RE: URGENT: Trying to duplicate database from cold backup - auxi

> I would be interested how other sites that rely on RMAN handle this
issue.

I for one, don't use RMAN for that. It's too much work.

There's a separate project for verifying backups.

The databases I'm called on to duplicate have lately been 400-500 gigs, more than I want to pull from tape unless absolutely necesssary.

It's much faster to plug two servers into a gigabit switch and copy the files across a private network at approx 100 gigabytes per hour.

Jared

DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM> Sent by: ml-errors_at_fatcity.com
 08/05/2003 02:59 PM
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Robert - What I've done over the years is tie the creation of test databases
to backup verification. The old issue of how can you trust your backups unless you've done a recovery. It has seemed that I get a request to build a
test database at about the right interval to periodically verify the backup.
It is nice to say that I would just periodically verify the backups, but like most DBAs, there is always a more pressing task.

   With RMAN, I assumed that I would continue this practice. It has been a pain, but I ended up with a method that works. The biggest problem is that when the test database is recovered, it initially has the same name as the production database, then I change the name.

   I would be interested how other sites that rely on RMAN handle this issue.
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