Hello.

The RMAN catalog keeps track of the media ids.


>From: "Robert L. Harris" <Robert.L.Harris AT rdlg DOT net>
>To: scott.kendall AT abbott DOT com
>CC: "Robert L. Harris" <Robert.L.Harris AT rdlg DOT net>,        Veritas-BU 
><veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
>Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] RMAN, offsite and duplicates?
>Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 09:34:40 -0700
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>That's part of the problem.  I'm not allowed near the RMAN process in
>any format.  The DBA's claim it stores the media id.  This is why I'm
>looking for some docs that explain the setup and the whatnots.
>
>Thus spake scott.kendall AT abbott DOT com (scott.kendall AT abbott DOT com):
>
> >
> > Are you sure RMAN stores the Media ID?
> >
> > It's been a while since I have looked at this, but I thought it just 
>kept the
> > backup_id for each stream and what data was in it.  Then it was up to
> > NetBackup to find where the backup_id was located and to recover it 
>(this may
> > involve changing copy 2 to be the npc if you're restoring from the 
>duplicate).
> >
> >
> > - Scott
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >                     "Robert L. Harris"
> >                     <Robert.L.Harris AT rdlg DOT net>           To:     
>Veritas-BU <veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
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> >                     veritas-bu-admin AT mailman DOT eng.        Subject:    
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>[Veritas-bu] RMAN, offsite and duplicates?
> >                     auburn.edu
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> >
> >                     02/22/2002 09:46 AM
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> >   I'm currently using a bpduplicate script to create my offsite
> > duplicates.  The DBA's I work with are convinced that a DR recovery of
> > our databases won't work because RMAN stores the media ID of the tapes.
> >
> >   Does anyone have a doc/pdf/faq I can printout that explains the
> > scenario one way or another and exactly what if anything would be needed
> > to recover an RMAN backup of an oracle database from duplicate tapes?  I
> > kinda like having weekly offsites....
> >
> > Robert
> >
> >
> > :wq!
> > 
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Robert L. Harris                |  Micros~1 :
> > Senior System Engineer          |    For when quality, reliability
> >   at RnD Consulting             |      and security just aren't
> >                                 \_       that important!
> > DISCLAIMER:
> >       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> > FYI:
> >  perl -e 'print 
>$i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
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>:wq!
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Robert L. Harris                |  Micros~1 :
>Senior System Engineer          |    For when quality, reliability
>   at RnD Consulting             |      and security just aren't
>                                 \_       that important!
>DISCLAIMER:
>       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
>FYI:
>  perl -e 'print 
>$i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
>
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