Re: RMAN question

Hi, Everyone,

I intend to side with Volker against Rman Catalog DB, which I believe is a stupid idea from Oracle. How can you explain to a small company you will need another catalog Database to just backup this database, preferably
the catalog database is located on another machine? I think a formated text file
will better serve this purpose.

Regarding control file size: I have a DB generating 700 + logs a day with keep_time=15
has control file size around 40M, so if you have 2000 archive logs a day with keep_time=30
the control file size should be around 200M, I think it's managable. Actually control file
size or recovery window is NOT a concern if you also backup control file in Rman like me:
" Backup current controlfile channel disk4 tag='rman_control_file' " for each backup(
they are tiny compared to datafile).

sean chang

> If I need to recover something outside the recovery window I simply
> had it set up the wrong way. Since the recovery window isn't set according
> to the whim of the dba but is agreed upon with the customers, what's the
problem?
> And if we really need an old backup for some monstrous archaeological
purpose I
> can always set up a db and recover an old controlfile from an old backup.
However,
> there's definitely no guarantee for the customers that the tapes are still
there. He
> *did* specify a recovery window, remember? If he wanted a longer one he
only
> had to say.
>
> Lots of Greetings!
> Volker

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