Re: RMAN backup of archived log fails

On 5/29/07, Tony van Lingen <tony.vanlingen_at_epa.qld.gov.au> wrote:
>
> Syed,
>
> That's exactly what I'm afraid of. The backup exists on some tape
> managed by NetBackup, which may or may not be available at the time of
> issuing the crosscheck command. If it's not available, and what you say
> is true (and I understand it the same way), then I effectively lose a
> perfectly good backup, don't I. Surely there is a more robust way to get
> this sorted. Anyone?
>
>

If the file is available, crosscheck should find it.

If not, it will be marked as expired.

IAC, if you don't run crosscheck, your backup of the archive log will not work.

If files erroneously come up missing, you can always catalog them manually if need be.

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Jared Still
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