Hi, for a point in time recovery you need - a level 0 backup as a foundation - optional: a level 1 backup on top - all archivelogs from the beginning of the previous backup to the target time (either as backup or on the server). In your case you have the level 0 from Sunday, the level 1 from Monday, but no archivelog backups between Monday and Tuesday morning. So, unless you keep the necessary archivelogs on the server, this recovery is going to fail. BTW, it is a high-risk strategy not to keep some redundant backups on file or tape. One does not always notice if a tape is broken... Best regards Ingrid -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:29:51 +0000 > Von: "Ricard Martínez" <ricard.martinez@xxxxxxxxx> > An: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Betreff: DBPITR with incremental level 1 backup > Hello > I have a question that is not enough clear for me reading the manuals. > I do a Level 0 backup on Sunday and then a incremental level 1 from monday > to saturday. > Also i make 1 normal archive backup every day at lunch time, that do a > delete backup of archivelog until time sysdate-1 > If for example some user delete a table on tuesday morning, and we notice > it on friday, will we able to do a database incomplete recovery to tuesday > morning using the level 1 backups? > Or the delete of the archive backup will make us unable to do it, cause it > have already deleted the old archive backup? > Thanks > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > -- NEU: FreePhone - 0ct/min Handyspartarif mit Geld-zurück-Garantie! Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l