Re: Backing up RMAN catalog database
- From: "Jared Still" <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Smith.Steven@xxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 11:56:49 -0800
On 2/8/07, Smith, Steven K - MSHA <Smith.Steven@xxxxxxx> wrote:
In our shop - we schedule a shutdown/cold backup of the rman repository
on a regular basis when we know RMAN backups are not going to occur. The
backup of the RMAN repository takes very little time.
We do the same thing.
Though I have not really delved into the subject, backing up RMAN catalogs
has been compared to backing up an LDAP datababase.
Unless you can guarantee there is no current activity, a restore of such a
database from a hot backup might be physically consistent, but logically
corrupt.
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Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
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