Another vote in favor of BCT here. Great time saver for level 1 incrementals. Note that using BCT on standby is new in 11g and requires a separate license. It was something I was really looking forward to until I found out about the catch. Don. On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Bobak, Mark <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > BCT is great! Learn it, use it, love it! J > > > > Brandon is right, of course, it’s a change to your backup strategy, so, > test thoroughly. But, I haven’t had any issues or run into any bugs related > to BCT. > > > > -Mark > > > > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Allen, Brandon > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 02, 2010 4:34 PM > *To:* TESTAJ3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* RE: block change tracking? > > > > I’ve been using it for years on several databases with different versions > and different operating systems and never encountered a problem, and yes, I > have done several restores using the incremental backups created with BCT > too. I have not used a BCT file on a standby database though so can’t > comment on that. As with any backup/recovery strategy – test it thoroughly > in your specific environment before relying on it in production. > > > > Regards, > > Brandon > > > > > ------------------------------ > > 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. > -- Don Seiler http://seilerwerks.wordpress.com ultimate: http://www.mufc.us