ACS 5.3 Incremental BackUp Issue

We have ACS 5.3 and it turns back to "Off" by itself and doesn't perform incremental backup. I turned it "On" several times, but it keeps on turning "Off"
Version : 5.3.0.40.8 in VM Enviroment.

Hi Kumar2000,
I tried to answer anas query here, you may want to go through the same.
https://supportforums.cisco.com/discussion/12142716/acs-inceremental-backup-turns
Regards,
Jatin Katyal
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ACS 5.3 incremental backup error

Hi ,
I have ACS 5.3 that recently having problems with the incremental backup.
The error is : on demand back failed
and the details is: SQL Anywhere backup utility connection error: insufficient system resources- failed to allocate a SYSV semphorenull .
I mean come on.... and I did not find this error on cisco website.
The ADE.log file is not showing errors/details related to this. Atttached are the files showing the errors
Have anyone faced this problem before? Ideas? Anything?
Regards,
George

Hi George:
with 5.3 I experienced many issues including the incremental backup does not work. whenever I set it to "ON" next time the scheduled backup comes It fails and set itself back to "Off'. I did not get same message you get though.
I finally did two things:
- upgraded to latest patch.
- moved the log collector from the primary to the secondary.
Now things are fine for about 1 month without issues.
Regarding your issue, I think it could be related to resource issue as mentioned in the message.
What is the current DB size that you have?
Note that the message is misleading (messages I got with my ACS are the same) because they mention incremental backup in the message title and then say on-demand full backup failed!
So, you have to specify yourself if the issue with the incremental backup or the full backup?
HTH
Amjad
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ACS incremental backup is OFF

Dear Team,
Incremental backup settings is changing to OFF state and getting below error message in the logs ACS . Please find the attachement.
""""" Aug 31 2014 04:01:21 com.cisco.nm.acs.view.common.incrbackup.IncrBackupJob.execute(IncrBackupJob.java:166) ERROR DefaultQuartzScheduler_Worker-5 Acs.MGMT.ACS
VIEW Incremental Backup: exception java.lang.NullPointerException
        at com.cisco.nm.acs.view.common.incrbackup.IncrBackupUtil.sendSystemAlert(IncrBackupUtil.java:1690)
        at com.cisco.nm.acs.view.common.incrbackup.IncrBackupImpl.executeBackup(IncrBackupImpl.java:457)
        at com.cisco.nm.acs.view.common.incrbackup.IncrBackupJob.execute(IncrBackupJob.java:125)
Sep 01 2014 22:08:21 com.cisco.nm.acs.view.common.incrbackup.XMLExceptionListener.exceptionThrown(XMLExceptionListener.java:44) FATAL DefaultQuartzScheduler_
Worker-9 Acs.MGMT.ACSVIEW Premature end of file.
        at com.cisco.nm.acs.view.common.incrbackup.IncrBackupUtil.getCatalogFromFile(IncrBackupUtil.java:1447)
        at com.cisco.nm.acs.view.common.incrbackup.IncrBackupImpl.executeBackup(IncrBackupImpl.java:286)
        at com.cisco.nm.acs.view.common.incrbackup.IncrBackupJob.execute(IncrBackupJob.java:125)
Sep 01 2014 22:08:21 com.cisco.nm.acs.view.common.incrbackup.IncrBackupImpl.executeBackup(IncrBackupImpl.java:446) ERROR DefaultQuartzScheduler_Worker-9 Acs.
MGMT.ACSVIEW Backup failed: null
Sep 01 2014 22:08:21 com.cisco.nm.acs.view.common.incrbackup.IncrBackupJob.execute(IncrBackupJob.java:166) ERROR DefaultQuartzScheduler_Worker-9 Acs.MGMT.ACS
VIEW Incremental Backup: exception java.lang.NullPointerException
        at com.cisco.nm.acs.view.common.incrbackup.IncrBackupUtil.sendSystemAlert(IncrBackupUtil.java:1690)
        at com.cisco.nm.acs.view.common.incrbackup.IncrBackupImpl.executeBackup(IncrBackupImpl.java:453)
        at com.cisco.nm.acs.view.common.incrbackup.IncrBackupJob.execute(IncrBackupJob.java:125)

Hi Muthuraj,
Can you please try reconfiguring incremental backup. I think as per the logic , the incremental backup is forced to OFF mode when an error is encountered during any of the previous incremental backups. If you are still seeing the same error after re-configuring , I would suggest you to check this issue with TAC , as it is something related to the data that is being backed up.
Thanks

ACS Incremental backup not configured

Hi All,
I have upgraded to ACS 5.5 patch 6, but having strange issues.
Though the incremental backup is configured, it is sending an alert as "Incremental backup is not configured. Configuring incremental backup is necessary to make the database purge successful. This will help to avoid disk space issues. View database Size is 13.68GB and size it occupies on the harddisk is 13.65GB."
I checked under the purge and incremental history, it has done the incremental backup.
I received another alert "Configure Remote Repository under Purge Configuration which is used to take a backup of data before purge" and check it is accessible from CLI #show repository xxxxx.
Has anyone gotten these issues before??
I have configured all these on Primary.
Thanks

Warning Alarm to wait 90 min between incremental backup and Purge time
CSCtx20928
Description
From the ACS 5.x user guides , it is documented that If you enable incremental backup, data is purged daily at 4:00 a.m. at the local time zone where the ACS instance that runs the View process is located.
However, you cannot concurrently run an incremental backup, full backup, and data purge. If any of these jobs are running, you must wait for a period of 90 minutes before you can begin the next job.
If the Incremental Backup schedule is configured within the 90 minutes of Data Purge time, there is no warning thrown on the GUI against this config.In this case, we get Warning Alarms which don't indicate the right status to have wait period of 90 minutes before you can begin the next job.
The Warning Alarms which are shown are incorrect like:
Incremental Backup Not Configured: Incremental backup is not configured. Configuring incremental backup is necessary to make the database purge successful. This will help to avoid disk space issues. View database Size is 0.23GB and size it occupies on the harddisk is 0.23GB.
Purge Configuration Repository not configured: Configure Remote Repository under Purge Configuration which is used to take a backup of data before purge.
Workaround:
As data is purged daily at 4:00 a.m. at the local time zone where the ACS instance that runs the View process is located,configure Incremental Backup schedule at 90 min time gap between Data Purge time.

ACS 5.5 (3495) Backup / restore

Having issues with backup & restore on ACS 5.5 running on 3495 platform.
Incremental backups are scheduled daily at 2 AM. Full backup is scheduled weekly at 6 AM. Data Purge is scheduled for 4 AM (by the system - unable to change this value).
Log Collector has crashed a couple of times when a full backup is attempted (manual or automated).
TAC had us move database file to a repository and then clean the database. After the clean, incremental backups sometimes run at 2 AM as scheduled and then at 6 AM. No idea why.
The data purge job has failed. I don't think it's running any more.
Incremental backup failed at 6 AM yesterday (1/21/15) because "another backup or restore was already in progress". Incremental backup wasn't supposed to run at 6 AM. Apparently, this caused the system to turn scheduled backups "off", so now backups aren't running at all.
Has anyone else experienced these issues? Is there a known fix?

Took me a while to get the time to respond here.....
acs backup performs a backup of the ACS data so that when need to recover a machine the following process can be perforned:
- reimage the box
- restore the ACS data
This ensures the minimum data size is saved to recover the box
acs backup saves the following data:
- ADE-OS configuration data (all node types)
- certificate private key
- ACS configration data (if node is primary)
- M&T data (if node is M&T node)
If there is a single standalone ACS node performing all functions, data of all types will be saved
I am less familiar with the "backup" command but I think is application agnostic and will just perform a full backup of the box
Note that additional backup related options are available from the GUI
- From the deployment operations there is option to backup. On primary operations are "ACS Configuration Backup" or " ADE-OS and ACS Configuration Backup". On secondary instance only option is ADE-OS configuration data.
There are also options to backup M&T data from the GUI. See: "
Monitoring Configuration > ... >
System Operations >
Data Management >
Removal and Backup". Due to the large volumes of data involved there is also an option to use an Incremental backup mechanism (this option is not available from the CLI)

ACS 5.3 Database backup questions

I do an incermental backup every day at 02:00
IncrementalBackup-Job
Mon Sep 17 02:00:00 EST 2012
Mon Sep 17 02:00:02 EST 2012
Completed
But I get the
System Alarm [Database Purging]
Mon Sep 17 04:00:00
Incremental Backup not configured
why?
see contents of repository below so it is there
CHIACS71/chacs01# sh repository DataBase
acsviewdbfull_CHIACS71_20120912_095516.tar.gpg
acsviewdbfull_CHIACS71_20120913_020000.tar.gpg
acsviewdbincr_1_CHIACS71_20120914_020000.tar.gpg
acsviewdbincr_2_CHIACS71_20120915_020000.tar.gpg
acsviewdbincr_3_CHIACS71_20120916_020000.tar.gpg
acsviewdbincr_4_CHIACS71_20120917_020000.tar.gpg
catalog.xml
repolock.cfg
CHIACS71/chacs01#
second question can I use my secondary ACS for the DataBase repository?

Hi,
You should use an nfs server, sftp or ftp repository for backups only, something that is dedicated for storage. I would not recommending using anything that is used for production which needs internal storage to take on the task of managing another applications data.
As far as the the first question, i am not talking about the purging, i am talking about the scheduled application backups:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/cisco_secure_access_control_system/5.3/user/guide/admin_operations.html#wp1076238
Tarik Admani
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Incremental Backup possible with iPhoto '08?

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Anyone have any ideas on how to solve this?
Thanks!!

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TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

Robocopy wont reset archive attribute with /M switch..incremental backup to zip folder...partially RESOLVED!!!

hello, OS server 2012, 2008 r2, w7 ult.
I want to make backup only files which have archive attribute set. /M switch is what I need but robocopy wont reset archive bit from subfolders and only reset bit on files in root of source folder. How to force robocopy to reset archive bit from all copied
files???
This is syntax:
@echo off
set year=%date:~10,4%
set month=%date:~4,2%
set day=%date:~7,2%
SET Now=%Time: =0%
SET Hours=%Now:~0,2%
SET Minutes=%Now:~3,2%
Robocopy c:\source c:\dest /m /s /r:1 /w:1 /log:"c:\dest\Incremental_%month%-%day%-%year% %hours%h-%minutes%m.log" /NP
"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" a -tzip -mx1 C:\c\Incremental_%month%-%day%-%year%-%hours%h-%minutes%m.zip C:\dest
echo Y | DEL C:\Temp\*.*
I can use attrib command but I have in working folder 900.000 files so this is not option.
edit....robocopy work as expected in 2012 standard. /M switch reset archive attribute so I can use robocopy for incremental backups.
Script: c:\a is source and c:\b is destination. c:\b\temp is temporary folder from where 7zip package backed up files to archive. After 7zip finish jod script delete all files folders from temp folder. I want to use zip archive because this will be much
easier for file system. With time I will have some zip files instead 10000000 files or folders. Zip files will have in name date and time for easier tracking.
@echo off
set year=%date:~10,4%
set month=%date:~4,2%
set day=%date:~7,2%
SET Now=%Time: =0%
SET Hours=%Now:~0,2%
SET Minutes=%Now:~3,2%
Robocopy c:\a c:\b\temp /s /m /r:1 /w:1 /log:"c:\b\temp\Incremental_%month%-%day%-%year% %hours%h-%minutes%m.log" /NP
"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" a -tzip -mx1 C:\b\Incremental_%month%-%day%-%year%-%hours%h-%minutes%m.zip C:\b\Temp
set folder="C:\b\temp\"
cd /d %folder%
for /F "delims=" %%i in ('dir /b') do (rmdir "%%i" /s/q || del "%%i" /s/q)

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Problem while appling incremental backup on standby 10.2.0.4

Hi,
While recovering incremental backup on standby database, we are facing problem.
Even though we have cataloged the backup we want to recover, when we issue "RMAN> recover database noredo;" recovery fails as rman tries to recover from the backup which are not avaliable on disk.
RMAN> recover database noredo;
Starting recover at 20-OCT-11
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=531 devtype=DISK
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_2
channel ORA_DISK_2: sid=530 devtype=DISK
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_3
channel ORA_DISK_3: sid=529 devtype=DISK
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_4
channel ORA_DISK_4: sid=528 devtype=DISK
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting incremental datafile backupset restore
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) to restore from backup set
destination for restore of datafile 00012: /u02/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/p1sipmdm_cmx_temp2.dbf
destination for restore of datafile 00013: /u05/oradata/p1sipmdm/index/p1sipmdm_cmx_indx3.dbf
destination for restore of datafile 00027: /u05/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/p1sipmdm_cmx_temp4.dbf
destination for restore of datafile 00042: /u01/oradata/p1sipmdm/index/p1sipmdm_cmx_indx9.dbf
destination for restore of datafile 00046: /u03/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/p1sipmdm_cmx_data19.dbf
destination for restore of datafile 00068: /u06/oradata/p1sipmdm/index/gnw_death_ors_x04.dbf
destination for restore of datafile 00076: /u07/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/p1sipmdm_cmx_data24.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: reading from backup piece /backup/rman_backup/p1sipmdm/qimouvjj_1_1
channel ORA_DISK_2: starting incremental datafile backupset restore
channel ORA_DISK_2: specifying datafile(s) to restore from backup set
destination for restore of datafile 00010: /u06/oradata/p1sipmdm/index/p1sipmdm_cmx_indx2.dbf
destination for restore of datafile 00022: /u07/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/p1sipmdm_cmx_data7.dbf
destination for restore of datafile 00025: /u03/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/p1sipmdm_cmx_temp3.dbf
destination for restore of datafile 00030: /u09/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/p1sipmdm_cmx_data10.dbf
destination for restore of datafile 00069: /u02/oradata/p1sipmdm/index/gnw_death_ors_x05.dbf
destination for restore of datafile 00083: /u08/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/system09.dbf
destination for restore of datafile 00086: /u08/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/gnw_producer01.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_2: reading from backup piece /backup/rman_backup/p1sipmdm/qmmov08s_1_1
channel ORA_DISK_3: starting incremental datafile backupset restore
channel ORA_DISK_3: specifying datafile(s) to restore from backup set
destination for restore of datafile 00006: /u02/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/p1sipmdm_cmx_data2.dbf
destination for restore of datafile 00009: /u05/oradata/p1sipmdm/index/p1sipmdm_cmx_indx1.dbf
destination for restore of datafile 00032: /u09/oradata/p1sipmdm/index/p1sipmdm_cmx_indx6.dbf
destination for restore of datafile 00067: /u03/oradata/p1sipmdm/index/gnw_death_ors_x03.dbf
destination for restore of datafile 00080: /u08/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/p1sipmdm_cmx_data27.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_3: reading from backup piece /backup/rman_backup/p1sipmdm/qkmov07b_1_1
channel ORA_DISK_4: starting incremental datafile backupset restore
channel ORA_DISK_4: specifying datafile(s) to restore from backup set
destination for restore of datafile 00020: /u07/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/p1sipmdm_mdm_data3.dbf
destination for restore of datafile 00072: /u01/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/docgen_data01.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_4: reading from backup piece /backup/rman_backup/p1sipmdm/qnmov0ev_1_1
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of recover command at 10/20/2011 22:54:39
ORA-19870: error reading backup piece /backup/rman_backup/p1sipmdm/qimouvjj_1_1
ORA-19505: failed to identify file "/backup/rman_backup/p1sipmdm/qimouvjj_1_1"
ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
Linux-x86_64 Error: 2: No such file or directory
Additional information: 3
Actual files are located at /u07/oradata/p1sipmdm_bkp/ location .. when we issue list backup summary rman shows these backups that we want to use..
RMAN> list backups;
BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
11210 Incr 4.88G DISK 00:00:00 20-OCT-11
BP Key: 12907 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20111020T101659
Piece Name: /u07/oradata/p1sipmdm_bkp/pmsipmdp_1empinlp_1_1
List of Datafiles in backup set 11210
File LV Type Ckp SCN Ckp Time Name
4 Incr 8428228181070 20-OCT-11 /u01/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/users01.dbf
7 Incr 8428228181070 20-OCT-11 /u03/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/p1sipmdm_cmx_data3.dbf
16 Incr 8428228181070 20-OCT-11 /u01/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/p1sipmdm_cmx_data6.dbf
18 Incr 8428228181070 20-OCT-11 /u06/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/p1sipmdm_mdm_data1.dbf
29 Incr 8428228181070 20-OCT-11 /u05/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/undotbs03.dbf
41 Incr 8428228181070 20-OCT-11 /u02/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/p1sipmdm_cmx_data15.dbf
79 Incr 8428228181070 20-OCT-11 /u06/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/p1sipmdm_cmx_data26.dbf
BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
11211 Incr 80.00K DISK 00:00:00 20-OCT-11
BP Key: 12908 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20111020T101659
Piece Name: /u07/oradata/p1sipmdm_bkp/pmsipmdp_1impioai_1_1
SPFILE Included: Modification time: 20-OCT-11
please advice.
Regards,
Abhay.....

Hi,
Backups are cataloged and they are persent on te server but on another location.
BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
11210 Incr 4.88G DISK 00:00:00 20-OCT-11
BP Key: 12907 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20111020T101659
Piece Name: /u07/oradata/p1sipmdm_bkp/pmsipmdp_1empinlp_1_1
List of Datafiles in backup set 11210
File LV Type Ckp SCN Ckp Time Name
4 Incr 8428228181070 20-OCT-11 /u01/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/users01.dbf
7 Incr 8428228181070 20-OCT-11 /u03/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/p1sipmdm_cmx_data3.dbf
16 Incr 8428228181070 20-OCT-11 /u01/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/p1sipmdm_cmx_data6.dbf
18 Incr 8428228181070 20-OCT-11 /u06/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/p1sipmdm_mdm_data1.dbf
29 Incr 8428228181070 20-OCT-11 /u05/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/undotbs03.dbf
41 Incr 8428228181070 20-OCT-11 /u02/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/p1sipmdm_cmx_data15.dbf
79 Incr 8428228181070 20-OCT-11 /u06/oradata/p1sipmdm/data/p1sipmdm_cmx_data26.dbf
BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
11211 Incr 80.00K DISK 00:00:00 20-OCT-11
BP Key: 12908 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20111020T101659
Piece Name: /u07/oradata/p1sipmdm_bkp/pmsipmdp_1impioai_1_1
SPFILE Included: Modification time: 20-OCT-11

RMAN - Incremental backup / NOARCHIVELOG / Restore & Recover Until Cancel

I'm testing out a weekly plan as follows:
Sun : Shutdown db, RMAN level 0 Incremental Backup
Mon-Sat: Shutdown db, RMAN level 1 Incremental Backup.
The database is NOARCHIVELOG mode and is 10.2 XE.
I then run a restore (which I understand to be to move the datafiles from the backup set to their online location). My next aim is to do a recover.
I'm really confused at this point. Say I take the backup the night before (either a level 0 or 1, I'm assuming that this makes no difference) then in the morning I drop a table accidentally. Okay - I want to go back to the position after the backup. When I do recover, I understand that Oracle applies redo logs written since the backup.
So I don't want a recover, I want a recover until cancel. When I issue this command it is suggesting that I use an archive log file. Well obviously I don't have any of those so I press cancel thinking that this will bring me back to the point EXACTLY AFTER THE NIGHTLY BACKUP and with my table back. But it doesn't!
I would be really grateful if anyone has a definitive answer to this - what are the steps to recover a database to the point after the backup was taken ignoring any changes since the backup.
Thanks all.
Tom.

Hi Werner
Do you mean if the online logs are available with the changes after the last backup until the database restore then there is a possibility to apply changes? Ie at this point I could put in the redo log names instead of the archive log names.
If they have been overwritten since the backup (ie cycled round completely) then is the behaviour to restore the database and then not apply any logs?
Do you know if this is documented anywhere? There seems to be an emphasis on ARCHIVELOG mode only, especially in the books I have seen.
Thanks,
Tom

Up graded from elements 9 to 11 tried to run incremental backup and keep getting error

I keep getting error c:\ program data\adobe\elements organize\catalogs\my catalog\catalog pse 11 db. any help on this issue would be great.

That's not one of Apple's better messages, unfortunately.
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See #C3 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting.
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Client company uses MS-outlook 2007 and pst files are saved on windows esssentilas 2012 R2 server(ex: h:\outlook\outlook.pst) for backup purposes. We use incremental backup on the server. For some reason the initial full backup runs fine, but
the subsequent backups keep on skipping backing up the pst files as if they were unchanged. The pst files are changed daily and the outlook program is closed before the backup. I used so far Synctoy and backup assist and both do the same .
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Hi,
Since it's Incremental Backup, I suggest you make sure the .pst file has actually been "modified".
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Duplicate database and incremental backups

Hello,
I'm currently investigating options to maintain a test server that is "relatively" up-to date compared to the production server.
This is my first contact with RMAN and I went through the manuals but as I did not have a chance to play with it I might have missed something.
This is an Oracle 11.2 (not sure about the full version number) on a Redhat Enterprise Linux.
The test server needs to be writeable and need to be re-synced with the production server approx. once or twice a month. Due to the size of the database (~600GB) we are looking into solutions that could make use of the incremental backups that are already taken on the production database.
While initiating the test server using RMAN DUPLICATE seems to be straight forward, I'm unsure on how the "syncing" can be done in the most efficient way - especially because we are changing the data on the test server.
From the description of the RMAN RECOVER command it's not clear to me if this could be used to "recover" the test database based on the incremental backups to the "current state" of the production database even if the test database has been changed. After reading some posts here, this does not seem to be the case.
Would a restore point make such an incremental restore possible? Creating a (named?) restore point right after the duplication, then once the tests are finished do a flashback to the restore point and then apply the incremental backups that have accumulated since then.
Another options seems to be to create a Standby Database. Then when performing the tests we turn the Standby Database into a Snapshot Standby Database open it in read/write and run the tests. Once we are done, we switch it back to a physical standby. That switchback will rewind the changes and the accumulated redo logs are applied thus "incrementally" catching up with production - which is essentially what we want.
Is there any other solution to this? Or is using a snapshot standby the most efficient solution? If at all possible we would like to avoid transferring the 600GB each time we want to re-sync the test database.
Thanks in advance
Thomas

Thomas;
RMAN Incremental Backups to Roll Forward a Physical Standby Database might offer some help.
There's a great example of it here :
http://www.oracle-ckpt.com/?s=standby+scn&op.x=0&op.y=0
If you go the Snapshot route make sure you have the space for the Archive on both databases. Also double check you flash recovery area, again on both databases. If you have an issue you may have to use the roll forward.
Best Regards
mseberg

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Time machine under Snow Leopard used to do small incremental backups just fine. After upgrading to Lion though, every time I try to do a time machine backup, it attempts to perform a full backup (hundreds of gigabytes every time). Usually the first full backup completes fine but instead of doing subsequent small/incremental backups of the changed files, it starts over doing full backup but there isn't enough room on the backup drive for that so it fails.
I've found other people with the same issue here: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1745345
And attempted several suggested fixes/tests but none of them work just as in that thread. Am I alone in this issue? Any suggestions?
I have a 10.7.1 install on a mid 2010 15" MBP with two drives (one SSD, one HDD, no optical). As I mentioned before, time machine worked beautifullly under 10.6.x backing up to external 1TB FW 800 -> SATA bridges.
Thanks,
M

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Formated the Time Machine Backup Disk (it's an USB-drive) - didn't help
I deleted all the Time Machine Settings (plists) - didn't help
Used Disk Utility to verify user rights and drive - didn't help
Used TechTool Pro 6 to verify the drive - didn't help
I still only get full backups. If I exclude the a catalogue/folder, the backup will be smaller, but it still takes a full backup of the items selected ...
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