Re: testing recovery

From: Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 13:45:25 -0500
Message-ID: <CAJvnOJZ2BBpOxqCjCc_O90PPQ0ZXtgp95gQG5anPasME6ofCiA_at_mail.gmail.com>

I dont have a specific schedule, but when I do a restore I make note of it, and since so far I have had at least one restore per quarter, I have met the management requirement.
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Stephens, Chris <Chris.Stephens_at_adm.com>wrote:

> If you don't actually want to restore your database or clone it to a
> previous point in time to a different server, RMAN validate backup + restore
> preview functionality might satisfy management's requests.
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> Chris
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> Ok, we just got hit with a "Are you testing your backups?" from senior
> administration. We sometimes use copies to replace test or dev but they
> want a scheduled plan. The first thing I mentioned was do you have enough
> space(some db's are over a 1T)? Do you have matching hardware sitting
> around that I can drop my db's onto? Licensing $$$$? What do you as a
> community do to satisfy or comply with this?
> ciao,
> Brian
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