There are third party database recovery tools like TrueCopy, SQL Backtrack, etc, that can be used in place of RMAN. These tools can also supplement RMAN as incremental backup is made easier. The question arises as to whether these tools will work in unison with Shareplex.
General information.
So long as these tools are used to accomplish a complete recovery, then there will not be any issue with replication. In case of incomplete recovery, if done on source database, the replication may need to be re-established by running ora_cleansp on source and target, activation and sync of the target database. If the incomplete recovery is done on the target database, then the target database will be out of sync with the source database and needs to be resynchronized.
Another point to note is that some of the tools transport the archive logs to another location and do so in a changed format (such as compressed, etc). Checks should be in place to ensure that Capture process on source has processed such logs prior to being moved.
See Solution SOL52174 for implications of incomplete recovery of the source database.
See Solution SOL55720 for implications of incomplete recovery of the target database.
