Re: Oracle Rman Worry

A few notes to get you along your way....

Before you can do a level 1 incremental backup, you'll need to perform a level 0 incremental backup. So consider that in your backup strategy.

Strongly consider using a recovery catalog instead of relying on your control files. I would never implement RMAN without one! It will definitely help in backup and recovery, especially considering the next point....

If you lose a backup set, you can still recover so long as you have your archived redo logs. If you are using a recovery catalog and RMAN cannot get to your backup set, it will use the information in the catalog to determine which backup set to use and which archived redo logs to use for recovery.

After you've backed up your database to the K: drive, make sure you back that drive up to tape. If something happens to this drive, your database won't be affected (unless you've put database files there). Just fix the drive so that backups can take place in the future.

HTH,
Brian Received on Thu Sep 26 2002 - 13:23:23 CDT