RE: Rman does not use all of the allocated channels

I see the same thing with a couple of my smaller databases. My hot backup script always allocates 6 channels - the big databases use all 6, but my smaller databases only use 5.

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of Dennis Williams Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 11:12 AM
To: peter.schauss_at_ngc.com
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Subject: Re: Rman does not use all of the allocated channels

Peter,

Maybe RMAN didn't need the additional channel. How large is your database?

Dennis Williams
>
> After I added a data file to one of my tablespaces, rman decided not to
> use channel 5.
>
> After seeing what had happened I verified that I had a good backup by
> doing a test restore of the database on a development machine.
>
> Any ideas what made rman decide not to use one of the allocated channels
> and is this something that I should be concerned about?
>
> Thanks,
> Peter Schauss
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