RMAN Backup Plan

Question

Hello -
I'm running Oracle 8.1.7
I'm developing an online backup strategy using RMAN. I want to backup the tablespaces, then backup the archived logs.
Here is a script that I am using:
rm /backups/old/*
mv /backups/* /backups/old
rman target uname/pwd nocatalog <<EOF
allocate channel for maintenance type disk;
crosscheck backup;
delete expired backupset;
release channel;
run {
allocate channel d1 type disk;
sql 'alter system switch logfile';
backup incremental level = 0
filesperset = 3
format '/backups/indx_%d_%U.bak'
tablespace indx; }
run {
allocate channel d1 type disk;
backup incremental level = 0
filesperset = 3
format '/backups/data_%d_%U.bak'
tablespace data; }
run {
allocate channel d1 type disk;
backup incremental level = 0
filesperset = 3
format '/backups/system_%d_%U.bak'
tablespace system; }
run {
allocate channel d1 type disk;
backup
format '/backups/arch_%d_%U.bak'
(archivelog all delete input);
Does this appear to be a good backup stragegy using RMAN?
Thanks.

Answer 1

I'm taking a backup of the controlfile binary, but what if my datafile paths will be different on the restoration server?
Say if I backup my entire database and I specify like 3 files per set. After I copy all of these backup set files to the restoration server, what are the steps to recovery?
Do I perform the following
1. startup mount pfile = 'initsomedb.ora'
2. startup RMAN as follows:
rman> run {allocate channel d1 type disk;
then I am lost syntactically...
Do I specify:
   restore controlfile to 'some_path'
   from 'path of backup set with controlfile'
Thanks for any insight.  I'm just finding it hard finding any documention or example for what I am trying to accomplish with RMAN 8i.