Unless you explicitly tell RMAN to skip read-only tablespaces, it will back them up the first time around, once that is done, it will not back them up again unless you alter the tablespace from read-only to writeable.... then RMAN is intelligent to know that its original backup copy may no longer be valid, so it grabs another.
There is an inherent caveat to this.... if you back up to tape, retain tapes on-site for two months, then have the tablespace become corrupt after 3 months... you will not be able to restore without bring the tape back on-site... so you may want to "trick" rman periodically (hopefully at least as often as your tapes are taken off-site) by issuing a command to put it in "read/write" mode then switch it right back to "read-only" to force a new copy on you backup set. HTH, -Ron- > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Pat Howe > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 3:21 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RMAN ReadOnly Tablespace Question > > > With "RMAN Incremental backups" will a Level 0 backup always backup "ALL" > tablespaces including previously backed up READONLY tablespaces ? > Or is RMAN smart enough to realize that it has a current backup of all the > READONLY tablespace and only backup the READ/WRITE tablespaces ? > > Thanks in Advance > > _________________________ > Patrick J. Howe > Oracle DBA > Illuminet Inc. (Carrier Division of Verisign) > 4501 Intelco Loop SE > Olympia, WA 98507 > Phone : 360.493.6284 > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Pat Howe > 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). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Ron Yount 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).
