Re: Database Retention Question
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 14:54:34 -0400
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Bingo. Then you're data isn't dependent on any piece of technology being available at that time.
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> On Apr 27, 2017, at 2:20 PM, Seth Miller <sethmiller.sm_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> Depending on the RDBMS is very risky. Your quote says that the "data" must be available. Flatten the data and export it into an open standard format. Then, you don't have to worry about how to access the data, RDBMS support, etc.
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>> On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 11:04 AM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> Interesting you should ask that. The best method, as others noted, is probably just to copy the whole running database to a VM and back up the VM. Start the VM annually to make sure it will still run. I have a small Oracle 7.3.4 database on Windows NT that I burned to DVD a few years ago, I still start it up occasionally just for nostalgia.
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>>> On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 12:23 PM, Ruel, Chris <Chris.Ruel_at_lfg.com> wrote:
>>> How about create VM with a copy of that database and an FRA with all 28 backups available? You can shut it down, export it, zip it up, whatever you need to do.
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>>> From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Scott Canaan
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>>> Subject: Database Retention Question
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>>> We are trying to find a workable solution to a rather large problem. One system has an Oracle database in Red Hat 6 and Oracle 11.2.0.4. Last August, there was a legal request to freeze 28 different backups of this database. That was done by the systems team, via CommVault (using RMAN). By asking more questions, it has come to light that any and / or all of those backups need to be quickly accessible as Oracle databases until Aug. 31, 2023. When I mentioned to our legal department that there’s no way that I can guarantee that whatever version of Oracle we’ll be using in 5, 6, 7 years will be able to even open the database files, the response was “you have to guarantee that the data is available if required in a lawsuit. No excuses are accepted by the courts.”.
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>>> We’ve toyed with a couple of possible options. One is to keep a Red Hat 6 / Oracle 11.2.0.4 environment running until Sept. 1, 2023, which the SAs hate (not to mention the Security Office). Another is to restore from backup and upgrade along with other database upgrades and take a new frozen backup, which we aren’t keen on doing 28 times.
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>>> Does anyone have any other ideas on how to save these backups and guarantee that they are usable through Aug. 31, 2023? I’d appreciate any thoughts.
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>>> Thank you,
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>>> Scott Canaan ’88 (srcdco_at_rit.edu)
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>> >> >> >> -- >> Andrew W. Kerber >> >> 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.' >
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