Hi! One of the fastest and most reliable ways to verify backups is to look into the safe (or drawer) and check whether the tapes are still there. It doesn't waste much IO bandwidth either, except a little in the path from your desk to the location of tapes. Only very little CPU processing is needed, especially when Async IO is available (= a junior DBA whom to send to check). You can verify virtually terabytes of any backups in less than a second using this proven method.
Ok, time to go to sleep now, it's 2:21 AM here... Tanel. ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 2:59 AM > You heard him. > > Top men. > > ;) > > > Verifying backups is something we do in our spare time, one > of those skunk works projects we don't tell our bosses about. ;) > > Jared > > > > > > DENNIS WILLIAMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 08/05/2003 03:29 PM > Please respond to ORACLE-L > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > Subject: RE: URGENT: Trying to duplicate database from cold backup - auxi > > > Jared > Okay, I'll bite. What do you mean about a "separate project for > verifying > backups". It reminds me of the ending to the movie "Indiana Jones" - "we > have a team of top experts working on that", you know, the scene where > they're packing the ark away in an enormous warehouse. > > Dennis Williams > DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 5:19 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > auxi > > > > I would be interested how other sites that rely on RMAN handle this > issue. > > I for one, don't use RMAN for that. It's too much work. > > There's a separate project for verifying backups. > > The databases I'm called on to duplicate have lately been 400-500 > gigs, more than I want to pull from tape unless absolutely necesssary. > > It's much faster to plug two servers into a gigabit switch and > copy the files across a private network at approx 100 gigabytes > per hour. > > Jared > > > > > > > DENNIS WILLIAMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 08/05/2003 02:59 PM > Please respond to ORACLE-L > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > Subject: RE: URGENT: Trying to duplicate database from > cold > backup - auxi > > > Robert - What I've done over the years is tie the creation of test > databases > to backup verification. The old issue of how can you trust your backups > unless you've done a recovery. It has seemed that I get a request to build > > a > test database at about the right interval to periodically verify the > backup. > It is nice to say that I would just periodically verify the backups, but > like most DBAs, there is always a more pressing task. > With RMAN, I assumed that I would continue this practice. It has been a > pain, but I ended up with a method that works. The biggest problem is that > when the test database is recovered, it initially has the same name as the > production database, then I change the name. > I would be interested how other sites that rely on RMAN handle this > issue. > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > 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). 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