thank you john
I will think about all this 2morow ...
pat
hpuxrac wrote:
> On Apr 3, 9:38 pm, Patrick Boulay <boul..._at_free.fr> wrote:
>> I guess logical exports and archived log mode for doing hotline backups ...
>> use of control files for rman
>> any suggestion ?
>> any background experience ?
>
> Logical exports correct form the basis of one way to handle backing up
> a recovery catalog. Of course you can always use rman to backup rman
> right? ( Backing up the recovery catalog database as a target
> database itself ).
>
> Some vendor backup software will also take exports "automagically".
> HP sells data protector and it "adds to" rman backups that use a
> recovery catalog database an export of the recovery catalog. Kind of
> handy that, having the tape that contains the backup of a target
> database also have the export of the recovery catalog.
>
> Do you have the Freeman and Hart rman book? I recommend purchasing
> that.
>
> If you do decide to start getting exports of the recovery catalog
> database on a regular basis then it makes "how you backup" that
> database much less critical. You may be able to get away with taking
> down ( shutting down ) the rcat every once in a while and getting an
> old fashioned "copy the files to a different directory" cold backup.
>
> There's lots of options. Make sure you understand your rational for
> picking one set of choices over another, get it documented, tested
> out, etc.
>
Received on Tue Apr 03 2007 - 23:08:57 CDT
