RE: URGENT: Trying to duplicate database from cold backup - auxi

Robert - What I've done over the years is tie the creation of test databases to backup verification. The old issue of how can you trust your backups unless you've done a recovery. It has seemed that I get a request to build a test database at about the right interval to periodically verify the backup. It is nice to say that I would just periodically verify the backups, but like most DBAs, there is always a more pressing task.

   With RMAN, I assumed that I would continue this practice. It has been a pain, but I ended up with a method that works. The biggest problem is that when the test database is recovered, it initially has the same name as the production database, then I change the name.

   I would be interested how other sites that rely on RMAN handle this issue.

Dennis Williams
DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

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Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 4:44 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L auxi

>> BTW, I just waited till afterhours brought the database down, copied
>> the file and cloned the easy way.

I love RMAN, but truth be told, I still find the old manual method of cloning a database to be easier somehow. Must be an old fogie.

RF

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