That should be the Plan B approach. According to OP, 'Legal' had made it
clear that they needed the environment identical to the current, and
unless/until it can be proven to their satisfaction (or more accurately
the judiciary's satisfaction) that the flat file approach provides the
same answers, the RDBMS mechanism is required.
I personally would support the VM approach, and suggest that if the SA's
don't like it they can explain to 'legal' what they propose as alternative.
/Hans
Standard disclaimer about "my opinion, not my employer's" applies to my
statement above.
On 2017-04-27 12:20 PM, Seth Miller wrote:
Depending on the RDBMS is very risky. Your quote says that the "data" must be available. Flatten the data and export it into an open standard format. Then, you don't have to worry about how to access the data, RDBMS support, etc.
Seth
On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 11:04 AM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Interesting you should ask that. The best method, as others
noted, is probably just to copy the whole running database to a VM
and back up the VM. Start the VM annually to make sure it will
still run. I have a small Oracle 7.3.4 database on Windows NT
that I burned to DVD a few years ago, I still start it up
occasionally just for nostalgia.
On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 12:23 PM, Ruel, Chris <Chris.Ruel@xxxxxxx
<mailto:Chris.Ruel@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
How about create VM with a copy of that database and an FRA
with all 28 backups available? You can shut it down, export
it, zip it up, whatever you need to do.
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*Subject:* Database Retention Question
We are trying to find a workable solution to a rather large
problem. One system has an Oracle database in Red Hat 6 and
Oracle 11.2.0.4. Last August, there was a legal request to
freeze 28 different backups of this database. That was done
by the systems team, via CommVault (using RMAN). By asking
more questions, it has come to light that any and / or all of
those backups need to be quickly accessible as Oracle
databases until Aug. 31, 2023. When I mentioned to our legal
department that there’s no way that I can guarantee that
whatever version of Oracle we’ll be using in 5, 6, 7 years
will be able to even open the database files, the response was
“you have to guarantee that the data is available if required
in a lawsuit. No excuses are accepted by the courts.”.
We’ve toyed with a couple of possible options. One is to keep
a Red Hat 6 / Oracle 11.2.0.4 environment running until Sept.
1, 2023, which the SAs hate (not to mention the Security
Office). Another is to restore from backup and upgrade along
with other database upgrades and take a new frozen backup,
which we aren’t keen on doing 28 times.
Does anyone have any other ideas on how to save these backups
and guarantee that they are usable through Aug. 31, 2023? I’d
appreciate any thoughts.
Thank you,
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