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    An incremental level 1 backup taken on Monday at 9PM after a level 0 full backup on Sunday at 9PM would backup all block changes made since the level 0. If the database then crashed on Tuesday, the level 0 and incremental level 1 backups could be used to recover the database to its state as of Monday 9PM. Without any backups available, a level 1 incremental backup cannot be taken as it requires a level 0 full backup as the parent.

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    An incremental level 1 backup taken on Monday at 9PM after a level 0 full backup on Sunday at 9PM would backup all block changes made since the level 0. If the database then crashed on Tuesday, the level 0 and incremental level 1 backups could be used to recover the database to its state as of Monday 9PM. Without any backups available, a level 1 incremental backup cannot be taken as it requires a level 0 full backup as the parent.

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    An incremental level 1 backup taken on Monday at 9PM after a level 0 full backup on Sunday at 9PM would backup all block changes made since the level 0. If the database then crashed on Tuesday, the level 0 and incremental level 1 backups could be used to recover the database to its state as of Monday 9PM. Without any backups available, a level 1 incremental backup cannot be taken as it requires a level 0 full backup as the parent.

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    Howwouldyoudecideyourbackupstrategyandtimingforbackup?Infactbackupstrategyispurely
    dependsuponyourorganizationbusinessneed.
    Ifnodowntimethendatabasemustberunonarchivelogmodeandyouhavetotakefrequentlyordailybackup.
    Ifsufficientdowntimeisthereandlossofdatawouldnotaffectyourbusinessthenyoucanrunyourdatabasein
    noarchivelogmodeandbackupcanbetakeninfrequentlyorweeklyormonthly.
    Inmostofthecaseinanorganizationwhennodowntimethenfrequentinconsistentbackupneeded(daily
    backup),multiplexonlineredologfiles(multiplecopies),differentlocationforredologfiles,databasemustrun
    inarchivelogmodeanddataguardcanbeimplementedforextrabitofprotection.

    WhatisdifferencebetweenRestoringandRecoveryofdatabase?
    Restoringmeanscopyingthedatabaseobjectfromthebackupmediatothedestinationwhereactuallyitis
    requiredwhereasrecoverymeanstoapplythedatabaseobjectcopiedearlier(rollforward)inordertobring
    thedatabaseintoconsistentstate.

    Whatisthedifferencebetweencompleteandincompleterecovery?Anincompletedatabaserecoveryisa
    recoverythatitdoesnotreachtothepointoffailure.TherecoverycanbeeitherpointoftimeorparticularSCN
    orParticulararchivelogspeciallyincaseofmissingarchivelogorredologfailurewhereasacompleterecovery
    recoverstothepointoffailurepossiblywhenhavingallarchivelogbackup.

    WhatisthebenefitofrunningtheDBinarchivelogmodeovernoarchivelogmode?
    Whenadatabaseisinnoarchivelogmodewheneverlogswitchhappenstherewillbealossofsomeredoes
    loginformationinordertoavoidthis,redologsmustbearchived.Thiscanbeachievedbyconfiguringthe
    databaseinarchivelogmode.

    Ifanoracledatabaseiscrashed?Howwouldyourecoverthattransactionwhichisnotinbackup?Ifthe
    databaseisinarchivelogwecanrecoverthattransactionotherwisewecannotrecoverthattransactionwhichis
    notinbackup.

    WhatisthedifferencebetweenHOTBACKUPandRMANbackup?
    Forhotbackupwehavetoputdatabaseinbeginbackupmode,thentakebackupwhereasRMANwouldnot
    putdatabaseinbeginbackupmode.RMANisfastercanperformincremental(changesonly)backup,anddoes
    notplacetablespaceinhotbackupmode.
    CanweuseSametargetdatabaseasCatalogdatabase?
    No,therecoverycatalogshouldnotresideinthetargetdatabase(databasetobebackedup)becausethe
    databasecannotberecoveredinthemountedstate.

    Incrementalbackuplevels:
    Level0fullbackupthatcanbeusedforsubsequentincrementals
    RMAN>backupincrementallevel0database
    DifferentialLevel1onlytheblocksthathavechangedsincethelastbackup(whetheritislevel0orlevel1)
    RMAN>backupincrementallevel1differentialdatabase
    CumulativeLevel1allchangessincethelastlevel0incrementalbackup
    RMAN>backupincrementallevel1cumulativedatabase
    Afullbackupcannotbeusedforacumulativelevel1backup.
    Acumulativelevel1backupmustbedoneontopofanincrementallevel0backup.

    WhyRMANincrementalbackupfailseventhoughfullbackupexists?IfyouhavetakentheRMANfull
    backupusingthecommandBackupdatabase,whereasalevel0backupisphysicallyidenticaltoafullbackup.
    Theonlydifferenceisthatthelevel0backupisrecordedasanincrementalbackupintheRMANrepositorysoit
    canbeusedastheparentforalevel1backup.Simplythefullbackupwithoutlevel0cannotbeconsideredas
    aparentbackupfromwhichyoucantakelevel1backup.

    CanweperformRMANlevel1backupwithoutlevel0?Ifnolevel0isavailable,thenthebehaviordepends
    uponthecompatibilitymodesetting(oracleversion).
    Ifthecompatibilitymodelessthan10.0.0,RMANgeneratesalevel0backupoffilescontentsatthetimeof
    backup.
    Ifthecompatibilityisgreaterthan10.0.0,RMANcopiesallblockchangessincethefilewascreated,andstores
    theresultsaslevel1backup.

    HowtoputManual/UsermanagedbackupinRMAN?Incaseofrecoverycatalog,youcanputbyusing
    catalogcommand:
    RMAN>CATALOGSTARTWITH/oracle/backup.ctl

    HowtocheckRMANversioninoracle?IfyouwanttocheckRMANcatalogversionthenusethebelowquery
    fromSQL*plus
    SQL>Select*fromrcver

    WhathappensactuallyincaseofinstanceRecovery?WhileOracleinstancefails,Oracleperformsan
    InstanceRecoverywhentheassociateddatabaseisbeingrestarted.Instancerecoveryoccursin2steps:
    Cacherecovery:Changesbeingmadetoadatabasearerecordedinthedatabasebuffercacheaswellas
    redologfilessimultaneously.Whenthereareenoughdatainthedatabasebuffercache,theyarewrittento
    datafiles.IfanOracleinstancefailsbeforethesedataarewrittentodatafiles,Oracleusesonlineredologfiles
    torecoverthelostdatawhentheassociateddatabaseisrestarted.Thisprocessiscalledcacherecovery.
    Transactionrecovery:Whenatransactionmodifiesdatainadatabase(thebeforeimageofthemodifieddata
    isstoredinanundosegmentwhichisusedtorestoretheoriginalvaluesincasethetransactionisrolledback).
    Atthetimeofaninstancefailure,thedatabasemayhaveuncommittedtransactions.Itispossiblethatchanges
    madebytheseuncommittedtransactionshavegottensavedindatafiles.Tomaintainreadconsistency,Oracle
    rollsbackalluncommittedtransactionswhentheassociateddatabaseisrestarted.Oracleusestheundodata
    storedinundosegmentstoaccomplishthis.Thisprocessiscalledtransactionrecovery.

    MyDatabasehasLevel1backup,tellmewhatareallbackedup?withExample?

    DatabaseisUPandhastakenLevel0backup,isthebackuptakenisConsistentorInconsistent?

    HowdoyousayabackupisConsistentorInconsistent,OracleTerminology?

    CanwetakebackupwhentheDatabaseisdown?

    IfihaveaRMANfullbackupLevel0ofSun@9PM,onMon9PMtakenincrementalLevel1
    backup.Whattypeofbackupdoyougetandwhatisactuallybackedup?

    IfihaveaRMANfullbackupofSun@9PM,onMon9PMtakenincrementalLevel1backup.OnTuesday
    DatabaseCrashed.Whattypeofbackupdoyougetandwhatisactuallybackedup?

    ThereisnoBackupavailable,CanwetakeaLevel1backup?

    Atablegotdroppedbetween9AM11AMhowtogettheTablebackupusingRMAN,
    DBsize500GBavailablemountpointspacefortablerecoveryis15GB?

    SysAdminhaschangedthetimefrom10:00AMto9:30AM,tabledropped,Howdoyourecoverthe
    Table?

    ADATAFILEiscorruptedandthereisnobackup,Howtorecoverthedatafile?

    AllControlfilesarecorrupted,Howtorecoverthecontrolfile?

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