Re: split blocks and fractured recovery

From: Jeremiah Wilton <jeremiah_at_wolfenet.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 12:25:45 -0700
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.981005122309.23443B-100000@gonzo.wolfenet.com>

On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Chris Kempster wrote:
>
> I am trying to understand the principal of split blocks and seem to be fine
> here. But like my statement above mentions, is it true that if your DONT
> enable _log_blocks_during_backup, and the oracle block size is a multiple of
> the OS block size, oracle may not be able to recovery from fractured
> blocks??

Parameters in the init.ora file that have a leading underscore (_) are generally unsupported parameters, and should not be used under normal operation (with some exceptions).

_log_blocks_during_backup is TRUE by default and should be left that way. Otherwise, you will not be able to resolve split blocks from a backup when you go to recover.

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Jeremiah Wilton http://www.wolfenet.com/~jeremiah Received on Mon Oct 05 1998 - 14:25:45 CDT