Re: tasks of ORACLE DBA

From: Liz Reen <lizr_at_geologist.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 09:18:40 -0500
Message-ID: <MPG.14d6727449ca67fc989691@news.supernews.com>

> >
>
> Not necessarily a restoration, but some sort of read verification.
> Many tape backup utilities offer a 'table of contents' option, where
> the entire tape is read and the files contained therein are listed.
> Should any errors crop up on this read one can safely presume the tape
> is, shall we say, 'toast'.
>
> --
> David Fitzjarrell
> Oracle Certified DBA
>

Restoration is the only way to do it. Read verification does not tell you if you missed some important files. Until a backup procedure is tested by a restore, I consider it to be unreliable.

Liz Received on Tue Jan 23 2001 - 08:18:40 CST