RE: RMAN Testing Suggestions

From: Stephens, Chris <ChrisStephens_at_pqa.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 12:30:13 -0500
Message-ID: <0C36D9C74ADA844292F3218A9C6345442B9551@exchange.pqa.local>

i have a script (basically taken from 'mastering pl/sql') that runs against the rman views in each database via database links from out 'management database' to verify the backups completed sucessfully.  

...i do periodically validate them though. probably a couple times a month.

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From: Alex [mailto:stant_98_at_yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 11:23 AM To: Stephens, Chris; DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM; ORACLE-L Subject: RE: RMAN Testing Suggestions

got it. you physically deleted the files from the OS and restored them. do you validate you backups periodically?

"Stephens, Chris" <ChrisStephens_at_pqa.com> wrote:

        not sure i understand exactly what you mean.          

        we run our RMAN backup script. delete a datafile(s) and restore/recover

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	From: Alex [mailto:stant_98_at_yahoo.com] 
	Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 11:14 AM
	To: Stephens, Chris; DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM; ORACLE-L
	Subject: RE: RMAN Testing Suggestions
	
	
	When you say lost datafile and other files, do you mean

completely lost or did you have backup copies?

        "Stephens, Chris" <ChrisStephens_at_pqa.com> wrote:

                We always tested:                 

		Lost datafile
		Lost system datafile
		Lost control file
		Lost all control files
		Lost pfile,spfile
		
		=20
		
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DENNIS WILLIAMS
		Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 10:23 AM
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		Subject: RMAN Testing Suggestions
		
		List - Recently in response to an RMAN question, several
listers
		mentioned how critical it is to perform a test recovery
after
		configuring RMAN. I agree whole-heartedly. I was
wondering if some
		people could share some details of what tests seem
appropriate. A simple
		test I can think of is to backup the database, then shut
it down, rename
		the system datafile, then attempt to bring the database
back up, then
		recover the datafile using an RMAN command and open the
database. Is
		this test sufficient? On one hand I want to ensure RMAN
is correctly
		configured for backup and recovery, but on the other
hand these tests
		are best performed on a new database before handing it
over to the
		users. And the users are usually clamoring to use the
database, so I
		don't want to conduct extensive tests that are just
testing RMAN itself.
		Any thoughts?
		=20
		
		Dennis Williams
		
		DBA
		
		Lifetouch, Inc.
		
		
		
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