RE: RE: RMAN questions

Ryan - No, the documents imply that it is one or the other. My tasks was to perform a disaster recovery, and it seemed pretty hard to configure a catalog on a test server, so I just tried the controlfile method and discovered it worked. If you are on Oracle 9i, it backups the control file for you.

Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

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i must have misread the docs. i thought it was either catalog or control file. didnt know you could do both
thanks.

>
> From: <Stephen.Lee_at_DTAG.Com>
> Date: 2003/12/04 Thu AM 11:04:26 EST
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> Subject: RE: RMAN questions
>
>
> I suppose just how much redundancy makes you sleep well is up to you.
But,
> one additional bit of info to keep in mind is that the backup info also
gets
> stored in the control files, and rman can use those too if no catalog
> database is available. Making a copy of a control file after the backup
> finishes, and saving that copy, can be a part of the rman backup. That
way,
> if you lost all control files and your catalog database, rman can use your
> saved control file copy get back at least most, if not all, of your stuff.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated. I can handle the
> > scripting my self. Im just looking for a viable plan.
> >
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