Re: Some RMan Questions

On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 15:50:58 GMT, Oradba Linux <techiey2k3_at_comcast.net> wrote:
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> I worked at client site which had about 100+ production instances
> running on
> HP-UX .
> We had a DR exercise every 6 months . We used to compress the archive
> file
> always
> and uncompress them before doing recovery . I understand now that RMAN
> would
> not back it up .
> Our backup solution obviously did not include RMAN . I honestly have not
> encountered a problem
> uncompressing the archives . But again i could be just lucky .

No... it would probably be very unusual. You know... *really*, *really* unusual, like accidentally leaving your backup tape in the machine overnight... and that night being the one time in history when your office catches fire.

I think Richard Feynman had a few things to say about this sort of thing during the Challenger enquiry: one should never fool yourself into believing that an incredibly low probability of an incredibility high-impact event occurring means you are safe. The loss of a single archive, when you really, really need it is a *major* bummer. That it's unlikely due to archive compression is fair enough. But now do the *real* risk analysis here.

Regards
HJR Received on Sat Aug 07 2004 - 22:29:38 CDT