From mwkillough@hotmail.com Fri, 30 Nov 2001 07:44:04 -0800 From: "Mike Killough" Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 07:44:04 -0800 Subject: Re: RMAN disaster recovery Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain I have never tried to burn my servers to ash, but I usually try to put the rman catalog on a different server than the ones that it is backing up. You also need to backup the catalog, which I do w/ a nightly export. >From: DENNIS WILLIAMS >Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L >Subject: RMAN disaster recovery >Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 06:25:23 -0800 > >I am wondering how RMAN would work for disaster recovery. Our manager's >statement is "assume your server is reduced to a pile of ash. Now take your >backup tape and build me a new system on a loaner from the vendor." I am >trying to figure how that would work with RMAN. We are still at the stage >of >just using RMAN to create disk copies, and we are on Compaq Tru64 UNIX. He >wants us to demonstrate that level of recoverability, but I'm not sure how >that would work. I think we could assume that we have a database to load >the >RMAN catalog from an export. > One issue would be whether the disk location of the RMAN files might >be different, and I'm not sure how to get RMAN to accept a different >location. A more minor issue is if the database file locations are >different, but I think that is pretty well documented. > Has anyone else tried this? What am I overlooking? Any ideas will be >appreciated. >Dennis Williams >DBA >Lifetouch, Inc. >dwilliams@lifetouch.com > >-- >Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com >-- >Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS > INET: DWILLIAMS@LIFETOUCH.COM > >Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 >San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message >to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in >the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L >(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may >also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Mike Killough INET: mwkillough@hotmail.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).