Re: RMAN: restoring autobackup spfile and controlfile

On 8/1/07, Alex Gorbachev <ag_at_oracloid.com> wrote:
>
> Good hint. Thanks Brandon.
>
> What's my concern is that without using RMAN catalog, it would be able
> to scan available pieces from Netbackup (or whatever is the storage
> manager) and find the required piece.
>
>

There are many reasons to use a recovery catalog.

All of our databases are being backed using a recovery catalog.

bplist can be used to find the autobackup files from NetBackup, with the added bonus of getting the DBID for the database.

Using a recovery catalog makes most RMAN tasks simpler.

Oracle docs claim that everything possible with a recovery catalog is also possible using only the controlfile. There is a long list of caveats to go with that statement.

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