Re: RMAN incrementally updated image copy as a long term backup solution?

  • From: Bill Zakrzewski <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: oracle.unknowns@xxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 08:36:24 -0500

Chen -

I have been using that method for several years.  I do not believe if there is 
a corruption it will be picked up, unless it causes the backup to fail.  I 
periodically run validate against the copy just to make sure the files being 
written to tape are not corrupt.

Bill
On Nov 29, 2012, at 12:10 AM, Chen Zhou wrote:

> Hi,
> We are considering to use RMAN image copy as our backup method, then apply
> the daily incrementals to update the image copy.   Has anyone done that
> before?  If the image copy is corrupted, will it be picked up when the
> daily incremental is applied?  Or we need to run validate periodically on
> the copy?
> Thank you,
> Chen
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