Re: what if recovery catalog is lost?

I have put my recovery catalog database in archivelog mode. I do a cold backup of the database and the archivelogs each Friday. This way I won't lose it.

Ruth
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> Hi,
>
> That strange, but this has never come to my mind before.
> Ideally, the recovery catalog should be on other than production server
(and
> it always was for me). And recovery catalog's database should be copied as
> well. Perhaps, using production database for recovery catalog.
> What if recovery catalog and production database crash at the same time
and
> there is no way to recovery database with recovery catalog?
> I need the functionality of RMAN with recovery catalog, but I don't have
> separate server :( so I'm going to place it on the same server, but
> different database. I'm going to backup both databases symbiothically
using
> each other as recovery catalog.
> If something goes wrong and server crashes with both databases, I will
have
> backup copies but no catalog.
>
> >>Recovery scenarios:<<
>
> --1. I could create empty recovery catalog and collect all information
again
> with CATALOG comand, but this works only when target database is open.
> Right?
>
> --2. Another possibility is to use RESYNC CATALOG FROM BACKUP CONTROL FILE
> should work fine, doesn't it? The only problem is that last structural
> changes are not available.
>
> --3. I'm not sure about third scenario - recovery target database without
> recovery catalog with backups taken while recovere catalog existed.
>
> I'm going to test this cases before set it up in production and I'd like
to
> know about you experience in that area.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Alexandre
>
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