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Hi, I prepare myself to Fundametals I exam with Couchman book. In the first chapter of the book I found information that dynamic performance views are not a part of data dictionary (data dictionary consists of static views only). In the second chapter I found the information that they ARE a part...

Hi, I used to use nbsupport.exe utility on windows platform to document my NetBackup 4.5 configuration. Now I need to gather the NetBackup 4.5 configuration on unix platform. Is there anything similar to nbsupport on unix platform? mewa

Hello, Can anybody help me with configuring notify scripts for Oracle policy? I found on Veritas web that bpend and bpstart is not working for Oracle policy, but I can;tt find any information if these are replaced by any other or the functionality is not supported at all? mewa

Hello, I'm installing NetBackup 4.5 Master Server on HP-UX ServiceGuard package for the first time. I went into lots of problems - the list is long, so I will not go into details now. I'm looking for any white papers, docs, tips on that type of installations as I'm not able to find it on veritas...

Hello, I plan to convert my 9.2 database datafile layer from raw devices to filesystem files (database is on hp-ux). At first I thought about exporting the data, changing the structure from raw to filesystem and then importing. But the database is huge and the required downtime will not be...

Hi, I have an MSCS cluster build of 2 servers. Each server has a locally attached LTO library (via SCSI), so I have 2 Media Servers. I have an Oracle database running in a cluster package available through a virtual ip address. I defined a device group consisted of 2 libraries and a backup...

Hi, I have 2 files: filea abd fileb. filea: aaa bbb ccc ddd fileb: 111 222 333 444 I want to get output file: filec. filec: aaa 111 bbb 222 ccc 333 ddd 444 Please, help. Thanks, mewa

Hi! I hit a bug 1083739 when restoring my 8.0.6 database. The fix is included in 8.1.7, but the db cannot be upgraded because of application running on it. The upgrade is planed in next half a year. I cannot survive without a properly restoring backup for such a long time... The bug causes...

Hi, I'm looking for step-by-step procedure of recovering a node of MSCS cluster (Windows 2K AS). I failed during test restores although I strictly followed the instruction in a recovery section of NetBackup admin guide. FC drives were not restored. Clusterdb was corrupted... Any help will be...

Hello guys, I'm in trouble while connecting to Oracle db during first steps of Veritas NetBackup installation. I'm not sure if Net8 is configured correctly as I get ORA-12154. NetBackup complains about TNS solving ALASID name (it gathered ALASID from somewhere and I have no possibility to enter...

Hi, I was asked to compare the possibility of fast system recovery of HP unix and Sun solaris. I have some knowledge on HPUX, but I'm absolutely new to Solaris. In HP there is a product called Ignite which allows to boot a system in case of a complete disaster from an earlier prepared tape or...

Hi, I'm looking for some tips on how to backup a database to be able to restore when a total disaster appeares, that is all the controlfiles are lost. I usually do a full online backup once a day and then I backup archivelogs every 2 hours. I thougt I'm save because I can recover from full and...

Hi, I need help with standby database. After entering managed recovery mode the prompt is still in the same line and svrmgrl session seems to be waiting forever. I want to use recover managed command in a script, so getting backing prompt is essencial to go to the next steps in a script. Thanks...

Hi All, I'd like to know if it is possible to query the standby database when it works in managed or manual recovery mode. I know it is possible when the db works in read-only mode, but still need the definite answer if it is possible or not when db is recovering. It's Oracle 8.1.6. Thanks a...

Hello, I have to populate a database with a large number of rows (approximately 20 000 000 of records) to run some performance tests on it. The first step will be to generate random data in some C program and the second to load (preferably via named pipe) the data to the database. Do I have any...