How about switching to incremental (from "full") backups? Even if all you do are level-0 backups?
My understanding of the difference between a "full" and a "level-0" backup (besides the obvious impact on any subsequent level-n incremental backups) is that level-0 backups only back up database blocks that are currently in use, as opposed to "full" backups which back up all database blocks which have ever been used (i.e. no longer "unformatted"). ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 9:39 PM > Hello All, > > Is resizing the datafiles the only way of reducing the size of an RMAN full > backup? Oracle Version 8.0.6. We take RMAN hot backups to disk, and the > size of the backup has grown considerably. There's one large table which we > were considering truncating. But looks like that would not reduce the size > of the backup. Dropping the table will call for an production outage. I am > considering moving the table to another tablespace, and dropping the > existing one. Any ideas? > > Thanks > Raj > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: > 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: Tim Gorman 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).
