RE: RMAN Testing Suggestions
- From: "Stephens, Chris" <ChrisStephens@xxxxxxx>
- To: "Alex" <stant_98@xxxxxxxxx>, "ORACLE-L" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 12:30:13 -0500
i have a script (basically taken from 'mastering pl/sql') that runs
against the rman views in each database via database links from out
'management database' to verify the backups completed sucessfully.
...i do periodically validate them though. probably a couple times a
month.
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From: Alex [mailto:stant_98@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 11:23 AM
To: Stephens, Chris; DWILLIAMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: RMAN Testing Suggestions
got it. you physically deleted the files from the OS and restored them.
do you validate you backups periodically?
"Stephens, Chris" <ChrisStephens@xxxxxxx> wrote:
not sure i understand exactly what you mean.
we run our RMAN backup script. delete a datafile(s) and
restore/recover
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From: Alex [mailto:stant_98@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 11:14 AM
To: Stephens, Chris; DWILLIAMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: RMAN Testing Suggestions
When you say lost datafile and other files, do you mean
completely lost or did you have backup copies?
"Stephens, Chris" <ChrisStephens@xxxxxxx> wrote:
We always tested:
Lost datafile
Lost system datafile
Lost control file
Lost all control files
Lost pfile,spfile
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From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
DENNIS WILLIAMS
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 10:23 AM
To: ORACLE-L
Subject: RMAN Testing Suggestions
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?
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Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
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