I hope copies of those database fact sheets are stored off-site, and kept updated... :-) Things like database fact sheets tend to get out of sync in a hurry. RF --- "Allen, Brandon" <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It is standard procedure here to record the DBID in > our "database fact > sheets" for each database. I think this is > recommended as a "best > practice" somewhere in the Oracle rman doc. Plus, > we keep logs of our > rman output so we could find the DBID (as well as > the entire backup > piece handle) there too as long as those logs aren't > lost along with the > database. I think there are a few other places the > DBID can be found > but I can't think of them off the top of my head. > > Regards, > Brandon > > ________________________________ > > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Jared Still > > > > On 9/17/07, LS Cheng <exriscer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Autobackup filename has dbid so you dont really > have to lookup > in a catalog. > > > > And how do you find that autobackup controlfile if > you don't know the > dbid? > > > Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained > in this message or attachments hereto. Please advise > immediately if you or your employer do not consent > to Internet email for messages of this kind. > Opinions, conclusions and other information in this > message that do not relate to the official business > of this company shall be understood as neither given > nor endorsed by it. > > Robert G. Freeman Author: Now Available for Pre-Sales on Amazon.com!!!! ************************************************** Oracle Database 11g New Features (Oracle Press) ************************************************** Portable DBA: Oracle (Oracle Press) Oracle Database 10g New Features (Oracle Press) Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press) Oracle9i New Feature Blog: http://robertgfreeman.blogspot.com (Oracle Press) -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l