Re: Backup flashback logs to tape

Ganesh wrote:
> I am very sorry my thread started all this mud sledging. I have
> started working on ORACLE just a couple of months ago. No document
> provided answers to my questions and hence I posted them here. If
> someone claims any document has answerws to these questions, please
> provide me the link.
>
> But the positives I have got from my investigation and this
> discussion:
>
> 1. Flashback logs are more of a nice to have feature and its okay if
> we don't back them up as they are not required for recovery.

You sure didn't get that from me. I consider Flashback logs 100% required for production databases.

What I've seen in this thread is a remarkable lack of understanding of how and when to use Flashback Database and Restore Point technology: They are absolutely brilliant.

Think of Flashback Database as a fire extinguisher. It may sit there for years not being used but its value is that it is there if you need it. Here's an example of where/how to use Flashback Database.

You receive from your application vendor a script that modifies the application's database layer or you have been tasked with performing an upgrade of an internally developed application.

Step 1: Create a Guaranteed Restore Point
Step 2: Perform the upgrade
Step 3: Test
Step 4: If anything failed Flashback Database

The difference in space and time required to do a Level 0 backup at Step one versus using Flashback is immense. At Step 4, again, Flashback is superior in every respect.

> 2. There is no command / workaround ORACLE provides for backing up
> Flashback logs to TAPE.

As there is no need to back them up ... no.

> 3. Given this if you still want to backup Flashback Logs its going to
> be a very tricky operation.

Only if you use ASM and only if you are incapable of using the technology Oracle has provided to copy them to somewhere that can be backed up onto tape.

So I'd say you've got it 99% incorrect.

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Daniel A. Morgan
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