Ruth - At this point we just RMAN to disk. Someone on this list provided that advice as "start simple". I was using RMAN to store the archive logs, but that just used up twice the disk space and I could discern no benefit so I stopped it (always open to new reasons). On recovery, RMAN uses the original archive logs just fine. I just want to make sure we have the right archive logs on tape, and this morning I posted an update to my original question, namely that I found where RMAN automatically issues an ALTER SYSTEM ARCHIVE LOG CURRENT. I'm a little confused about the timestamp on the archive logs, but I guess I just have to take it on faith that Oracle and RMAN are doing the right thing. Thanks Ruth.
Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 11:13 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Rather than copy the archive logs to tape, do an archivelog backup using rman. Archive the current log when you start. Then you can put all the backupsets, database and archivelog, on one tape and rman will know just what he needs to recover a database. Ruth ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 5:43 PM List - I am wrapping up my RMAN procedures so I can turn off conventional backups and still sleep at night. I am on Oracle 8.1.6. Does anyone know the answer to this question: If I do an RMAN backup to disk, then copy the RMAN backup pieces to tape, and copy the archive logs to tape, do I need to execute an ALTER SYSTEM ARCHIVE LOG ALL before I copy the archive logs to tape? This has been necessary for hot backups, but I can't recall this being mentioned specifically for RMAN. I want to be able to recover the database from the contents of the backup tape alone, and I noticed during my disaster recovery tests that you definitely needed to have required archive logs available. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Ruth Gramolini INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: DENNIS WILLIAMS INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
