I've used "duplicate target database," many times, on 11.2 and probably on
11.2.0.4, and it's used incremental backups after restoring the full every
time I would have expected it to. I don't recall using the "for
standby" clause though.
-Justin
On Wednesday, May 4, 2016, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I ran into something interesting today. We have a full backup of a
database from Saturday night, and incrementals each night through last
night.
We ran a 'duplicate target database for standby;' command to use the
existing backup. Oracle restored from the full backup, but did not use the
incrementals. Instead, it asked for all of the archive logs since the full
backup. Is this expected behavior, or just something overlooked in the
design, or what?
Oracle 11.2.0.4 on Redhat 6.7
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Andrew W. Kerber
'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'
