Re: simulate rman backup

Laurentiu,

Perhaps an RMAN "backup validate" operation might work?

Basically, it just reads from controlfiles, datafiles, and archived redo log files, but does not write any backupsets.

Hope this helps,

-Tim

On 7/19/2024 7:12 AM, Laurentiu Oprea wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Out of curiosity, is there a way to simulate a rman backup run ? The
> purpose will be to simulate a backup execution without
> actually writing any files just to observe how big a compressed backup
> will be.
>
> Most probably officially this is not supported but anyone has any
> crazy idea how to achieve this? :)
>
> Thank you.

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