Thanks Dennis for taking the time to grapple with this..
The scripts that do the RMAN backups and recoveries...
can backup and restore without the Catalog being up.. (just run in nocatalog
mode)
and it automatically resyncs the catalog when it appears.
I want to be able to recover/validate "ONLY"
Brian - I'm still not clear on what you're trying to accomplish here.
Usually I feel that RMAN has better information than I do. With automated
systems like RMAN, trying to override them is usually not a good idea. I
don't think there is a direct command to do what you ask.
Some other ideas:
Usu
I am using RMan with and without the Catalog...
if the Catalog goes down..my backups and restores just
switch to Nocatalog mode and keep on ticking..
My goal is to restore/recovery just a backup that resides on
tape rather than accessing the Disk copies...
I guess that Rman at least with t
Brian - I couldn't figure out what you are asking. First of all, are you
intending to use RMAN with a catalog? Are you wanting to distinguish the
backups for a report or on recovery. I think that RMAN will record all the
backups you have performed and will want to use the most recent backup for
rec
