Oh yes, yes, yes. You are correct. It *may* work, but it's not guaranteed to work because an RMAN (and OID) "transaction" can constitute multiple DB transactions in their respective repositories.
When I saw that "feature" of OID, I did some investigating and felt that we would not be at significant risk of recovery failure given our environment. Of course, to be sure I also had planned in a full LDIF export immediately following the hotback. :) Thanks for the refresher, Jared! That memory must have been a weak buffalo culled from the herd by beer. :) Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 5:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Jesse, Rich; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: RE : RMAN Repository > Importance: High > > > Hot backup of the repository is fine as long as you can be > assured that all files needed for a complete recovery are > going to be available. > > Recover a hot backup of an RMAN repository to another > server using imcomplete recovery, ( your RMAN server > burned to a crisp, drives and all ), and you may or may not > have a good repository. > > If the backup was made while the repository was in use for > other backups, it may be in a logically inconsistent state from > the RMAN perspective. > > Kind of like backing up OID. > > Could be that I'm wrong on this, but I don't have time to test > it and come up with a definitive answer. > > Jared -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jesse, Rich 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).
