RMAN - archive log files

From: DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 06:21:10 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.003D9B72.20011211061021@fatcity.com>

Must I have RMAN back up the archive log files?

We are at the delicate position of getting acquainted with RMAN. We are using it but not yet ready to completely trust it, or rather trust that our setup is entirely correct (we production DBAs tend to be a conservative lot). We are just writing RMAN files to disk, no media manager.

Needless to say, we are getting the disadvantages of both methods. In addition to the disk space taken up by the archive log files, I also have the disk space taken up by the RMAN archive log files, so I have used twice the amount of disk.

If I didn't have RMAN store the archive log files, would it still be able to perform a recovery? Would it just grab the existing log files off disk? I'm thinking it must since it has to use some archive log files that were created since RMAN last ran. Appreciate your insights. Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
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