On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Robert Freeman <robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > While I agree that the use of restore validate is a good practice, I would > strongly disagree that it takes the place of actual restore testing. This is > true with respect to DR or non-DR. > > I say this for several reasons: > > To summarize this it appears you are saying the following: 1) restore validate proves you have a good backup 2) restoring the backup proves that you can restore it if needed. Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l