Re: RMAN or Hot Backup

From: Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 22:41:20 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <gr3eug$mko$2_at_solani.org>

On Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:14:35 -0700, rcyoung wrote:

> If you put ALL your trust in any "hot backup" then you are asking for
> trouble. Many times you can get by, but sooner or later you will run
> into a problem that only a "cold backup" can resolve. To borrow some
> lingo ...."Always have a COLD one on hand!".

Are you the consultant that Oracle WTF is talking about? I have this article in mind:

http://oracle-wtf.blogspot.com/2009/03/consultant-on-backups.html

God bless you! I did recovery in many of its forms and have never had a problem with a hot backup. Would you object to my forwarding your post to the author of the Oracle WTF blog?

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