Re: os backup

From: Randy Harris <randy_at_SpamFree.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:16:44 GMT
Message-ID: <gp2Qd.5622$UI.1147@newssvr31.news.prodigy.com>

"Syltrem" <syltremzulu_at_videotron.ca> wrote in message news:We2Qd.2952$df.109349_at_tor-nn1.netcom.ca...
> "utkanbir" <hopehope_123_at_yahoo.com> a écrit dans le message de
> news:f6c90ebe.0502140500.271b9605_at_posting.google.com...
> > Hi ,
> >
> > I have a question related to the backup strageties. For some reasons i
> > cant get rman backups but instead i backup data at os level , and
> > archive redo logs periodically. I wonder whether it is possible to use
> > my redo log backups for recovery purpose. Is it possible to restore
> > some of the archived files from the backup set than apply redo logs ?
>
> Yes - That's what they're there for.
> That's what RMAN would do for you, too

I might be wrong, but I think he is saying that he only has redo logs, not archive logs. If so, the data in redo logs is overwritten. Seems to me that would be a very unreliable way to recover.

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> >
> > Kind Regards,
> > tolga
>
>
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