Re: oracle 10g and oracle 9i RMAN

From: gazzag <gareth_at_jamms.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:03:58 -0700
Message-ID: <1184069038.143445.7290@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com>

On 10 Jul, 11:49, sybrandb <sybra..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> The answer to this question is obvious (as with all of your questions,
> as you never RTFM and if you RTFM, don't try to *understand* the
> documentation).
> The redo log is a *chronological* collection of what Oracle calls
> change vectors.
> If you would need to determine which blocks have been changed since
> last backup, you *obviously* would have to scan through *ALL* redologs
> since last backup.
> The block change tracking file is a bitmapped file only stating the
> fact a specific block has changed.
>
> --
> Sybrand Bakker
> Senior Oracle DBA

Apologies if this turns out to be a double-post. It appears that Google is having a funny five minutes.

Anyway, in fairness to the OP, who does seem to be reading manuals, sometimes what's written in a manual can be re-worded by someone who understands the concept better to provide for better understanding. Received on Tue Jul 10 2007 - 07:03:58 CDT