CHAPTER 8 ■ APPLICATION BACKUP STRATEGIES
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Using standard media on a “remote” Media Server/MediaAgent provides the ability to fully manage
the complete backup process without sacrificing DBA direct access to the backups for operational
purposes.
An alternative to using RMAN backups is to create a snapshot copy of the database. This requires
that the database and all related files, including control files and configuration files, reside on disk that
has the ability to have snapshots. These snapshots can be array-based snapshots, volume manager–
snapshots (through the use of software on the operating system), or (in the case of Windows) a VSS
snapshot. The procedure for taking backup copies based on snapshot is as follows:
• Quiesce the database, ...