Re: RMAN backup validate

From: Hemant K Chitale <hemantkchitale_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 23:27:35 +0800
Message-ID: <CAMNBsZtmnJs8QQ5S69t-xFPMHz5aD+mFW5yJTNo=H=rU9w3ZpQ_at_mail.gmail.com>

*Exactly* what commands are you running ? What version are you running ?

As these tests in 10.2.0.4 show :
http://hemantoracledba.blogspot.com/2010/03/misinterpreting-restore-database.html

RESTORE DATABASE VALIDATE checks database file backupsets. You need to run RESTORE ARCHIVELOG ... VALIDATE as well to check the ArchiveLog Backupsets.

Hemant K Chitale

On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 11:26 PM, Chen Zhou <oracle.unknowns_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, Everyone,
> If I ran RMAN Validate copy of database check logical and it returns no
> corruption, does it mean the image copy is good?
> I have a large database that is backed up by using incrementally updated
> image copy.
> I am wondering how would I know for sure if the backup is still good.
> Should I recreate the whole backup once in a while?
> Thank you for your thoughts.
> Chen
>

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