Is it possible/recommended to backup SUN, AIX to Linux RMAN backup Server

We have a number of databases in a mix OS environment and we are considering RMAN. We have a mix of SUN, AIX and Linux database servers. I would like to know if anyone has implemented RMAN in a similar environment and what were any known challenges. Would a single repository work for this scenario? Could we backup/restore SUN/AIX from a Linux backup server....
Thanks in advance.

If you  are referring to a single catalog for multiple environments that is possible and works really nicely .
A catalog database can reside on any platform as  long it is accessible by the target server.
The backup server concept you are referring to though does t imply that you want the backup pieces from all your mix OS systems i.e. AIX, Solaris etc be stored on one backup server which is on linux. I think that might be possible since you can potentially nfs mount from any OS and store a file. I have not tested this though yet.  
Edited by: fuad_ocp on Sep 3, 2008 1:28 PM

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