Yes. Because the main purpose is to check the physical
corruption. You can do it whether the database is open
or not.
However you can check corruption through other means.
Fe., exp file=/dev/null, with rman, or a logical
corruption too with analyze validate structure.
Regards.
- "O'Neill, Sean" <Sean.ONeill_at_organon.ie> wrote:
> I'm not sure if I have my logic correct here so I'm
> asking list advice. I
> run DBVERIFY utility on files which have been backed
> up to (1) Check they
> backed up successfully and (2) To check if the
> orignal file was free from
> corruption at time of backup. Does (2) above make
> sense?.
>
>
> Sean :)
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