why do you do a cold backup? why not just use RMAN? ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 4:34 PM
> Mohammed - When is this database updated? Once/week? Daily? Continuously? If > there is a failure, what is the consequence of returning to the last backup? > How much critical data will be lost? How will recovery times be affected > with/without archive logging? How much does your sys admin know about > Oracle? > We have a data warehouse that gets updated weekly. The day after the load > we perform a cold backup. We 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 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 agreed to > (and also sounds like a good idea) but also wants to > turn on archiving. My thinking is why turn on > archiving if I can restore my DB from last night's > BCV's and then bring it up to date by re-loading any > data that was loaded after the BCV split. > > Our system is not 24x7 so we can shutdown before the > BCV split. Also, it's not directly accessed by users > for ad-hoc queries. Automated processes access the > database and build cubes using Cognos tools. Users > access these and not the DB directly. > > So, again I don't see the need for archive logging. > > Any thoughts? > > mohammed > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: mkb > 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.net > -- > Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS > 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.net -- Author: Ryan 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).
