Yes. Just a few weeks ago, one of the DBA people here restored an RMAN
file from LTO-3 tape. The resulting file would not import back into Oracle
(on a Windows 2003) server. We tried restoring a backup from another tape.
That one worked fine.
On 4/8/2011 8:52 AM, "dmitri" <networker-forum AT BACKUPCENTRAL DOT COM> wrote:
>[qoute]My idea is to set up a set of files on a given NetWorker client,
>then
>schedule a restore of those files via a script to the client, but to a
>different folder, then use a "diff" script to verify the restored and
>original files are the same.[/quote]
>
>While I can understand and appreciate some merits in running test
>restores, this got me thinking... Has anybody had a case when a restored
>file was any different then the source one? I've never seen this.
>As for the OP - yes, it can be easily achieved with "recover" command,
>scheduled in cron. All you need is read the manpage for it, very simple
>implementation.
>
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