Re: Minimizing backup induced downtime

· Frank van Bortel <frank.van.bortel_at_gmail.com>:

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> rogergorden_at_gmail.com wrote:
>>> A standby database also does not exist - or it went to flames at 23:00
>>> as well.
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>> Why arent they available, you're running in archive log mode correct?
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> No, you should read the thread - the archived redo log files were
> still on disk - and those went up in flames. Hypothetically, of course.
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> And the whole issue is not RMAN, is not Oracle - it the application that
> uses a vault (whatever...), and is database independent for all it
> matters.
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> Probably, this boils down to something that uses the
> database (be it Oracle, SS or Infornix) for everything
> but data - data is in the vault, and the vault is files.

Now finally someone who understands me. Thanks a lot!

> Now - how do you make a *consistent* backup of that?

Simple:

• Throw away application
• or rewrite it all

*LOL*
> PS - my bet, it's an application written in Java.

Only for the web frontend (it's JSP). The real app is in C.

Alexander Skwar

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