RE: Backups in a DW Environment

2004-01-11 Thread Jared Still
on backups in a DW environment. Our DW is somewhat small at the moment but projected to grow. I seem to be having a hard time trying to convince the sys admin that I don't want archive logging turned on. To me, it does'nt make much sense. He's proposed using EMC BCV's which I've

Re: Backups in a DW Environment

2004-01-10 Thread Ryan
] wrote: Have a question on backups in a DW environment. Our DW is somewhat small at the moment but projected to grow. I seem to be having a hard time trying to convince the sys admin that I don't want archive logging turned on. To me, it does'nt make much sense. On the contrary

Re: Backups in a DW Environment

2004-01-10 Thread Jared Still
in a DW environment. Our DW is somewhat small at the moment but projected to grow. I seem to be having a hard time trying to convince the sys admin that I don't want archive logging turned on. To me, it does'nt make much sense. On the contrary, not using archivelog mode is what

Re: Backups in a DW Environment

2004-01-10 Thread Ryan
GBs. - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 10:04 PM Mohammed, Comments inline... on 1/9/04 2:24 PM, mkb at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have a question on backups in a DW environment

RE: Backups in a DW Environment

2004-01-10 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is. --Unknown -Original Message- Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 4:25 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Have a question on backups in a DW environment. Our DW is somewhat small

RE: Backups in a DW Environment

2004-01-10 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Have a question on backups in a DW environment. Our DW is somewhat small at the moment but projected to grow. I seem to be having a hard time trying to convince the sys admin that I don't want archive logging turned on. To me, it does'nt make much

Re: Backups in a DW Environment

2004-01-10 Thread Tanel Poder
Would it be incorrect to assume that you never do inserts into newly loaded partitions, or updates that could increase the length of rows? 1 pctfree could be problematic in that case. Btw, if you're sure that rows won't grow, it use even pctfree 0 instead of 1. One thing you have to have in

Re: Backups in a DW Environment

2004-01-10 Thread Mladen Gogala
On 2004.01.10 16:49, DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote: Gene - As a part of putting the database back in archivelog mode, I hope you take another backup. Actually, taking backup should be a part of every major intervention on the database. Changing the database mode from noarchivelog to archivelog most

RE: Backups in a DW Environment

2004-01-10 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Yeah, I configured RMAN on a system. Then the users didn't want me to turn off cold backups. My response was that a DBA wouldn't say there was such a thing as too many backups, so we do both. Specifically with noarchivelog/archivelog, if you try to recover using a backup from before you turned

Backups in a DW Environment

2004-01-09 Thread mkb
Have a question on backups in a DW environment. Our DW is somewhat small at the moment but projected to grow. I seem to be having a hard time trying to convince the sys admin that I don't want archive logging turned on. To me, it does'nt make much sense. He's proposed using EMC BCV's which

RE: Backups in a DW Environment

2004-01-09 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
ORACLE-L Have a question on backups in a DW environment. Our DW is somewhat small at the moment but projected to grow. I seem to be having a hard time trying to convince the sys admin that I don't want archive logging turned on. To me, it does'nt make much sense. He's proposed using EMC BCV's which

Re: Backups in a DW Environment

2004-01-09 Thread Mladen Gogala
Well, recovery might be just a wee bit faster then re-loading few gigs of data using SQL. Also, developers on that DW might lose any work that they haven't done the night before. This is a production database, which means that it absolutely must be in archive log mode. One of the big reasons is

Re: Backups in a DW Environment

2004-01-09 Thread Ryan
don't use archive logging. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 3:25 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Have a question on backups in a DW environment. Our DW is somewhat small at the moment

RE: Backups in a DW Environment

2004-01-09 Thread Bobak, Mark
09, 2004 4:25 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Have a question on backups in a DW environment. Our DW is somewhat small at the moment but projected to grow. I seem to be having a hard time trying to convince the sys admin that I don't want archive logging turned on. To me, it does'nt

RE: Backups in a DW Environment

2004-01-09 Thread mkb
, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 3:25 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Have a question on backups in a DW environment. Our DW is somewhat small at the moment but projected to grow. I seem to be having a hard time trying

Re: Backups in a DW Environment

2004-01-09 Thread mkb
Yes but... The developers use Cognos tools for all their development. Nobody writes any PL/SQL, triggers etc. So again, all that the developers might lose is data that they loaded which can be easily recovered by re-running the ETL process. What I'm trying to say is that the environment from

RE: Backups in a DW Environment

2004-01-09 Thread Gene Sais
I put all databases in archive mode, i.e. dev, test, and production. I can use test db's to test backup/recovery scenario's. The only time they are not in archive mode is when I am doing a major load (import,sqlload,etc). After I am done loading data, I put them back into archive mode. What

RE: Backups in a DW Environment

2004-01-09 Thread mkb
was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is. --Unknown -Original Message- Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 4:25 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Have a question on backups in a DW environment

Re: Backups in a DW Environment

2004-01-09 Thread Ryan
, January 09, 2004 4:25 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Have a question on backups in a DW environment. Our DW is somewhat small at the moment but projected to grow. I seem to be having a hard time trying to convince the sys admin that I don't want archive logging turned

Re: Backups in a DW Environment

2004-01-09 Thread Mladen Gogala
for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is. --Unknown -Original Message- Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 4:25 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Have a question on backups in a DW environment. Our DW

Re: Backups in a DW Environment

2004-01-09 Thread mkb
he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is. --Unknown -Original Message- Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 4:25 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Have a question on backups in a DW environment. Our DW is somewhat

Re: Backups in a DW Environment

2004-01-09 Thread Jared . Still
To:Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Backups in a DW Environment I never heard about the required license from veritas and legato. Can someone else confirm that this is necessary? They actually charge you more money to do use another

Re: Backups in a DW Environment

2004-01-09 Thread Ryan
Subject: Re: Backups in a DW Environment The license is for the software that interfaces Veritas NetBackup to RMAN. RMAN has an API and NBU has an API. The intersection of the 2 will set you back about $1500 US IIRC.Jared "Ryan" [EMAIL

Re: Backups in a DW Environment

2004-01-09 Thread Tim Gorman
Mohammed, Comments inline... on 1/9/04 2:24 PM, mkb at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have a question on backups in a DW environment. Our DW is somewhat small at the moment but projected to grow. I seem to be having a hard time trying to convince the sys admin that I don't want archive

Re: Backups in a DW Environment

2004-01-09 Thread Mladen Gogala
of humor was provided to console him for what he is. --Unknown -Original Message- Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 4:25 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Have a question on backups in a DW environment. Our DW is somewhat small