Re: RMAN post-structural autobackups

On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 17:48:23 +0100, Vitalis <vitalisREMOVETHAT_at_numericable.fr> 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??

No of course not. It is triggered by the respective ALTER or CREATE command. Eg: the internal procedure to create a tablespace will call the procedure to backup the controlfile.

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA