From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Fri Feb 27 12:07:35 2004 Return-Path: Received: from air189.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i1RI7ZV26002 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 12:07:35 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air189.startdedicated.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i1RI7Zo25997 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 12:07:35 -0600 Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 12272394DC6; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:08:45 -0500 (EST) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:07:36 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Delivered-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Received: from exchange-slc.ut.ovid.com (excluster-slc1.ut.ovid.com [198.242.51.242]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 9C4D2395010 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:07:32 -0500 (EST) Received: by exchange-slc.ut.ovid.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id ; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 11:10:17 -0700 Message-ID: <555F2B7B278B5348A28F665E6B0E43A406C1476A@exchange-slc.ut.ovid.com> From: Rick Stephenson To: "Oracle ListServ (oracle-l@freelists.org)" Subject: Rman 8i vs 9i question - delete obsolete Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 11:06:50 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C3FD5C.78CB16E0" X-archive-position: 2279 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: RStephenson@Ovid.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: oracle-l@freelists.org X-list: oracle-l ------_=_NextPart_001_01C3FD5C.78CB16E0 Content-Type: text/plain In 9i rman I can set the retention policy to whatever I want and delete all obsolete backups based on that setting. I cannot find, however, a similar feature for 8i rman. Is there a way to set this, and if not, how does rman determine what an obsolete backup is? Thanks, Rick Stephenson ------_=_NextPart_001_01C3FD5C.78CB16E0 Content-Type: text/html

In 9i rman I can set the retention policy to whatever I want and delete all obsolete backups based on that setting.

I cannot find, however, a similar feature for 8i rman. Is there a way to set this, and if not, how does rman determine what an obsolete backup is?

Thanks,

Rick Stephenson

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