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are rman backups portable to different OS?

edited Feb 13, 2014 8:46AM in Database Backup and Recovery (MOSC) 2 commentsAnswered ✓

Hi

We have 2 production servers,

The first (PROD1) is a solaris 11 server running 11.2.0.3 and contains 4 production databases, the second (PROD2) is a windows 2008 r2 server also running 11.2.0.3 and contains 1 production database.

We take daily RMAN backups for all 4 DBs on PROD1, these use a catalogue on our disaster recover server (DR1) to store info on the backups, the backup files are also copied to DR1 daily so it can be used in the even of an emergency.

We currently have no DR for PROD2 and at the moment only take expdp backups.

My question is, if i create RMAN backups for PROD2, would it be possible to a) use the DR1 catalogue, and b) restore the RMAN backups from PROD2 to DR1 in the event of a failure of PROD2. So essentially are RMAN backups portable between OS?

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