Re: testing recovery
From: Jared Still <jkstill_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:20:35 -0700
Message-ID: <CAORjz=PQaqyK4DD30F=TJTy-2Mkg6LMRigfm+KLHRDKSP3PpNg_at_mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Robert Freeman <robertgfreeman_at_yahoo.com>wrote:
> While I agree that the use of restore validate is a good practice, I would
> strongly disagree that it takes the place of actual restore testing. This is
> true with respect to DR or non-DR.
>
> I say this for several reasons:
>
>
To summarize this it appears you are saying the following:
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:20:35 -0700
Message-ID: <CAORjz=PQaqyK4DD30F=TJTy-2Mkg6LMRigfm+KLHRDKSP3PpNg_at_mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Robert Freeman <robertgfreeman_at_yahoo.com>wrote:
> While I agree that the use of restore validate is a good practice, I would
> strongly disagree that it takes the place of actual restore testing. This is
> true with respect to DR or non-DR.
>
> I say this for several reasons:
>
>
To summarize this it appears you are saying the following:
- restore validate proves you have a good backup
- restoring the backup proves that you can restore it if needed.
Jared Still
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Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com
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