Backup to file system and sbt_tape at the same time?

Question

hello!
is it possible to do a rman backup to disk and sbt_tape at the same time (just one backup, not two)? the reason is, that i want to copy the rman backup files from the local file system via robocopy to another server (in a different building), so that i can use them for fast restores in the case of a crash.
if not, what is the recommended strategy in this case? backups should be available on tape AND the file system of a different machine.
environment: oracle 10g, windows server 2008, commvault for backup on tape
thanks for your advice.
best regards,
christian

Answer 1

If you manually copy backupsets out of the FRA to another location, but still accessible as "local disks", you can use the CATALOG command in RMAN to "catalog" the copies.
Thus, if you opy or move files from the FRA to /mybackups/MYDB, you would use
"CATALOG START WITH /mybackups/MYDB" or individually "CATALOG BACKUPPIECE /mybackups/MYDB/backuppiece_1" etc
Once you have moved or removed the backupsets out of the FRA, you must use
"CROSSCHECK BACKUP"
and
"DELETE EXPIRED BACKUP"
to update the RMAN repository. Else, Oracle will continue to "account" for disks pace consumed by the BackupPieces in V$FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA_USAGE and will soon "run out of space".
You would do the same for ArchiveLogs (CROSSCHECK ARCHIVELOG ALL; DELETE EXPIRED ARCHIVELOG ALL) if your ArchiveLogs go to the FRA as USE_DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST