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Re: [Veritas-bu] [ORACLE] Backing up the "Control File" ...

2007-06-22 05:08:35
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] [ORACLE] Backing up the "Control File" ...
From: "Weber, Philip" <Philip.Weber AT egg DOT com>
To: <veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:49:57 +0100
Towards point 3, you can list the Oracle "files" backed up using bplist,
something like :
bplist -B -C hostname.dsto.defence.gov.au -S -t 4 -l -b
hostname.dsto.defence.gov.au -R /

cheers, Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu 
> [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf 
> Of Wilkinson, Alex
> Sent: 22 June 2007 09:35
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] [ORACLE] Backing up the "Control File" ...
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Our RMAN template contains the following run block:
> 
>    ALLOCATE CHANNEL ch00
>        TYPE 'SBT_TAPE';
>    SEND
>    
> 'NB_ORA_CLIENT=hostname.dsto.defence.gov.au,NB_ORA_POLICY=EDN-
> hostname-ORA,NB_ORA_SERV=hostname.dsto.defence.gov.au,NB_ORA_S
> CHED=Default-Application-Backup';
>    BACKUP
>        FORMAT 'ctlfile_%d_u%u_s%s_p%p_t%t'
>        CURRENT CONTROLFILE;
>    RELEASE CHANNEL ch00;
>    }
> 
> The only modification to this template has been the FORMAT strings.
> 
> The problem:
> 
> We never see any evidence of the control file being backed 
> via the output of the
> FORMAT string 'ctlfile_%d_u%u_s%s_p%p_t%t' in NetBackup's 
> activity monitor.
> 
> The Questions:
> 
> 1. From all my reading the Oracle policy type includes the 
> control file.
>    Can someone please confirm this ?
> 
> 2. Why would we never see a string output of 
> 'ctlfile_%d_u%u_s%s_p%p_t%t' even
>    though it has been defined within the RMAN template ?
> 
> 3. How can I confirm whether or not NetBackup is actually 
> backing up the control file ?
> 
> 
>  -aW
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