RE: Backing up RMAN catalog database

Tom, where have you seen a 2nd rman catalog suggested by Oracle? That seems like overkill to me, plus then what would you do to backup your 2nd rman catalog - use a 3rd catalog, and then a 4th for that one and so on?

The documentation I've seen suggests to use the recovery catalog database's control file as the rman repository instead. The below link even says specfically "Do not use another recovery catalog as the repository for the backups.":

http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/backup.102/b14191/rcmc atdb006.htm

Regards,
Brandon

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Mercadante, Thomas F (LABOR) The traditional (Oracle suggested) way is to have a second Rman catalog on a different database server. This catalog is used by the first Rman database.

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