Re: RMAN post-structural autobackups

From: Brian Peasland <dba_at_remove_spam.peasland.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 20:00:45 GMT
Message-ID: <4048DC6D.E367DE90@remove_spam.peasland.com>

Vitalis wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> My question is about the following circumstances in which RMAN performs a
> control file autobackup (according to the doc.):
>
> After database structural changes such as adding a new tablespace,
> altering the state of a tablespace or datafile (for example, bringing it
> online), adding a new online redo log, renaming a file, adding a new redo
> thread, and so forth. This type of autobackup, unlike autobackups that
> occur in the preceding circumstances, goes only to disk. You can run
> CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK to set a nondefault
> disk location.
>
> I don't understand how, or when, RMAN gets to know about these changes. Is
> it just by checking at the following RMAN invocation??

Any time you resync the catalog, or perform and operation that would automatically resync the catalog (whether you are using one or not), the control file can be automatically backed up.

HTH,
Brian Received on Fri Mar 05 2004 - 14:00:45 CST