RMAN Testing Suggestions
- From: DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ORACLE-L <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:22:44 -0600
List - Recently in response to an RMAN question, several listers mentioned
how critical it is to perform a test recovery after configuring RMAN. I
agree whole-heartedly. I was wondering if some people could share some
details of what tests seem appropriate. A simple test I can think of is to
backup the database, then shut it down, rename the system datafile, then
attempt to bring the database back up, then recover the datafile using an
RMAN command and open the database. Is this test sufficient? On one hand I
want to ensure RMAN is correctly configured for backup and recovery, but on
the other hand these tests are best performed on a new database before
handing it over to the users. And the users are usually clamoring to use the
database, so I don't want to conduct extensive tests that are just testing
RMAN itself. Any thoughts?
Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
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