Dennis, Could you please share your regular backup strategies with me for me to understand this better?
Thanks ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 9:00 AM > > Dennis, > > I hope you can clarify something in your plan for me. > > Why are you backing up to disk? By doing so, you are losing one of the > chief benefits of RMAN. RMAN keeps a catalog of the tapes and knows > which tapes to request to restore a backup, and which files to retrieve > from those tapes. > > Do you backup the disk files to tape without the benefit of any tape > management software? Do you manually label the tapes? > > Thanks, > > Jared > > > > > > DENNIS WILLIAMS > <DWILLIAMS@LIFE To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > TOUCH.COM> cc: > Sent by: Subject: RE: Disaster recovery using RMAN > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > m > > > 01/17/02 05:05 > AM > Please respond > to ORACLE-L > > > > > > > Sona - I am planning to test a disaster recovery using RMAN also. My > company > won't completely trust it until I can. Like you, I currently use RMAN to > back up to disk, and write the backup to tape, keeping a Level 0 backup on > disk. Here are the steps I am planning for disaster recovery. > > 1. Export the RMAN catalog and FTP a copy to the target system each time > nightly backups are complete. > 2. Back the Level 0 backup to tape, along with RMAN catalog export. > 3. Mount the tape on the disaster recovery test system. > 4. Assume that same version of Oracle is installed on the disaster recovery > test system. > 5. Create an RMAN user and import the RMAN catalog export. > 6. Copy the RMAN Level 0 backup to disk. If possible, put it on the same > path as on the original machine. If not, create a link so it looks like the > same location to the system. > 7. Begin RMAN recovery, changing disk locations for the data files, as > needed. > > I'm just listing these off the top of my head, so I may have left something > out. If you or any other listers see anything amiss with my plans, please > point that out. > Dennis Williams > DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 5:21 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > Hi > > Here in my company we are planning to put together a disaster recovery plan > using RMAN would like to test various recovery scenarios using RMAN. > > Could anyone provide the information on the procedures followed in a > testing > like this? > > TIA > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS > 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: > 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: Sona 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).
