RMAN and RAW Devices

[acur8dba]

Hi,

Has anyone used RMAN to backup an OPS/raw devices database to DISK? A RAW disk? Is this reliable?

What other methods are available and reliable to do RAW/OPS backups?

[Shestakov]

I use "dd" command for backup files on raw devices.

$ dd if=/dev/... of=..filename
if --> input file (or raw device)
of --> usual unix file (may be on type)