Dick, But that's only if I used RMAN to backup the Logical Standby and recover the Primary from those backups, right? Surely I can use RMAN to backup and recover the Standby itself, can't I? I understand that attempting to recover the Primary database using backups of the Logical Standby won't work. Scenarios requiring recovery of the Primary would require failover and rebuild (which I understand would be extensive / expensive). On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Goulet, Richard <Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx > wrote: > Dominic, > > Well, you might be able to off load your backups to your logical > standby if your backup method was export/import or Data Pump. But for a > rman or tape backup you could not because those items are referenced > elsewhere in the database and if they got out of sync your in serious > trouble. As in an index entry would be pointing to a bad rowid. > > > *Dick Goulet*** > Senior Oracle DBA > PAREXEL International > 978.313.3426 > * information transmitted in this communication is intended only for the > person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential > and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or > other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by > persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you > received this in error, please destroy any copies, contact the sender and > delete the material from any computer.* > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* ddelmoli@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddelmoli@xxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Dominic > Delmolino > *Sent:* Friday, November 07, 2008 5:52 PM > *To:* Goulet, Richard > *Cc:* Oracle-L Freelists > *Subject:* Re: Standby abuse > > Dick, > > I'd argue that I could definitely off-load my backup needs if I only cared > about the data, and not so much of the physical aspects of how it's laid > out. I generally don't like to use ROWIDs as data values since they can > change, and I can't think of a reason why I'd care if the object id's were > different -- can you give me an example? > > On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 4:10 PM, Goulet, Richard < > Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Dominic, >> >> You can't use a logical standby to off load your backup needs. This >> is because a logical does not replicate the original database, but only the >> transactions therein. Rowid's and object id's between the two will be >> different so you can't just move a data file from your logical standby to >> the primary for recovery purposes. A physical standby is the only way to do >> that since it does maintain rowid's and the like. >> >> >> *Dick Goulet*** >> Senior Oracle DBA >> PAREXEL International >> 978.313.3426 >> * information transmitted in this communication is intended only for the >> person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential >> and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or >> other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by >> persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you >> received this in error, please destroy any copies, contact the sender and >> delete the material from any computer.* >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> > > > > -- > Dominic Delmolino > -- Dominic Delmolino