Re: Checkpoint ...

> Whenever checkpoint happens datafile header scn and controlfile scn
> will be in sink. Is my assumption is right? Is there any other scenarios
> where checkpoint only update controlfile and doesn't update datafile
> header? Agreed, during "begin backup" mode datafile header will be
> frozen.. Other than that any scenarios?

Note that not the *whole* header of a datafile is *not* frozen during backup mode, only the checkpoint_scn and checkpoint_time structure in it are (+ possibly few others), but for example checkpoint_count for this datafile still keeps incrementing due checkpoints.

Tanel.

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