No, rman will not mess up your data. It will probably tell you that the backup was done in one NLS_LANG and the database you are restoring too has another NLS_LANG. That is why they tell you to set it just in case. Regards, Ruth -----Original Message----- From: dba1 mcc [mailto:mccdba1@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 9:20 AM To: Mercadante, Thomas F (LABOR); rgramolini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: RMAN incomplete recovery environment setup? Thanks. Now I understand what "NLS_DATE_FORMAT" doing, but I still don't understand why "NLS_LANG" require? If I don't put "NLS_LANG", will RMAN recovery mess up my data? Anyone have ideal? --- "Mercadante, Thomas F (LABOR)" <Thomas.Mercadante@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ruth, > > In 9i, these environmental variables are not > required. You can do the > same thing with an Rman command in the recovery > script: > > set until time > "to_date('2001-06-22:13:25:00','yyyy-mm-dd:hh24:mi:ss')"; > > Tom > > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Ruth Gramolini > Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 2:50 PM > To: mccdba1@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: RMAN incomplete recovery environment > setup? > > I will make an attempt to give some answers to your > questions. See them > inline. > > HTH, > Ruth > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of > dba1 mcc > Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 2:24 PM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RMAN incomplete recovery environment setup? > > > I am study on ORACLE 9i RMAN "incomplete recovery" > document and it mention: > > Insure that NLS_LANG and NLS_DATE_FORMAT > environment > variables are set appropriately: > $NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8MSWIN1252 > $NLS_DATE_FORMAT='YYYY-MM-DD:HH24:MI:SS' > > My question are: > > 1. is it required? > If you are going to do a point in time recovery you > need to set the > NLS_DATE_FORMAT. If you are going to do a complete > recovery it is not > necessary but can't hurt. Here is what the > case4.rcv demo script says: > Make sure to set your NLS_LANG and NLS_DATE_FORMAT > environment > variables. > # You can set these values to whatever you wish. > The UNIX example > # below keeps the date format to the standard date > format used > # for recovery: > # > # %> setenv NLS_LANG AMERICAN > # %> setenv NLS_DATE_FORMAT > 'YYYY-MM-DD:hh24:mi:ss' > > 2. on RMAN "Complete recovery", I did not see > document > say that. Do I need also specify those variables on > "RMAN complete recovery"? > See above, please. > > 3. How about "hot backup/recovery"? > > These variables are not necessary for backup but may > be for recovery. > There is no such thing as a hot recovery. You can > do a point in time > recovery to, for example, recover dropped items. > This you would do to a > duplicate database and then export the dropped items > and import them to > the > database in need of recovery. But there is no such > thing as hot > recovery, > per se. > > Thanks > > > > __________________________________ > Discover Yahoo! > Use Yahoo! to plan a weekend, have fun online and > more. Check it out! > http://discover.yahoo.com/ > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/online.html -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l