RE: REPOST: RMAN Image Copies

I use image copies on my Oracle 10G home LAN, actually, and they are mighty fine.

My home LAN is pure Oracle 10G goodness.

Ellis

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of DENNIS WILLIAMS Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 6:20 AM To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: REPOST: RMAN Image Copies

I posted the following a few days ago, but perhaps it was buried in the concern over Jared's announcement. I can't believe nobody on this list has tried image copies. I had previously ignored them, but a closer look reveals some interesting capabilities.

   Jared - thank you so much for your years of faithful service. Now your posts won't be inhibited by your responsibilities.

   Steve - welcome and best wishes.

Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.

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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of DENNIS WILLIAMS
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 2:39 PM
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Subject: RMAN Image Copies

List - Has anyone worked a significant amount with RMAN Image copies? Or, better yet, compared image copies to RMAN backup sets?

I am designing a new RMAN configuration. Our environment Solaris, Oracle9i, mixed Standard and Enterprise Editions, but with eventual conversion to 10g in mind.

I have Robert Freeman's great Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery book in front of me. Thank you Robert!

One requirement is the ability to schedule cold backups, especially if where is any reluctance to trust RMAN. It seems that an image copy fits requirement. From what I see, you could recover the database from image copies just as if they were created by copying the files (not use RMAN), and I can use this to fulfill the cold backup requirement. Has anyone tried this?

Freeman states that datafile (image) copies are registered in the RMAN catalog. Will reports like REPORT UNRECOVERABLE take datafile copies in mind?

Then he notes that RMAN may use a datafile copy to restore a datafile if it is more recent. Has anyone tried this?

Has anyone chosen to use Image copies in preference to backup sets?
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