Re: Archiving Redo logs while tablespace is in backup mode.

SPAMBLOCK.Maxwell_Smart_at_ThePentagon.com.SPAMBLOCK (Brian Tkatch) wrote in message news:<3b706dac.1653221296_at_news.alt.net>...
> When a tablespace is put in backup mode, the redo logs still record
> changes to the database, and when the backup is ended, the redo logs
> bring the tablespace back to date.
>
> If there is enough database traffic to cause a redo logfile switch
> (with the database in archivelog mode) while the tablespace is in
> backup mode, the redo files are still switched and the archived logs
> are also used to bring the tablespace back up to date?
>
> I am assuming that is what happens, but I am having a hard time
> finding this clearly in the documentaiton.
>
> Brian

Your assumptions are correct. While the tablespace is in backup mode, the redo logs are continuing to keep track of all changes. Should you lose a tablespace while in backup mode, the redo logs and archive logs will be used to recover the database to the point of failure. Hth. Received on Tue Aug 07 2001 - 22:06:09 CDT