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Re: RE : RMAN Repository

From: Arup Nanda <arupnanda_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 16:03:42 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0052ADED.20030108160342@fatcity.com>


Good point, Jared.

An externally available repository is what is needed in the RMAN to make it complete; but the use of a full scale Oracle database for the repository makes it sort of complex. The repository then has to be protected at all costs. I generally use a multimaster replication setup, but use only one as a master. If, only if, Oracle had given us the ability to place a much simple setup for a repository, it would have been excellent. A repository does not contan that much of information anyway and certainly does not need the features like transaction processing, locking, etc.

Case in point - Veritas backup needs a simple text file for its repository; BrightStor uses Ingres (a relational database). In case of a disaster, we have to restore the repository first in case of BrightStor (takes time) and only then the restore can start. In case of Veritas, the recovery of the repository is as simple as opening up in vi and typing the lines. Guess which one is simpler?

Just a thought.

Arup Nanda

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>But if you must apply archive logs that are newer than the control file,
>it is an atypical recovery. I can't recall how to do that at the moment.
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>This makes an integral piece of the database also an integral piece
>of what should be an external recovery mechanism.
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>Makes about as much sense as putting the RMAN repository on
>the same server as your production database.
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>Jared
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>its a pain in the arse but you have to pull out the backed up
>controlfile(you did backup the controlfile, eh?) out of the rman backup
>piece(i've got a script that will do it automagically based on the
>filename pieces you pass it).
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>then once the backed up controlfile is restored, then you can do normal
>recovery procedure.
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>joe
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>Jared.Still_at_radisys.com wrote:
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> >And how does one go about restoring a database when all control files
> >are lost, and the only recovery data is stored in the control file?
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> >This doesn't sound very reasonable.
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> >Jared
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> >"Deshpande, Kirti" <kirti.deshpande_at_verizon.com>
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> >Joe,
> > That's what I have heard (from 2 Oracle University
> >Professors/Lecturers/Demonstrators). But no one would tell me when it may
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> >happen. We do not use RMAN (yet) so I did not pursue it further.
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> >- Kirti
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> >Obilgatory oracle statement/question: rumor has it by some instructors
> >that RMAN repository is going away and only control file recoveries
> >will be possible, truth or fiction?
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> >joe
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