but compress and move the archived log files   
   > to tape if space is an issue .These  you can recycle after a date you   
   > choose   
   >   
   > Michael Tubuo Ngong   
      
   Yes - but you must tell RMAN about this - so it's better   
   to let RMAN delete the files; either from disk or tape.   
   --   
   Regards, Frank van Bortel   
      
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