Are Backup Files "full" or "incremental"?

I backup every time I open Lightroom, now version 2.3. As a result, I have lots of backups in the Backup folder. I would like to delete the large number of old backup files. I think the backup process creates a "full" backup, not an "incremental" backup. If it is a full backup, I can delete almost all of the old backup files without losing anything. Am I correct?

The backup file is a full copy of the catalog as it existed when the backup occurred. Typically, you only need to kep them around a few weeks by which time they will be well and truely out of date. Therefore, deleting the older copies won't loose you anything.

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How to restore backup files to a new database?

Hello all,
Our database has stopped working because many config files and some control files were deleted or changed! You can see the full discussion here: ORA-01034 - Oracle not availabe
We are using Oracle 11g. We got some comprehensive backup files and some incremental ones before this failure.
Do these backup files contain config and control files too? or just contains data?
And how I can recover the database using them?
Thanks for your help

Thank you so much for your attention.
Yes exactly, I installed oracle on my laptop and copped its control files into the database and they didn't work
1- Many backup files of level 0 and level 1. They've been created using these rman commands:
echo database backup, level 1
echo %DATE%
echo %TIME%
set datetimef=%date:~-4%_%date:~4,2%_%date:~7,2%_%time:~0,2%_%time:~3,2%_%time:~6,2%
echo %datetimef%
rman target / @F:\backup1.txt LOG F:\database-backup\rman-logs\%datetimef%.txt
copy F:\database-backup\rman-logs\%datetimef%.txt F:\database-backup\rman-logs\current-log.txt
and
echo database backup, level 0
echo %DATE%
echo %TIME%
set datetimef=%date:~-4%_%date:~4,2%_%date:~7,2%_%time:~0,2%_%time:~3,2%_%time:~6,2%
echo %datetimef%
rman target / @F:\backup0.txt LOG F:\database-backup\rman-logs\%datetimef%.txt
copy F:\database-backup\rman-logs\%datetimef%.txt F:\database-backup\rman-logs\current-log.txt
What have you done before getting "Oracle not available" message?
One of group members tried to create a new database using Oracle Database Configuration Assistant and then she couldn't work with the new database (I guess she got some errors when she decided to connect to it using sqldeveloper) and then she deleted the new database using Oracle Database Configuration Assistant, and in the last part it asked her Do you want to delete everything related to the new database and she answered yes.
What have you done after getting "Oracle not available" message?
After that we get Oracle Not Available. When I tried to connect to the Oracle via SQLPlus (startup command) it told me that init file does not exist and I recreate that file and put in the right place, then checked some files located in the D:\app\Administrator\admin\iwatchdb\scripts and D:\app\Administrator\product\11.2.0\dbhome_5\NETWORK\ADMIN. Almost in all of that SID and addresses were changed and pointed to the new database, I just alter them and replaced the Yelp (the name of the new database) with iwatchdb (our main database). So the first error solved, and when I tried to start the database up it told me that control files do not exist! and I checked the address that sqlplus showd in the error and it was right! the control files were deleted from: D:\app\Administrator\oradata\iwatchdb (CONTROL01.CTL) and D:\app\Administrator\flash_recovery_area\iwatchdb (CONTROL02.CTL)
- What is the latest error you get in the alert.log file?
do you mean this file? D:\app\Administrator\diag\rdbms\iwatchdb\iwatchdb\alert\log.xml
These are the latest ones:
<msg time='2013-06-19T19:41:46.498-07:00' org_id='oracle' comp_id='rdbms'
client_id='' type='UNKNOWN' level='16'
host_id='DD77KKS1' host_addr='fe80::d4a:8bff:b402:6cfe%13' module=''
pid='4692'>
<txt>Trace dumping is performing id=[cdmp_20130619194146]
</txt>
</msg>
<msg time='2013-06-19T19:41:46.540-07:00' org_id='oracle' comp_id='rdbms'
msg_id='dbkh_generate_new_failure_alert:2777:3311820762' client_id='' type='ERROR'
group='DRA' level='1' host_id='DD77KKS1'
host_addr='fe80::d4a:8bff:b402:6cfe%13' module='MMON_SLAVE' pid='1384'>
<txt>Checker run found 1 new persistent data failures
</txt>
</msg>
<msg time='2013-06-19T19:41:46.658-07:00' org_id='oracle' comp_id='rdbms'
client_id='' type='UNKNOWN' level='16'
host_id='DD77KKS1' host_addr='fe80::d4a:8bff:b402:6cfe%13' module=''
pid='4496'>
<txt>ORA-00227: corrupt block detected in control file: (block 1, # blocks 1) ->(I copied control files from another database but it didn't work)
ORA-00202: control file: 'D:\APP\ADMINISTRATOR\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\IWATCHDB\CONTROL02.CTL'
ORA-00227: corrupt block detected in control file: (block 1, # blocks 1)
ORA-00202: control file: 'D:\APP\ADMINISTRATOR\ORADATA\IWATCHDB\CONTROL01.CTL'
</txt>
</msg>
<msg time='2013-06-19T19:41:46.659-07:00' org_id='oracle' comp_id='rdbms'
msg_id='opiexe:3056:2780954927' client_id='' type='NOTIFICATION'
group='admin_ddl' level='16' host_id='DD77KKS1'
host_addr='fe80::d4a:8bff:b402:6cfe%13' module='sqlplus.exe' pid='4400'>
<txt>ORA-205 signalled during: ALTER DATABASE MOUNT...
</txt>
</msg>
<msg time='2013-06-19T19:41:47.606-07:00' org_id='oracle' comp_id='rdbms'
client_id='' type='UNKNOWN' level='16'
host_id='DD77KKS1' host_addr='fe80::d4a:8bff:b402:6cfe%13' module=''
pid='4692'>
<txt>Trace dumping is performing id=[cdmp_20130619194147]
</txt>
</msg>
<msg time='2013-06-19T19:42:45.282-07:00' org_id='oracle' comp_id='rdbms'
msg_id='dbgripsto_sweep_staged_obj:14105:70631439' type='ERROR' group='ami_comp'
level='8' host_id='DD77KKS1' host_addr='fe80::d4a:8bff:b402:6cfe%13'>
<txt>Sweep [inc][9769]: completed
</txt>
</msg>
<msg time='2013-06-19T19:42:45.599-07:00' org_id='oracle' comp_id='rdbms'
msg_id='dbgripsto_sweep_staged_obj:14105:70631439' type='ERROR' group='ami_comp'
level='8' host_id='DD77KKS1' host_addr='fe80::d4a:8bff:b402:6cfe%13'>
<txt>Sweep [inc][9706]: completed
</txt>
</msg>
<msg time='2013-06-19T19:42:45.907-07:00' org_id='oracle' comp_id='rdbms'
msg_id='dbgripsto_sweep_staged_obj:14105:70631439' type='ERROR' group='ami_comp'
level='8' host_id='DD77KKS1' host_addr='fe80::d4a:8bff:b402:6cfe%13'>
<txt>Sweep [inc][9705]: completed
</txt>
</msg>
<msg time='2013-06-19T19:42:45.917-07:00' org_id='oracle' comp_id='rdbms'
msg_id='dbgripsto_sweep_staged_obj:14105:70631439' type='ERROR' group='ami_comp'
level='8' host_id='DD77KKS1' host_addr='fe80::d4a:8bff:b402:6cfe%13'>
<txt>Sweep [inc2][9769]: completed
</txt>
</msg>
<msg time='2013-06-19T19:42:45.918-07:00' org_id='oracle' comp_id='rdbms'
msg_id='dbgripsto_sweep_staged_obj:14105:70631439' type='ERROR' group='ami_comp'
level='8' host_id='DD77KKS1' host_addr='fe80::d4a:8bff:b402:6cfe%13'>
<txt>Sweep [inc2][9706]: completed
</txt>
</msg>
<msg time='2013-06-19T19:42:45.920-07:00' org_id='oracle' comp_id='rdbms'
msg_id='dbgripsto_sweep_staged_obj:14105:70631439' type='ERROR' group='ami_comp'
level='8' host_id='DD77KKS1' host_addr='fe80::d4a:8bff:b402:6cfe%13'>
<txt>Sweep [inc2][9705]: completed
</txt>
</msg>

Put back deleted time machine backup files

I Accidentally deleted my time machine backups folder although I can still see all my files in the trash of the specific external hard drive. But when I choose put back I get a message saying the files can't be moved because they are backup files.
Is there anyway to go around this?
it seems I just need the right permissions to drag the folder back to its original place.
thank you

I'm up for anything! Those are my only backups and on top of that I can't boot my own computer properly (only through an external HD which has bad sectors) because it gets stuck on Yosemite installation reboot. So I'm trying to get my time machine files back so I can go into recovery mode and see if I can put my yosemite system onto the new internal HD.
I thank you for the help. Here is the information you requested:
Volume name is "Time Machine"
total 600
drwxrwxr-x 17 domingosmiguel staff     646 12 Dez 19:07 .
drwxrwxrwt@ 8 root            admin     272 18 Dez 09:48 ..
-r--------   1 domingosmiguel staff      16 6 Mai 2011 .00254bd50940
-rw-rw-r--@ 1 domingosmiguel staff    6148 15 Dez 11:21 .DS_Store
drwx------   5 domingosmiguel staff     170 15 Out 2011 .Spotlight-V100
drwxrwxrwt@ 3 domingosmiguel staff     102 13 Jun 2013 .TemporaryItems
drwx-wx-wx@ 3 domingosmiguel staff     102 12 Dez 18:40 .Trashes
-rw-r--r--   1 root            wheel 162570 25 Ago 2011 .VolumeIcon.icns
-rw-r--r--@ 1 domingosmiguel staff     312 13 Jun 2013 .apdisk
-rw-r--r--   1 domingosmiguel staff       0 6 Mai 2011 .com.apple.timemachine.supported
-rw-r--r--   1 root            staff     785 25 Nov 2013 .disk_label
-rw-r--r--   1 root            staff    3149 25 Nov 2013 .disk_label_2x
drwx------ 27 domingosmiguel staff     918 15 Dez 12:39 .fseventsd
drwxr-xr-x+ 6 root            staff     204 14 Dez 16:43 Backups.backupdb
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 root            wheel 115716 29 Set 2013 tmbootpicker.efi
I thank you again for the help

Can Apple/Itunes help me find backup files?

Are backup files connected to my itunes account? or are they only saved on the computer/laptop that I synced and backed up my ipod with? And is it possible for Apple/Itunes to help me find or get my backup files? I am aware that I am not the only one that makes backups on Itunes and stuff and I know that millions of other people also backup their ipod touches, iphones, etc. I'm not trying to sound like the world revolves around me and that Apple will do everything to help me...but I just want an answer or any other possible solutions. I would really appreciate it.

This user tip outlines the method I recommend for backing up your library. Provided your library is all self contained it is possible to hook up a drive containing this kind of backup to any other machine running the same build of iTunes, connect to the library and update your devices.
The iOS device backup is intended to restore an iOS device in the event of a problem, or loss & replacement. It is possible to move these backup file sets from one machne to another, but it's not easy, and not really necessary as long as you migrate your library and then back up the device once on the new computer before doing anything drastic to the old one.
tt2

Differential backup files are almost the same size as full backups.

Hello All,
I have done a little research on this topic and feel like we are not doing anything to cause this issue. Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
The details: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (SP2) - 10.50.4297.0 (X64) Nov 22 2013 17:24:14 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation Web Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 6.1 <X64> (Build 7601: Service Pack 1) (Hypervisor). The
database I am working with it 23GB. The full backup files are 23GB, differentials are 16GB (and growing) and transaction logs bounce between 700KB to 20MB. The backup schedules with T-SQL follow:
T-Log: daily every four hours
BACKUP LOG [my_dabase] TO DISK = N'F:\Backup\TLog\my_dabase_backup_2015_03_23_163444_2725556.trn' WITH NOFORMAT, NOINIT, NAME = N'my_dabase_backup_2015_03_23_163444_2725556', SKIP, REWIND, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10
GO
Diff: once daily
BACKUP DATABASE [my_database] TO DISK = N'F:\Backup\Diff\my_database_backup_2015_03_23_163657_1825556.dif' WITH DIFFERENTIAL , NOFORMAT, NOINIT, NAME = N'my_database_backup_2015_03_23_163657_1825556', SKIP, REWIND, NOUNLOAD, STATS =
10
GO
declare @backupSetId as int
select @backupSetId = position from msdb..backupset where database_name=N'my_database' and backup_set_id=(select max(backup_set_id) from msdb..backupset where database_name=N'my_database' )
if @backupSetId is null begin raiserror(N'Verify failed. Backup information for database ''my_database'' not found.', 16, 1) end
RESTORE VERIFYONLY FROM DISK = N'F:\Backup\Diff\my_database_backup_2015_03_23_163657_1825556.dif' WITH FILE = @backupSetId, NOUNLOAD, NOREWIND
GO
Full: once weekly
BACKUP DATABASE [my_database] TO DISK = N'F:\Backup\Full\my_database_backup_2015_03_23_164248_7765556.bak' WITH NOFORMAT, NOINIT, NAME = N'my_database_backup_2015_03_23_164248_7765556', SKIP, REWIND, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10
GO
declare @backupSetId as int
select @backupSetId = position from msdb..backupset where database_name=N'my_database' and backup_set_id=(select max(backup_set_id) from msdb..backupset where database_name=N'my_database' )
if @backupSetId is null begin raiserror(N'Verify failed. Backup information for database ''my_database'' not found.', 16, 1) end
RESTORE VERIFYONLY FROM DISK = N'F:\Backup\Full\my_database_backup_2015_03_23_164248_7765556.bak' WITH FILE = @backupSetId, NOUNLOAD, NOREWIND
GO
As you can probably tell we are not doing anything special in the backups, they are simply built out in MSSQL Management Studio. All databases are set to full recovery mode. We do not rebuild indexes but do reorganize indexes once weekly and also update
statistics weekly.
Reorganize Indexes T-SQL (there are 255 indexes on this database)
USE [my_database]
GO
ALTER INDEX [IDX_index_name_0] ON [dbo].[table_name] REORGANIZE WITH ( LOB_COMPACTION = ON )
GO
Update Statistics T-SQL (there are 80 tables updated)
use [my_database]
GO
UPDATE STATISTICS [dbo].[table_name]
WITH FULLSCAN
GO
In a different post I saw a request to run the following query:
use msdb
go
select top 10 bf.physical_device_name, bs.database_creation_date,bs.type
from dbo.backupset bs
inner join dbo.backupmediafamily bf on bf.media_set_id=bs.media_set_id
where bs.database_name='my_database'
order by bs.database_creation_date
Results of query:
physical_device_name database_creation_date type
F:\Backup\Full\my_database_backup_2015_03_07_000006_2780149.bak 2014-02-08 21:14:36.000 D
F:\Backup\Diff\Pre_Upgrade_OE.dif 2014-02-08 21:14:36.000 I
F:\Backup\Diff\my_database_backup_2015_03_11_160430_7481022.dif 2015-03-07 02:58:26.000 I
F:\Backup\Full\my_database_backup_2015_03_11_160923_9651022.bak 2015-03-07 02:58:26.000 D
F:\Backup\Diff\my_database_backup_2015_03_11_162343_7071022.dif 2015-03-07 02:58:26.000 I
F:\Backup\TLog\my_database_backup_2015_03_11_162707_4781022.trn 2015-03-07 02:58:26.000 L
F:\Backup\TLog\my_database_backup_2015_03_11_164411_5825904.trn 2015-03-07 02:58:26.000 L
F:\Backup\TLog\my_database_backup_2015_03_11_200004_1011022.trn 2015-03-07 02:58:26.000 L
F:\Backup\TLog\my_database_backup_2015_03_12_000005_4201022.trn 2015-03-07 02:58:26.000 L
F:\Backup\Diff\my_database_backup_2015_03_12_000005_4441022.dif 2015-03-07 02:58:26.000 I
Is your field ready?

INIT basically intializes the backup file, in other words, it will overwrite the contents of the existing backup file with the new backup information.
basically, what you have now is you are appending all you backup files (differentials) one after the other (like chain).
you do not necessarily have to do it. these differential backups can exist as different files.
Infact, I would prefer them to separate, as it gives quick insight on the file, instead doing a "restore filelist" command to read the contents of the backup file.
The point Shanky, was mentioning is that : he wants to make sure that you are not getting confused between the actual differential backup file size to the physicial file size(since you are appending the backups) example : if you differential backup is 2
gb, and over the next five you take a differential backup and append to a single file,like you are doing now, the differential backup file size is 2gb but you physicial file size is 10Gb. he is trying to make sure you are confused between these
two.
Anyways, did you get a chance to run the below query and also did you refer to the link I posted above. It talks a case when differential backups can be bigger than full backups and ' inex reorganize' or 'dbcc shrinks' can cause this.
--backup size in GB
select database_name,backup_size/1024/1024/1024,Case WHEN type='D' then 'FULL'
WHEN type='L' then 'Log'
When type='I' then 'Differential' End as [BackupType],backup_start_date,backup_finish_date, datediff(minute,backup_start_date,backup_finish_date) as [BackupTime]
from msdb.dbo.backupset where database_name='mydatabase' and type in ('D','I')
order by backup_set_id desc
Hope it Helps!!

How to restore using increment backup after full backup restore in RMAN?

Hi All,
We have a files of full backup of database after turning on the Archive log.
And after that, daily incremental backup is taken.
Now, i want to restore the the database into a new machine using both files of full and incremental backups. Can anybody give me script for restore of full backup and after that restore of incremental backup?
Thanks,
Praveen.

Praveen,
>>
In my case, i have 2 sets of backups. One is full backup and other is incremental backup. In order to keep the restored database upto date, i need to restore the full backup and then restore incremental backup. Now, i got any idea how to restore using full backup. My doubt is how to update the restored database with incremental backup also?
>>
Restore always looks for level 0 backup, not the incremental backups.
Incremental backups comes in picture during recovery.
During Recovery, Oracle looks for incremental backups, if exists, it will do the recovery with the incremental backups, if no incremental backups available, then, it will look for archived logs.
Therefore, incremental backups never used during restore, they are used only during the recovery.
Jaffar

Why are my RMAN backup files still around?

Environment:
Oracle 11.2.0.3 EE on Solaris 64-bit
Good Morning (at least it's morning here at the moment),
I have a test database that I currently have set up to do an Incremental Level 0 backup every morning at about 03:00.
I also do an 'archivelog backup all' every 4 hours during the day.
My archivelog deletion policy is 'backed up 2 times'.
I have RMAN set up with a recovery window of 8 days (SHOW ALL - seen below).
I have several RMAN files dated 11 days ago.
Question: Why are these files still around?
RMAN> show all;
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
RMAN configuration parameters for database with db_unique_name APSMDMP2 are:
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO RECOVERY WINDOW OF 8 DAYS;
CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION ON;
CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK;
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '%F';
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK BACKUP TYPE TO COMPRESSED BACKUPSET PARALLELISM 3;
CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1;
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1;
CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE DISK MAXPIECESIZE 5 G;
CONFIGURE CHANNEL 1 DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT   '/rman/APSMDMP2/APSMDMP2_%T_%t_%s_%p';
CONFIGURE CHANNEL 2 DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT   '/rman/APSMDMP2/APSMDMP2_%T_%t_%s_%p';
CONFIGURE CHANNEL 3 DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT   '/rman/APSMDMP2/APSMDMP2_%T_%t_%s_%p';
CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE TO UNLIMITED;
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION FOR DATABASE OFF;
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM 'AES128';
CONFIGURE COMPRESSION ALGORITHM 'BASIC' AS OF RELEASE 'DEFAULT' OPTIMIZE FOR LOAD TRUE;
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO BACKED UP 2 TIMES TO DISK;
CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO '/u01/app/oracle/product/11203/db_1/dbs/snapcf_APSMDMP2.f';I do have several entries in V$ARCHIVED_LOG with a BACKUP_COUNT = 1 but they are all dated 21 days ago and have a DELETED status as seen here:
SEQUENCE# ARC APPLIED   DEL S CTIME                         BACKUP_COUNT
      4625 YES NO        YES D 09-oct-2012 13:21:09                     1
      4626 YES NO        YES D 09-oct-2012 13:21:48                     1
      4627 YES NO        YES D 09-oct-2012 13:22:23                     1
      4628 YES NO        YES D 09-oct-2012 13:22:50                     1I am able to see the contents of the RMAN files but I don't see anything that would cause them not to be deleted during the RMAN runs. Here is an example of one of the files:
BS Key Type LV Size       Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
6493    Incr 0 22.75G     DISK        01:35:54     2012-10-19:04:36:13
        BP Key: 6493   Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: FULL_DAILY
        Piece Name: /rman/APSMDMP2/APSMDMP2_20121019_797050819_6508_1
List of Datafiles in backup set 6493
File LV Type Ckp SCN    Ckp Time            Name
2    0 Incr 564035766 2012-10-19:03:00:19 /u05/oradata/APSMDMP2/sysaux01.dbf
4    0 Incr 564035766 2012-10-19:03:00:19 /u05/oradata/APSMDMP2/users01.dbf
5    0 Incr 564035766 2012-10-19:03:00:19 /u01/oradata/APSMDMP2/data_process_dt01_01.dbf
9    0 Incr 564035766 2012-10-19:03:00:19 /u05/oradata/APSMDMP2/gmx_src_dt01_01.dbf
10   0 Incr 564035766 2012-10-19:03:00:19 /u05/oradata/APSMDMP2/gmx_src_ix01_01.dbf
12   0 Incr 564035766 2012-10-19:03:00:19 /u05/oradata/APSMDMP2/adm_data_ix01_01.dbf
13   0 Incr 564035766 2012-10-19:03:00:19 /u05/oradata/APSMDMP2/patrol01_01.dbf
16   0 Incr 564035766 2012-10-19:03:00:19 /u07/oradata/APSMDMP2/becosp_base_data_01.dbf
18   0 Incr 564035766 2012-10-19:03:00:19 /u07/oradata/APSMDMP2/becosp_base_data_02.dbf
27   0 Incr 564035766 2012-10-19:03:00:19 /u06/oradata/APSMDMP2/data_process_dt01_03.dbf
30   0 Incr 564035766 2012-10-19:03:00:19 /u05/oradata/APSMDMP2/adm_data_dt01_02.dbfI do use the 'DELETE NOPROMPT OBSOLETE' after each database and archivelog backup. Here is my Incremental Level 0 command file:
backup incremental level 0 cumulative database tag 'full_db';
backup archivelog all not backed up 2 times tag 'full_arch';
DELETE NOPROMPT OBSOLETE;I know I can remove the files manually and resync everything with a CROSSCHECK but I was trying to figure out why it happened in the first place.
Any suggestions are most welcome.
Please let me know if more information is needed.
Thanks very much!!
-gary

garywicke wrote:
Michael,
I read Ed's thread and I understand about the timing of the Full (Incr Lvl 0) and the incrementals.
In my case I'm not doing any incrementals (Incr Lvl 1) of the database, just Incr Lvl 0 every day. I do the archivelog backups during the day to keep the /arch mount point under control.
So, if I have Incremental Level 0 backups on the 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, ..... With an 8 day recovery window I shouldn't need the ones from the 19th or 20th at a minimum and possibly the 21st depending on when the math is done. Right?
Am I missing something?
*************** NEWS FLASH ******************
Whoops!!! Egg on my face! I just checked back in my email logs of the backups and now recall there were some disk space issues around that time that caused the backups to fail and it just so happens that the backups on the 20th, 21st and 22nd all failed.
I should learn to trust RMAN more. It is obviously smarter than me!! :-)
Sorry for the red flags. I'll do my homework more completely next time.
Not a problem. We've all been there, done that.
I can't tell you how many times I've been stuck on something, run out of ideas on my own research and thrown a question to the forum, and no sooner to I hit the 'send' button that a light goes on and I quickly get my own answer.
At least I understand the recovery window scenario better.
Thanks very much for the help and I'll see you the next time.
Have a great day!
-gary

RMAN Backup Issue when Full backup file was missing

Hi,
On : 11.2.0.2 version, Recovery Manager
RMAN Backup issue
Last week we had the NFS Issue where we backup the files onto NFS.
The problem occurred in the below sequence
Saturday the backup was successful
Saturday before deleting the backup files they are copied to tape
Deleting the backup files via OS command
Sunday Full backup started but due the NFS issue backup failed(Killed the instance and restarted)
Did the RMAN Incremental backup which worked on Monday
On Tuesday RMAN started complaining and started doing the Full backup.
no parent backup or copy of datafile 1 found
no parent backup or copy of datafile 3 found
no parent backup or copy of datafile 24 foundSony any idea why the Incremental backup worked on Monday but not on Tuesday
Regards
NM

Ok here is why I would like exact filenames..
1) to speed the time of recovery. I am much more familiar with traditional recovery methods than RMAN, and while I myself installed and suggested RMAN for backups, our other (11i) database does not use RMAN and so I am more familiar with traditional recovery. So to be able to recover quickly I want to have these files as close as possible to the original names so that I can use my standard script (from a trace file) to recreate the control fiile. If I can get RMAN to spit out the filies with original names but keep RMAN for making the backup, I may ditch the rman bacjup script in chron and write a traditional hot backup script which copies the files the old fashioned way.
2) to reduce cloning time. The RMAN duplicate command is not as good as I thought. I was actually easier for me to restore RMAN backups first to a box that has all the same paths, and THEN shutdown (cold) these files and copy them cold to another server, and restore from there. Agaiin if I can get the original file names, I could choose to do recovery either way (RMAN or traditional) in a real emergency instead of being forced to use rman.
3) to be able to switch to a backup file in the FRA without having to rename it. Seems logical if it is already named correctly.
thanks ! Marvi

HELP!! I viewed my "backup" files, and now ALL of my photos are no longer "linked" to Lightroom.

I thought I was missing some files, so I viewed my backup files. I received a "warning" that Lightroom would restart and view my backup files. I did NOT receive any warning, that there was NO GOING BACK!! I've tried everything. I cannot re-link ANY of my photos. Well, I did just do one, and it told me all the other photos in the folder were corrupt and Lightroom would not be able to edit them (and no, it was not an exported .jpeg file). Fortunately, I am not concerned about this folder, that's why I tested it. I was forced to moved all of my photos from my C drive to my D drive because for some weird reason on this computer, my D drive is 5 times bigger and I ran out of room. When I did that, I was able to relink all the pictures. Sadly, it didn't keep my Folders, it just relinked them all by date. That I can deal with, even though it makes finding photos much more difficult, but I wasn't about to try to rename any of them and have to relink again.
Now, I can't relink any of them because it appears in Lightroom that all photos are back in the C drive and therefore, the new photos that I placed on the D drive are not there, and nothing will relink, period, not even the ones that were originally on my C drive!
I have never been so aggravated in my life. I LOVE Lightroom capabilities. I have version 2.3. When I look it up on the online help, all I get is how the photos are in whatever location they were saved, but they are linked, etc. I already know that part. I seriously wish I had NEVER looked at my backup files. I don't think I'll bother backing up stuff anymore because apparently looking at the backup messes up everything.
I fully anticipated that I would be able to go back, choose my folders on my D drive and have all of my current photos available. Sadly, not.
My user name should be FREAKED OUT!

Thanks! I've been practicing deep breathing between yelling at my computer. I use Windows 7. I was in my "regular" Lightroom photos, and I couldn't locate some pictures I took last December. So, I thought, well, why not look at the back up files? I'm normally excellent at remembering exact steps, but I'm so worried about all of my thousands of photos, I can only explain what I think I did. I went into Windows Explorer, and chose the backup files. When I did, I received the warning about Lightroom restarting and loading the backup photos. I hesitated for a full minute, but thought, well, isn't that what backup files are for? So, I selected it. Lightroom opened the backup photos without any problem. But, when I went back, and tried opening the photos that were linked to Lightroom, they were no longer linked. When I click on the formerly linked photos, they just open in Windows Explorer, not Lightroom. When I open Lightroom, it has says all the photos are "missing." All of the folders are listed in my C drive (in Lightroom), not where they'd been moved to on my D drive. The one photo I relinked, stated the photos in that folder could not be edited in Lightroom. So, I'm afraid to try to relink anymore of them. Also, as I said, any photos that I originally imported to my D drive are not showing up in Lightroom at all.
I would say, I normally learn software quickly. That was my experience with Lightroom. I installed it, went through all of the online training sessions, and have loved it. Admittedly, I'm sure there are features that I don't make use of that many people do, but I'm just a passionate photography nut, not a professional.
The online help basically explains the linking, and even how to relink if you "move" a file, a folder to another location. It doesn't cover this, or not where I can find it.
I've think I've given up on yelling at the computer, now I just have knots in my stomach about getting photos relinked. I have probably 80% of them exported, with the adjustments I made, but that does not make me feel one bit better.
Thanks!!!

RMAN backup files are still exist since long time, how to delete?

Dear sir;
I'm using the below script to do daily backup, however there are many rman backup files are still exist and consumes HD size, how could I delete these files in daily bases? some files dated in FEB, MAR, APR,
============Daily RMAN script=========
rman target /<<!
backup incremental level=0 as compressed backupset database format '/u15/rman/full_backup_%U.rman';
backup archivelog all not backed up 2 times format '/u15/rman/arc_backup_%U.rman';
backup current controlfile format '/u15/rman/control_%U.rman';
delete archivelog all backed up 2 times to device type disk completed before 'sysdate-7';
delete noprompt obsolete;
================================END
Thanks and best regards
Ali

Hi;
Our backup policy should have 7 days; however we have here some files from JAN, FEB,MAR, APR /2012 WHICH ARE BEYOND THE RETENTION DATE and these files should be deleted by executing " delete noprompt obsolete; ".
All files are exist in /u15/rman/
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 1151763968 Jan 21 01:36 arc_backup_7kn19h4a_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 1136882176 Jan 21 01:36 arc_backup_7ln19h4q_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 1135984640 Jan 21 01:36 arc_backup_7mn19h5a_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 1126627328 Jan 21 01:37 arc_backup_7nn19h5q_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 880606720 Mar 12 02:53 arc_backup_7nn5ldhp_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 1093043712 Jan 21 01:37 arc_backup_7on19h6a_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 9797632 Dec 15 01:04 control_04mu7tcp_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 36896768 Mar 3 02:55 control_4cn4tm9k_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 36896768 Mar 4 02:53 control_4on50ahm_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 36896768 Mar 5 02:55 control_56n52v1j_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 16252928 Jan 23 01:40 control_8tn1eq3t_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 16252928 Jan 24 01:40 control_9cn1heg0_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 202940416 Dec 15 01:04 full_backup_01mu7t50_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 1097728 Dec 15 01:04 full_backup_02mu7tcc_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 201285632 Dec 14 01:04 full_backup_0nmu58ou_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 5957304320 Feb 29 02:46 full_backup_2ln4g9l1_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 4128768 Feb 29 02:47 full_backup_2mn4gft8_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 6027075584 Mar 1 02:49 full_backup_32n4o6ov_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 4128768 Mar 1 02:49 full_backup_33n4od66_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 6187171840 Mar 2 02:51 full_backup_3gn4qr50_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 4145152 Mar 2 02:51 full_backup_3hn4r1kn_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 6115786752 Mar 3 02:51 full_backup_40n4tfgu_1_1.rman
above is a short list of contents.
to do our daily backup we perform the following script (in daily)
==================
backup incremental level=0 as compressed backupset database format '/u15/rman/full_backup_%U.rman';
backup archivelog all not backed up 2 times format '/u15/rman/arc_backup_%U.rman';
backup current controlfile format '/u15/rman/control_%U.rman';
delete archivelog all backed up 2 times to device type disk completed before 'sysdate-7';
delete noprompt obsolete;
==================
Thanks and best regards
Ali

Understanding Windows Small Business Server 2008 Backup - Full and Incremental with 2 Backup Destinations

Hi,
I am re-posting a question from the following page here as I have the same problem now and I can't seem to find the answer even though the question has been marked as solved: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowsbackup/thread/daff108b-effa-4dad-807a-d604345975dd
Below is a copy of the question:
I have 2 backup drives, (Backup Drive 1 and Backup Drive 2)
Lets assume I have never performed a backup, so Day 1 is the first backup of the server.
Backup Drive 1 connected on Day 1 it performs a FULL Backup - this is expected.
Backup Drive 1 connected on Day 2 it performs an INCREMENTAL Backup - this is expected.
Backup Drive 2 connected on Day 3 it performs a FULL Backup - this is expected.
Backup Drive 1 connected on Day 4 it performs a FULL Backup - WHY? my understanding is that is should perform an Incremental Backup from Day 2
Backup Drive 2 connected on Day 5 it performs a FULL Backup - again why is it not performing an Incremental Backup from Day 3?
This means that in normal operation (Backup Drives alternate every day) We are performing FULL Backups everyday. In a few months this wont be an acceptable backup strategy; it will take too long.
I've used 'Configure Performance Settings' in the Windows Server Backup mmc to specify 'Always perform incremental backup' - it makes no difference.
If I look at the Backup Drive Disk Usage details it confuses me even more. It may be performing Full Backups everyday but it's definitely not storing Full Backup copies on the Backup Drives.
It seems to be that even when a Full Backup is performed, only the deltas are written to the Backup Drive so even though it takes longer it has the same effect as an incremental (so why doesn't it just perform an incremental?)
I don't understand Microsoft's use of Full and Incremental, it seems obtuse to provide a choice that appears to have no effect on the actual data written to the Backup Drive.
My real-world experience is at odds with that statements made in
The Official SBS Blog it states "every backup is incremental from a storage point of view" as well as "Because the wizard schedules differential-based backups' (nowhere in the Backup mmc have I seen any reference or options for differential),
"Backup runs quickly" and "...works the same for multiple disk rotation." (This is simply not the case with a 2-disk rotation. It runs a lengthy FULL Backup every time.)
The backup has been configured using SBS Console, runs once a day at 16:00. 2 Backup Drives, alternating daily.
Can anyone clarify Windows Backup operation for me?
I'd appreciate any feedback at all, thanks.

Optimizing Backup and Server Performance
(Windows Server 2008 R2)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd759145.aspx
Even if you choose the option to create incremental backups, Windows Server Backup will create a full backup once every 14 days, or after 14 incremental backup operations, to reduce the risk from disk corruptions.
Of course, this is for R2.
Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
============================
"Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" wrote in message
news:a1ca618e-ad66-4770-8c39-21285a08f671...
Interesting post...
WBAdmin to remote backup server
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsbackup/thread/764fe9a4-960e-4e90-b8fb-8e7581752a9d#520f38fe-149c-4424-9c0b-54695297e919
In Windows Server 2008, there are several reasons which may cause the backup to be full instead of incremental
1. Backup on the target is deleted/not present.
2. Source volume snapshot is deleted, from which the last backup was taken.
3. 7 days have passed or 6 incremental backups have happened since the last full backup.
4. Churn on the backup source is high (more than 50%)
Abhinav Mathur[MSFT] Microsoft
Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
============================
"Les Connor [SBS-MVP]" wrote in message
news:0053cd83-75d1-4dbc-8182-ae67cadf4780...
I believe it's how backup is designed, as I see the same thing. Why it works
the way it does is another story though, I don't know the answer to that.
Les Connor [SBS MVP]
"Kurni" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi Les,
>
> Thank you for your reply.
>
> Are you saying that that's how the backup is designed? What I (and the
> original poster of the question) have in mind is actually different (each
> disk should have their own base backup).
>
> Quoting from the original question:
>
> Backup Drive 1 connected on Day 1 it performs a FULL Backup - this is
> expected.
> Backup Drive 1 connected on Day 2 it performs an INCREMENTAL Backup - this
> is expected.
> Backup Drive 2 connected on Day 3 it performs a FULL Backup - this is
> expected.
> Backup Drive 1 connected on Day 4 it performs a FULL Backup - WHY? my
> understanding is that is should perform an Incremental Backup from Day 2
> Backup Drive 2 connected on Day 5 it performs a FULL Backup - again why is
> it not performing an Incremental Backup from Day 3 ?
> Please let me know if I actually misunderstand how windows server backup
> work.
>
MVP - SBS

File System - /sapdb/LCA/backup - 100% Full

Hello Gurus
In Our Test server File System - /sapdb/LCA/backup is full, can anybody tell us in which way we are able to create some space in this file system
Seeking for an early help
Server Description
Database - ORACLE - 9.2.0.7.0
Operating System - AIX
Component Version - SCM 4.10
Thanks & Regards
Shishir

Hi,
OSS note 869267 should address the issue you have. Please revert if it doesn't.
Regards
Vinod

After Restoring/Backup File System XI Java Instances are not up!

Hello all,
We are facing problem in restoring the SAP XI System, after taking backup of the system the java instances in SAP XI System are not starting again. ABAP connections are fine.
Can anyone provide suggestions/solutions in order to restore the XI System back.
The system information is as follows.
System Component: SAP NetWeaver 2004s, PI 7.0
Operating System: SunOS 5.9, SunOS 5.10
Database: ORACLE 9.2.0.
Regards,
Ketan Patel

I would correct Oracle version is 10.2.0
I would also like to reframe my problem.
XI server(both abap and Web) was working fine. Every weekend we take full backup(file system+DB)(UFS) of server. After taking backup server got up and we were able to login through abap but java web page was not openning. We did some troubleshooting it didn't work and finaly we restored the backup and somehow it worked. Next week after backup again same problem arose. We again restored latest backup but this time problem still exists.
Regards,
Ketan

How can I add contacts in my iphone that are backuped in a pim file in my pc

how can I add contacts in my iphone that are backuped in a pim file in my pc

You have to get them from the file you have into iCloud, google, yahoo, outlook.com, AOL, an Exchange server, or some other service the phone can sync with, or into MS Outlook on your PC. Then you can sync them to the phone.

How do I pull backup files (pictures) from another device to my new device, and merge multiple backups that are on the same iCloud account? I have an iphone4 and iphone5 backup. I want to pull photos from both into my new iPhone5

Have multiple iPhone backups across 2 iPhones and 3 iPads. I need to pull backup files and pictures off of backed up devices that are not my current in-use device. How do I do that? They are all under one apple ID.

If you still have the devices, import them to your computer (see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083), then sync them to your current device. If they are only stored in backups, the only way to access them is to restore the device to the entire backup. Note: you can only restore photos in an iPhone backup to another iPhone, and from an iPad backup to another iPad. If the backups are on your computer, you may be able to extract the photos from the backup using 3rd party software such as iPhone Backup Extractor.

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