Re: RMAN Validate command

It is always better to validate the backupss before restoring. Why by backupset by backupset, dont' you have complete database backup?

If you are on 10g, you may also see restore PREVIEW to know which files are actually required for restore and recovery.

On 2/15/07, DIANNA GIBBS <DIANNA.GIBBS_at_childrens.com> wrote:
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> We lost a disk tonight. I'm validating our latest RMAN backup. To
> confirm, do I need to check
> any views or worry about anything else if I see no errors, per below?
>
> Thanks in advance. Any thoughts, comments are appreciated.
>
>
> RMAN> validate backupset 960395;
>
> allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
> channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=70 devtype=DISK
> channel ORA_DISK_1: starting validation of datafile backupset
> channel ORA_DISK_1: restored backup piece 1
> piece handle=/rman/lawp803/ctrlfile_LAWP803x_20070214_1_3gia28dt_1_1
> tag=TAG20070214T172829 params=NULL
> channel ORA_DISK_1: validation complete
>
> RMAN> validate backupset 960345;
>
> using channel ORA_DISK_1
> channel ORA_DISK_1: starting validation of datafile backupset
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