Re: Question about RMAN Datafile + Archivelog Backups
- From: Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mwf@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 22:22:01 +0000
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Mark W. Farnham <mwf@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It’s also useful for using busnet or upsnet to “test recovery” at an old
> fashioned physical DR site.
>
Well RMAN backups can be used for that as well.
> And I really don’t want to ever just have one backup copy of anything I
> really care about.
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s/copy/method/ and I'd agree.
> mwf
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> oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Robert Freeman
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 02, 2009 3:34 PM
> *To:* Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx; Goulet, Richard; Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* Re: Question about RMAN Datafile + Archivelog Backups
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> I've always thought that the archivelog backup should be the default
> condition with a switch to turn it off. Maybe it's a programitic constraint
> since the same command (backup database) is used for both ARCHIVELOG and
> NOARCHIVELOG mode backups.
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> *From:* "Allen, Brandon" <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* "Goulet, Richard" <Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx>; "
> Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Wed, December 2, 2009 12:23:12 PM
> *Subject:* RE: Question about RMAN Datafile + Archivelog Backups
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> Yes, I like my backups to be recoverable J I was just pointing out the
> caveat that they’re not included if you just run “backup database”. It
> seems to me that it would be a good idea to make the backup command include
> archivelogs by default and only have an option to exclude them if desired
> for some reason – maybe in 12x.
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> *From:* Goulet, Richard [mailto:Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx]
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> True, don't you include the archive logs in the backup set??
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