From: answers@ix.netcom.com(Steve Long)
Subject: Re: Redo logs backup??
Date: 1996/06/06
Message-ID: <4p59d7$qki@dfw-ixnews2.ix.netcom.com>#1/1
references: <4p4s02$8de@news.inforamp.net>
organization: Netcom
x-netcom-date: Wed Jun 05  7:40:07 PM CDT 1996
newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle



Back them up on tape.

Steve
804-262-6332

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In <4p4s02$8de@news.inforamp.net> lokp@tdbank.ca (Peggy Lok) writes: 
>
>
>I was reviewing our backup and recovery strategy the other day, and
>while going down the checklist I noticed that I didn't put in any
>plans to protect our redo logs.  So... with a copy of the 'Oracle 7.2
>Admin Guide' besides me, I decided to do some testing in our TEST
>database and found out I couldn't recover (complete or incomplete) the
>database if there is a hardware problem and we lost ALL the redo logs.
>Even worst, what if other than the redo logs, it also took away some
>of the datafiles then how are we going to do a recovery from our
>online backups....
>
>
>Could anyone please let me know what I should do ( before a real hit
>to our redo logs ) ....
>
>Thanks in advance...
>
>Peggy Lok
>