venkat, if you run in nocatalog mode, there are many things that you cannot do as compared to catalog mode. refer to the initial lists of the Oracle RMAN USer's Guide .. and it explicitly lists *all* the things that you cannot do if you are running rman in nocatalog mode
so basically, you run in catalog mode to be doubly safe .. to put it in a nutshell hth Deepak --- "C.S.Venkata Subramanian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear List, > I need some suggestions for RMAN. For a quite > sometime I have seen numerous mails regarding RMAN. > > We have 2 Production Databases located at different > sites. We use RMAN to backup the databases. Daily > incremental backups(Archivelogs, > ControlFiles,parameter files, password file) Weekly > Full backup(Datafiles,Archivelogs, > ControlFiles,parameter files, password file). the > backup are successfully tested in a development m/c > and till date we didn't face any probs till date. > But we are not using "Catalog Database" for storing > the information. Instead we are using the target > database's control file. We have also stimulated the > recoveries based on the above. > > I want to know whether it is "mandatory" or > "advisble" to use RMAN with or without a catalog > database. > > Any views, suggestions are welcome. > > TIA > > Venkat > > > Make a difference, help support the relief efforts > in the U.S. > http://clubs.lycos.com/live/events/september11.asp > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: C.S.Venkata Subramanian > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: > (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet > access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information > (like subscribing). __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Deepak Thapliyal INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
