In the documentation, it is refered to as Incrementally Updated Backups: Rolling forward image copy backups. It is a level 1 incremental that is applied to the image copy and rolled forward to the point in time when the level 1 was created. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jared Still [mailto:jkstill@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 11:50 AM > To: Steiner, Randy > Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: rman incremental merge > > On 12/4/06, Steiner, Randy <Randy.Steiner@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Have people been using the incremental merge feature of > rman successfully? > > It seems a little scary to me. > > > By 'incremental merge', are you referring to restoring a > database using incremental backups? (sorry, unfamiliar with this term) > > If so, consider this: why would that be any scarier than > apply archive logs? > > > -- > Jared Still > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l