RE: testing recovery

Although you have received recommendations to use RESTORE DATABASE VALIDATE,  
beware that this doesn't check if you can RECOVER DATABASE !!

It doesn't check if the corresponding ArchiveLogs are available and restorable. 
 
You must explicitly run another RESTORE ARCHIVELOG ALL VALIDATE


See 
http://hemantoracledba.blogspot.com/2010/03/misinterpreting-restore-database.html
for my tests in 10.2

  
Hemant K Chitale 


-----Original Message-----
From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Zelli, Brian
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 2:23 AM
To: 'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: testing recovery 

Ok, we just got hit with a "Are you testing your backups?" from senior 
administration.  We sometimes use copies to replace test or dev but they want a 
scheduled plan.  The first thing I mentioned was do you have enough space(some 
db's are over a 1T)?  Do you have matching hardware sitting around that I can 
drop my db's onto?  Licensing $$$$?  What do you as a community do to satisfy 
or comply with this?
ciao,
Brian



This email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged.  If 
you are not the addressee, do not disclose, copy, circulate or in any other way 
use or rely on the information contained in this email or any attachments.  If 
received in error, notify the sender immediately and delete this email and any 
attachments from your system.  Emails cannot be guaranteed to be secure or 
error free as the message and any attachments could be intercepted, corrupted, 
lost, delayed, incomplete or amended.  Standard Chartered PLC and its 
subsidiaries do not accept liability for damage caused by this email or any 
attachments and may monitor email traffic.

Standard Chartered PLC is incorporated in England with limited liability under 
company number 966425 and has its registered office at 1 Aldermanbury Square, 
London, EC2V 7SB.

Standard Chartered Bank ("SCB") is incorporated in England with limited 
liability by Royal Charter 1853, under reference ZC18.  The Principal Office of 
SCB is situated in England at 1 Aldermanbury Square, London EC2V 7SB. In the 
United Kingdom, SCB is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services 
Authority under FSA register number 114276.

If you are receiving this email from SCB outside the UK, please click 
http://www.standardchartered.com/global/email_disclaimer.html to refer to the 
information on other jurisdictions.
--
http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l

Other related posts: