Fw: RMAN Restore with Incremental

  • From: Robert Freeman <robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Oracle-L Freelists <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 09:13:10 -0700 (PDT)

Sometimes an incremental backup will end up backing up the entire database. 
This is particularly true if you are not using a block change tracking file. In 
fact, if you are using retention criteria and the FRA you might well see the 
base level 0 GO AWAY because, according to the retention criteria, it is really 
no longer needed.

List the details of your 409400 backup contents. I bet you find all the 
datafiles in it.

RF
 
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----- Original Message ----
From: Charlotte Hammond <charlottejanehammond@xxxxxxxxx>
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, April 2, 2008 3:23:52 AM
Subject: RMAN Restore with Incremental

Hi All,
I'm a bit confused by this RMAN behaviour. I have a full backup and a level 1 
incremental a few days later. However if I restore (preview) it only attempts 
to use the level 1 (example below). Surely this is of no use without the 
preceeding full backup. What am I missing?
Thank you for any hints! (10.2.0.3 EE)
Charlotte
 
RMAN> list backup of database summary;
 
List of Backups
===============
Key TY LV S Device Type Completion Time #Pieces #Copies Compressed Tag
------- -- -- - ----------- --------------- ------- ------- ---------- ---
397695 B F A DISK 27-MAR-08 1 1 YES 
TAG20080327T132047
409400 B 1 A DISK 31-MAR-08 1 1 YES 
TAG20080331T021633


RMAN> restore validate database;
Starting restore at 02-APR-08
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting validation of datafile backupset
channel ORA_DISK_1: reading from backup piece
/oracle/FRA/TESTDB/backupset/2008_03_31/o1_mf_nnnd1_TAG20080331T021633_3z0gvkk3_.bkp
channel ORA_DISK_1: restored backup piece 1
piece
handle=/oracle/FRA/TESTDB/backupset/2008_03_31/o1_mf_nnnd1_TAG20080331T021633_3z0gvkk3_.bkp
tag=TAG20080331T021633
channel ORA_DISK_1: validation complete, elapsed time: 00:00:47
Finished restore at 02-APR-08
 


      
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