Re: Oracle 10g on Microsoft's Virtual Server

> Could you not just restore the VM from last backup (which is very quick)
> , then startup mount the db, recover with backupcontrolfile and apply
> all the redo like you would any other database? This is assuming you
> have duplexed the redo to another drive or VM..

You would have to also have another copy of the archived redo logs. The online redo logs would not be enough.

> The time saving here is the time it takes to restore a VM as opposed to
> building a new server with OS, install and patch Oracle, then restore
> backed up datafiles..

A good backup strategy would also backup the OS, so it would not have to be re-installed, re-configured, and re-patched.

Cheers,
Brian

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