On 8/1/07, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 8/1/07, Alex Gorbachev <ag@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Good hint. Thanks Brandon. > > > > What's my concern is that without using RMAN catalog, it would be able > > to scan available pieces from Netbackup (or whatever is the storage > > manager) and find the required piece. > > > > > > There are many reasons to use a recovery catalog. The only - but rather good in principle - reason that I can see is to make reporting easier and consistent. > All of our databases are being backed using a recovery catalog. > > bplist can be used to find the autobackup files from NetBackup, with > the added bonus of getting the DBID for the database. > > Using a recovery catalog makes most RMAN tasks simpler. I don't really see how? Most RMAN tasks have exactly the same syntax whether connected to a catalog or not. > Oracle docs claim that everything possible with a recovery catalog is > also possible using only the controlfile. There is a long list of caveats > to go with that statement. For example? Most tasks (with the exception of things like recovery through resetlogs which really ought to be pretty rare) are just as possible without a catalog. -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l