Re: RMAN v Control Files

On Mon, 17 Feb 2003 14:51:20 +0000, Bill & Mary Border wrote:

> These newsgroups are a know-it-all's heaven. I was simply
> using the acronym RCVCAT for "recover catalog" duhhhhh....
> And I was just trying to be helpful. It must be a terrible burden
> to know everything Howard...

I'm not sure why you feel the need to get unpleasant about it. You used an acronym that had a specific meaning in 8.0.

>
> If you do use a recovery catalog (happy now?)

Happier if you'd drop the attitude, actually. Words have meanings. It helps to use the right words to convey accurate meaning.

> you can issue
> the RESET DATABASE TO INCARNATION N; command which for
> us has been a BIG DEAL.

Great. So you qualify as a 'complicated backup strategy' site, and a catalog is just what you need. I didn't say otherwise.

>If you have to do multiple restores to
> a point-in-time (without having to manually find the correct copy
> of the controlfile) that is further back than the previous restore
> you need this.

And how widespread do you think this practice is?

>As I said, we found this out the hard way before
> switching to using all controlfiles. We do use 8i on about 600
> databases.
>

And 600 databases alone would probably qualify as a 'complicated' enough to warrant a catalog. And 8i alone likewise. Received on Mon Feb 17 2003 - 12:51:29 CST