Re: RMAN Catalog

In a worse case situation if you have the backup set pieces, you can always use PL/SQL to restore RMAN backups without a RC or a control file. I just had to do this a couple of months ago for a client who was running Oracle 8 (!i)! It's a painful process, but it works.

Some MML/SBT tape software makes it *very* difficult to get backup set pieces off of the backup media manually too. Sometimes a quick call to dbms_backup_restore does the trick. (ok... the call isn't that quick, but it's not to complex).

Cheers!

RF


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From: "Allen, Brandon" <Brandon.Allen_at_OneNeck.com>
To: "Richard.Goulet_at_parexel.com" <Richard.Goulet_at_parexel.com>; "JBECKSTROM@gcrta.org" <JBECKSTROM@gcrta.org>; oracle-l-freelists <oracle-l@freelists.org>; oracle-db-l <oracle-db-l@Groups.ITtoolbox.com>
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Subject: RE: RMAN Catalog

 
You should be able to restore 7yr old backups w/o a recovery catalog as well – just as long as you have old backups of your controlfile set with proper retention.
 
Regards,
Brandon
 
From:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Goulet, Richard


if you need to be able to restore a database to any point in time in the last 7 years the recovery catalog is priceless.
 
 
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