Oracle Database Discussions

Hi folks

OS: RHEL5.6
RDBMS: 11gR2
SMO 3.1
SnapDrive 4.2P1


I have a few conceptually questions about SnapManager for Oracle.

Assuming I have the following disk/volume layout (per database) which is required for snapmanager oracle to take snapshots of a database:

Volume Name Contains
voldata Datafiles
voltemp Temporary Datafiles
volarch Archivelogs
volredo Redologs
volctl Controlfiles


Is it possible/suggested to use oracle managed files (OMF)? Datafile omf and tempfile outside of omf --> a mix?
Is it usual to create two redolog members per group, even if both are on the volredo volume?
Assuming I have daily full backup and each hour backup of archivelog, whats your opinion about enable flashback database?
is it possible/suggested to enable flash recovery area in volarch volume?

I hope someone has experience with smo...

Thanks a lot

Regards Oviwan