RE: Inheriting a "interesting" recovery process

Bingo!

http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/html/B10163_01/orahome.htm#i1006306

Quoting: "Database files are stored in ORACLE_BASE\ORADATA\DB_NAME"

Obviously, this recommendation is not according to the OFA that you wrote, Cary. Thanks for setting me straight on datafile placement and OFA! Rich  

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From: Cary Millsap [mailto:cary.millsap_at_hotsos.com] Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 12:58 PM
To: Rodd.Holman_at_gmail.com; Jesse, Rich
Cc: stephenbooth.uk_at_gmail.com; jkstill_at_gmail.com; oracle-l_at_freelists.org Subject: RE: Inheriting a "interesting" recovery process

...Like I said in my prior post, the OFA (at least the one I wrote) specifically specifies that you DO use a separate area (well, multiple separate areas named so that a single wildcard expression can denote the collection) for these files.

So, you would not breaking OFA by doing what you say.

Cary Millsap
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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Rodd Holman Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 12:51 PM
To: Rich.Jesse_at_qg.com
Cc: stephenbooth.uk_at_gmail.com; jkstill_at_gmail.com; oracle-l_at_freelists.org Subject: Re: Inheriting a "interesting" recovery process

Actually we do the same thing here only the archives are .arc. We as DBA's are also closely integrated with the ifrastructure folks though. Half of them were former DBA's so they know better.

As far as mountpoints, we break OFA there also and use a separate area for data files/control files/redo logs/and archived logs. That way we can put the database on one backup schedule and the software on another. The oracle home doesn't normally change much so a nightly backup of that is not nearly as critical as the backup of the oradata stuff.

Rodd

Jesse, Rich wrote:
> Which is precisely why I break this OFA rule and name every Oracle DB
> file with a ".dbf" extension. It eliminates the confusion of the dual
> meaning of the term "log" for the archived logs, making it a simple
rule
> to let the SAs know that ".dbf" files are important
> don't-touch-without-asking Oracle files. Even before taking my first
> Oracle DBA class the ".log" naming jumped out at me.
>
> As I've said before, I do like the vast majority of the structure of
> OFA, but this and having the datafile mountpoint under ORACLE_BASE (or
> is it ORACLE_HOME?) are two that I think are asking for trouble.
>
> Rich
>

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