From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Thu Oct 13 11:11:55 2005 Return-Path: Received: from air891.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j9DGBtm6006820 for ; Thu, 13 Oct 2005 11:11:55 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air891.startdedicated.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j9DGBevX006694 for ; Thu, 13 Oct 2005 11:11:45 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 737341FDF3D; Thu, 13 Oct 2005 11:01:45 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 22764-05; Thu, 13 Oct 2005 11:01:45 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id DD7D61FDF2B; Thu, 13 Oct 2005 11:01:44 -0500 (EST) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6603.0 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C5D00F.18B8BB36" Subject: RE: Methods for testing RMAN backups? Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 16:59:30 +0100 Message-ID: <1C6E45ADB2EC324F9553E468ABFE0F63030F0F93@UKWMXM04> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Methods for testing RMAN backups? Thread-Index: AcXP9K9+9+dbrIvwRDqEvLVqajFd2AAGi0Nw From: "Hallas, John, Tech Dev" To: , X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Oct 2005 15:59:29.0954 (UTC) FILETIME=[183B1820:01C5D00F] X-archive-position: 26933 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: John.Hallas@gb.vodafone.co.uk Precedence: normal Reply-To: John.Hallas@gb.vodafone.co.uk X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p9 (Debian) at avenirtech.net X-mailscan-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-mailscan-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on air891.startdedicated.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,HTML_60_70, HTML_FONTCOLOR_UNKNOWN,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=2.63 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5D00F.18B8BB36 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I wrote a document which is available at www.hcresources.co.uk/misc.shtml which describes a valid test scenario =20 John =20 _____ =20 From: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Vanessa A. Simmons Sent: 13 October 2005 13:50 To: oracle-l@freelists.org Subject: Methods for testing RMAN backups? =20 I am getting ready to apply a patch to our databases and before doing so I need to test our RMAN backups to make sure I can get them all back in case there's a problem. Plus, it's just good practice to test the backups regularly anyway (BEFORE a disaster occurs). However, I haven't ever tested my backups before and want to see how others have done this. Thanks in advance, Vanessa ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5D00F.18B8BB36 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I = wrote a document which is available at www.hcresources.co.uk/mi= sc.shtml which describes a valid test scenario

 

John

 


From: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org] = On Behalf Of Vanessa A. = Simmons
Sent: 13 October 2005 = 13:50
To: = oracle-l@freelists.org
Subject: Methods for = testing RMAN backups?

 

I am getting ready to apply a patch to our databases = and before doing so I need to test our RMAN backups to make sure I can get = them all back in case there's a problem.  Plus, it's just good practice to = test the backups regularly anyway (BEFORE a disaster occurs).  However, I = haven't ever tested my backups before and want to see how others have done = this. 

Thanks in advance,

Vanessa

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