>Cyndie:  IBM just announced something that sounds as if it does what
>SQL-Backtrack does for Oracle on AIX.  We do want the true incremental
>backup funtionality.  Am I confused or is there an overlap here?  If
>an overlap could you help us to understand the differences?  Thanks.
>Eric Lewis DoIT-U of Wis-Madison erlc.lewis AT doit.wisc DOT edu

Eric, Oracle's Enterprise Backup Utility (EBU) in conjunction with
ADSM's Oracle Backup Agent (OBA), is different from SQL-BackTrack.
EBU does not provide true incremental backup...it provides full and tablespace
backups.  SQL-BackTrack does provide a true incremental backup...it is also
supported on AIX, HP, and SUN.  Right now, the EBU and OBA combination is
available for test purposes on AIX only.  Other platforms are being considered
but will not be available in the short term.

You have both alternatives, so I would suggest trying them both if you
are running Oracle on AIX.  The DataTools SQL-BackTrack folks can be
reached at sales AT datatools DOT com.
thanks,
Cyndie Behrens
IBM San Jose