Stefan, If the old backupset status is 'UNAVAILABLE', it needs to be first made AVAILABLE before using it. On 6/19/07, Stefan Knecht <knecht.stefan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Use the SET UNTIL clause in your run {} block Stefan On 6/19/07, David cheyne <david.cheyne@xxxxxxxxx > wrote: > > Hi List, > > I am using RMAN to duplicate our live DB to another identical machine. > Full On-line backups are taken 5 days a week (file is 25Gb on disk), each > one includes *all* archive logs. > > I have been asked to see if we can use a different nights backup for the > duplication process, other than the last backup taken. I can't find > anything on MetaLink and Rob Freemans book only mentions that Duplicate uses > the last good backup. > > Is this possible?? If so how? > > > *Specs:* > *Oracle: 9.2.0.4 64-bit* > *O/S: Solaris 2.8* > > > Many thanks > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > David Cheyne > BA(hons.) > > Oracle Database Administrator > > > -- ========================= Stefan P Knecht Consultant Infrastructure Managed Services Trivadis AG Europa-Strasse 5 CH-8152 Glattbrugg Phone +41-44-808 70 20 Fax +41-808 70 12 Mobile +41-79-571 36 27 stefan.knecht@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.trivadis.com =========================
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