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Rman backup in mount stage [message #397930]

Tue, 14 April 2009 10:36

balaji1482
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Registered: July 2007
Location: INDIA

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Hi,

Why is that we recover database and take whole database backup in cold backup in mount stage?

For example

rman target /
shutdown immediate;
startup mount;
backup database plus archivelog all;
alter database open;
exit

Is there any specific reason for this?

Regards,
Balaji

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Re: Rman backup in mount stage [message #397934 is a reply to message #397930]

Tue, 14 April 2009 10:51

Mahesh Rajendran
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>>Why is that we recover database and take whole database backup for cold backup in mount stage?
recovery and backup are different stages.
If the database is in noarchivelog mode, RMAN needs the database to be mounted.
If you are using user managed cold backups, you can just shutdown and backup.
With RMAN for consistent backup, database needs to be in mounted state as it can grab some essential information through backdoors.

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Re: Rman backup in mount stage [message #397935 is a reply to message #397934]

Tue, 14 April 2009 11:10

balaji1482
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Thanks for your information

Balaji

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Re: Rman backup in mount stage [message #398850 is a reply to message #397930]

Sat, 18 April 2009 08:23

haykeenzy
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Registered: April 2009
Location: NIGERIA

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oracle requires a connection to an instance before any changes can be done on the database, this is 1 reason you have mount the database before you can take backup

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Re: Rman backup in mount stage [message #399230 is a reply to message #398850]

Tue, 21 April 2009 03:39

abs_amit
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Registered: January 2006
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Apart from all these, RMAN reads information from Control file which is availabe only on MOUNT state.

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