I’ve just got back to the office after a 24 DR test and wanted to get this question out there before I forget.

 

We found during our testing that even if an entire directory tree was selected to be restored, after the restore finished we would be missing random files and directories.  Re-running the restore with the same parameters would almost always lay down additional data which should have been restored the first time around. 

 

Once we turned these servers over to our DBA’s to run their RMAN restores, we spent several hours completing additional requests for individual files to be restored which had been missed earlier on.  When we would drill down to check that these files existed we always found that they were there.

 

For reference, all of our backup data resides on 2 Data Domain storage devices so it isn’t an issue with missing media.

 

Has anyone else seen anything like this ?

 

Thanks,

 

Mark Glazerman

Enterprise Storage Administrator

Spartech Corporation

Desk: 314-889-8282

Fax: 314-854-8282

Cell: 618-520-3401

mark.glazerman AT spartech DOT com

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