we run archivelog backups hourly. That seems to me a candidate for duration :) I take your point though. On 6/27/07, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 6/26/07, Robert Freeman <robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Oh RATE is SOOOO 9i!! :-) > > This is a 10g database so be looking at the *duration* parameter > instead!! Talk all about this in chapter 16 of the 10g RMAN Book!! > > I suppose there are circumstances where you might choose DURATION. RATE however will ensure that your backups will finish, however slowly. DURATION will interrupt and discard a backup that does not complete within the specified window. Personally I can't think of a situation where I would want to do that. Why would you use it? -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
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