How to schedule RMAN backup

Hi experts,
I need to schedule automated RMAN backups in 10G(RMAN database) and i need to include the support for Oracle 8i, 9i and 10g database backups.
Any type of suggestions are welcome.
Thanx in Advance,
Senthil

Hi,
Where do you want to backup to? Do you want to backup to disk or to tape drive? Many of the tape drive softwares does have the capability of scheduling the jobs. If you want to backup to disk, then you can use your OS scheduling features.
Before all of that, you will need to write and test indivudual scripts to backup and restore.
HTH
Regards,
Badri.

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