Re: RMAN Moving Archivelogs

On Sep 9, 3:52 pm, sybra..._at_hccnet.nl wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Sep 2008 13:27:06 -0700 (PDT), artme..._at_yahoo.com wrote:
>
> >We are about to implement our RMAN backups, thanks to everyone here
> >and their advice.  One question, say our archive destination fills
> >up.  We currently have a script which moves all but the latest 3
> >files.
>
> >How would I tell RMAN where the archivelogs have been copied to?  We
> >are not using a recovery catalog......
>
> >Regards.
>
> Version is as always important. In 10g and higher EE you should be
> able to set up alternate archive locations using the
> log_archive_dest_<n> parameters
> Apart from that in 10g you should ideally archive to the Flash
> Recovery Area. The size of this area is configurable.
>
> Your scenario requires extra uncatalog catalog commands. Bound to
> fail, while difficult to automate.
> If you don't use the alternate destination and don't use the flash
> recovery area, scheduling separate archivelog backups will be a much
> better idea.
>
> --
> Sybrand Bakker
> Senior Oracle DBA

Thanks all. Appreciate your input. Received on Tue Sep 09 2008 - 15:54:41 CDT