Help me with RMAN and RAC!

I have a production database running on a RAC system.
My boss want backup that database and restore to a new RAC system with RMAN. Please tell me the way to do, i'm a new babies with RMAN! I have tried, but not successful. Please help me!

explain the procedure that you follow for restoring the rac backup.

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RMAN and RAC

Hi all,
Just a query with RMAN and backing up RAC databases.
Reading Metalink Note: 243760.1 (RMAN: RAC Backup and Recovery using RMAN) it suggests that, for a 2 node RAC cluster, 2 channels should be set up, with a connection to each instance. For example,
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK PARALLELISM 2;
CONFIGURE CHANNEL 1 DEVICE TYPE DISK connect 'SYS/rac@node1';
CONFIGURE CHANNEL 2 DEVICE TYPE DISK connect 'SYS/rac@node2';
On our systems though, which we inherited, the backup script has 4 channels, but all of them connecting to Instance A). For example,
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK PARALLELISM 4;
CONFIGURE CHANNEL 1 DEVICE TYPE DISK connect 'SYS/rac@node1';
CONFIGURE CHANNEL 2 DEVICE TYPE DISK connect 'SYS/rac@node1';
CONFIGURE CHANNEL 2 DEVICE TYPE DISK connect 'SYS/rac@node1';
CONFIGURE CHANNEL 2 DEVICE TYPE DISK connect 'SYS/rac@node1';
Now, we have done backup/restoration testing and it all appears to work. I can confirm that both UNDO tablespaces are being backed up, and all archivelogs as well.
I believe the reason why all connections go to the A) node is because the backup storage is locally mounted on the A) node and accessible by the B) node over the private network.
(We use Sun Cluster to mount the backup storage globally between the nodes, with A) being the master/local access and B) having access over the network).
The question is, is there any critical reason why we should connect to each instance, or is it a best practice type thing (e.g. to share the load between nodes) ?
Thanks for you input.

Hi I am trying to register 2 instances in the recovery catalog also. What was the order of operations?
Is this sequesnce correct?
[oracle@vtl-rman ~]$ set ORACLE_SID=fprcprod1
[oracle@vtl-rman ~]$ rman target sys/password@fprcprod1 catalog rman/password@fprccat
Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Production on Thu Sep 20 16:32:38 2007
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
connected to target database: FPRCPROD (DBID=1881352426)
connected to recovery catalog database
RMAN> register database;
database registered in recovery catalog
starting full resync of recovery catalog
full resync complete
RMAN> list incarnation;
List of Database Incarnations
DB Key Inc Key DB Name DB ID STATUS Reset SCN Reset Time
1179 1180 FPRCPROD 1881352426 CURRENT 1 18-SEP-07
RMAN> CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK;
new RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK;
new RMAN configuration parameters are successfully stored
starting full resync of recovery catalog
full resync complete
RMAN> CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK PARALLELISM 2;
new RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK PARALLELISM 2 BACKUP TYPE TO BACKUPSET;
new RMAN configuration parameters are successfully stored
starting full resync of recovery catalog
full resync complete
RMAN> CONFIGURE CHANNEL 1 DEVICE TYPE DISK connect 'sys/password@fprcprod1';
new RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE CHANNEL 1 DEVICE TYPE DISK CONNECT '*';
new RMAN configuration parameters are successfully stored
starting full resync of recovery catalog
full resync complete
RMAN> CONFIGURE CHANNEL 2 DEVICE TYPE DISK connect 'sys/password@fprcprod2';
new RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE CHANNEL 2 DEVICE TYPE DISK CONNECT '*';
new RMAN configuration parameters are successfully stored
starting full resync of recovery catalog
full resync complete
RMAN> list incarnation;

I want to transfer pictures from my iphone 4 to a hardrive, but the problem is i dont know how. Can the genius bar help me with that, and can they possibly do this for me if i bring my iphone and hard drive with me there. Also if there is a cost, how much

I want to transfer pictures from my iphone 4 to a hardrive, but the problem is i dont know how. Can the genius bar help me with that, and can they possibly do this for me if i bring my iphone and hard drive with me there. Also if there is a cost, how much?

iOS: Importing personal photos and videos from iOS devices to your computer

Help needed with header and upload onto business catalyst

Can someone help with a problem over a header please?
I have inserted a rectangle with a jpeg image in background, in the 'header' section, underneath the menu. It comes up fine on most pages when previsualised, going right to the side of the screen, but stops just before the edge on certain pages. I have double checked that I have placed it in the right place in relation to the guides on the page.
That's one problem.
The second problem is that I tried to upload onto business catalyst, which got to 60% and refused to go any further, saying it couldn't find the header picture, giving the title and then u4833-3.fr.png. The picture is in the right folder I have double checked. And it isn't a png. Does it have to be ?
And the third problem is that I got an email following my upload from business catalyst in Swedish. I am living in France.
Can anyone help ? Thanks.

Thanks for replying,
How can I check the preview in other browsers before I publish a provisional site with BC?
The rectangle width issue happens on certain pages but not others. The Welecom page is fine when the menu is active, also the contact page, but others are slightly too narrow. Changing the menu spacing doesn’t help - I was already on uniform but tried changing to regular and back.
In design mode the rectangle is set to the edge of the browser, that’s 100%browser width right?
Re BC I have about 200 images on 24 different pages and it seems to be having difficulty uploading some of them. But it has managed a couple I named with spaces but not others I named with just one name.
Is there an issue on size of pictures ? If I need to replace is there a quick way to rename and relink or do I have to insert the photos all over again?
I’m a novice with Muse with an ambitious site !
Thanks for your help.
Mary Featherstone
Envoyé depuis Courrier Windows
De : Sanjit_Das
Envoyé : vendredi 14 février 2014 22:15
À : MFeatherstone
Re: Help needed with header and upload onto business catalyst
created by Sanjit_Das in Help with using Adobe Muse CC - View the full discussion
Hi
Answering the questions :
- Have you checked the preview in Muse and also in other browsers ?
- Does the rectangle width issue happens when menu is active , or in any specific state , Try to change the menu with uniform spacing and then check.
- In design view the rectangle is set to 100% browser width ?
With publishing :
- Please try to rename the image file and then relink
- If it happens with other images as well , see if all the image names includes strange characters or spaces.
- Try again to publish
With e-mail from BC :
- Under preferences , please check the country selected.
- If you have previously created partner account in BC and selected country and language then it would follow that, please check that.
Thanks,
Sanjit
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Pls help me with Mac and had a trial serial number problems

Hi,
I downloaded first the trial version of Photoshop, after 30 days finished but the icon still remained.
Now, when purchased a creative suite 4 Designe premium, installed, all programs are fine, just the photoshop not working, asking for serial number but when I type the right numbers, doesn`t accept.
What can I do? any idea?
to uninstall the photoshop and install again?
but if I have the other programs working and installed?

Hi,thank you, that is fine, just not so quick but I resolved the problem alone.Thanks anyway you helped me.Eva
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 11:53:58 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Pls help me with Mac and had a trial serial number problems
Hello, Eva. For CS4 problems, you need to ask in the Photoshop forum (this is the Photoshop Elements forum). It's here:
http://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop/photoshop_macintosh
Good luck!
>

[HELP] Problem with restore and recovery to new host

Hi, guys!
I have been trying for two days, but still cannot get it to work.
I have taken a full hot(online) backup with archive logs as well as the control file and SPFILE, and then copied the backup to the new host with the same directory structure and settings. Finally, I have tried to restore & recover the database on the new host but failed during the restore process.
Both the original host and the new host have the same Oracle installed down to the patch level. I couldn't figure out the proper solution to this problem base on my limited knowledge about Oracle DB.
Could anyone help me out here? Any advice would be appreciated!
RMAN> restore database until sequence 10 thread 1;
Starting restore at 08-NOV-11
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile backupset restore
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) to restore from backup set
restoring datafile 00001 to D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\SYSTEM01.DBF
restoring datafile 00002 to D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\UNDOTBS01.DBF
restoring datafile 00003 to D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\SYSAUX01.DBF
restoring datafile 00004 to D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\USERS01.DBF
restoring datafile 00005 to D:\ORA_DATADATA01.DBF
restoring datafile 00006 to D:\ORA_DATA\DATA02.DBF
restoring datafile 00007 to D:\ORA_DATA\INDX01.DBF
restoring datafile 00008 to D:\ORA_DATA\INDX02.DBF
channel ORA_DISK_1: reading from backup piece C:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_REC
OVERY_AREA\PRODDB\BACKUPSET\2011_11_07\O1_MF_NNNDF_TAG20111107T175037_7CH6YYVJ_.BK
P
failover to previous backup
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of restore command at 11/08/2011 11:41:33
RMAN-06026: some targets not found - aborting restore
RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 4 found to restore
RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 3 found to restore
RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 2 found to restore
RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 1 found to restore
Here is some extra information that you might want to know about:
RMAN> list incarnation;
List of Database Incarnations
DB Key Inc Key DB Name DB ID STATUS Reset SCN Reset Time
1 1 PRODDB 3774691295 PARENT 1 17-APR-07
2 2 PRODDB 3774691295 PARENT 521803 06-OCT-11
3 3 PRODDB 3774691295 PARENT 1595143 20-OCT-11
4 4 PRODDB 3774691295 PARENT 1600974 20-OCT-11
5 5 PRODDB 3774691295 PARENT 1952053 27-OCT-11
6 6 PRODDB 3774691295 CURRENT 2146951 07-NOV-11
RMAN> list backup recoverable;
List of Backup Sets
===================
BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
37 Full 822.34M DISK 00:29:47 07-NOV-11
BP Key: 37 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: NO Tag: TAG20111107T175037
Piece Name: C:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\PRODDB\BACKUPSET\
2011_11_07\O1_MF_NNNDF_TAG20111107T175037_7CH6YYVJ_.BKP
List of Datafiles in backup set 37
File LV Type Ckp SCN Ckp Time Name
1 Full 2149673 07-NOV-11 D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\SYSTEM01.DBF
2 Full 2149673 07-NOV-11 D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\UNDOTBS01.DBF
3 Full 2149673 07-NOV-11 D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\SYSAUX01.DBF
4 Full 2149673 07-NOV-11 D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\USERS01.DBF
5 Full 2149673 07-NOV-11 D:\ORA_DATA\DATA01.DBF
6 Full 2149673 07-NOV-11 D:\ORA_DATA\DATA02.DBF
7 Full 2149673 07-NOV-11 D:\ORA_DATA\INDX01.DBF
8 Full 2149673 07-NOV-11 D:\ORA_DATA\INDX02.DBF
BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
38 Full 6.95M DISK 00:00:03 07-NOV-11
BP Key: 38 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: NO Tag: TAG20111107T182034
Piece Name: C:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\PRODDB\AUTOBACKUP
\2011_11_07\O1_MF_S_766606834_7CH8Q439_.BKP
Control File Included: Ckp SCN: 2151141 Ckp time: 07-NOV-11
SPFILE Included: Modification time: 07-NOV-11
BS Key Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
39 18.46M DISK 00:00:05 08-NOV-11
BP Key: 39 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: NO Tag: TAG20111108T093359
Piece Name: C:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\PRODDB\BACKUPSET\
2011_11_08\O1_MF_ANNNN_TAG20111108T093359_7CJY7TG1_.BKP
List of Archived Logs in backup set 39
Thrd Seq Low SCN Low Time Next SCN Next Time
1 1 2146951 07-NOV-11 2149493 07-NOV-11
1 2 2149493 07-NOV-11 2149519 07-NOV-11
1 3 2149519 07-NOV-11 2149565 07-NOV-11
1 4 2149565 07-NOV-11 2149641 07-NOV-11
1 5 2149641 07-NOV-11 2172859 07-NOV-11
1 6 2172859 07-NOV-11 2197851 07-NOV-11
1 7 2197851 07-NOV-11 2220349 08-NOV-11
1 8 2220349 08-NOV-11 2222621 08-NOV-11
1 9 2222621 08-NOV-11 2222729 08-NOV-11
1 10 2222729 08-NOV-11 2223088 08-NOV-11
BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
40 Full 6.95M DISK 00:00:00 08-NOV-11
BP Key: 40 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: NO Tag: TAG20111108T093411
Piece Name: C:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\PRODDB\AUTOBACKUP
\2011_11_08\O1_MF_S_766661651_7CJY84LK_.BKP
Control File Included: Ckp SCN: 2223097 Ckp time: 08-NOV-11
SPFILE Included: Modification time: 08-NOV-11
Thanks in advance!
Jay

Thank you for your reply,Hemant K Chitale!
>
a) Does the directory structur exist on the new server :
D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\ --- for files 1 to 4
D:\ --- for file 5
D:\ORA_DATA\ --- for files 6 to 8
>
Yep, I have doubled check the directory structure that get in the way, and they are all exist.
Would it be something to do with the folder permissions?
>
b) Apparently a RESETLOGS has been issued on 07-Nov. Which controflile backup do you have restored and mounted on the new server ? It should be the one after the RESETLOGS.
>
I restored the one included with the backup. Should I take another backup of controlfile seperately and restore from it instead?
>
(I assume that you did a RESTORE CONTROLFILE followed by sql "alter database mount" before the attempt to RESTORE DATABASE)
>
Yep, that's exactly what I did.
//executed @ RMAN prompt of the new host
startup nomount; 'the new host has the right SPFILE to start with so i didn''t bother to RESTORE SPFILE first.
restore controlfile from autobackup;
alter database mount;
restore database sequence 10 thread 1;
//get stucked here with RMAN-06026, 06023
//...the following is not executed yet.... :-(
recover database until sequence 10;
alter database open resetlogs;Edited by: HappyJay on 2011/11/08 13:25
I have made several attemps with your advice, but still get the same type of errors.
Here is the output:
RMAN> list backup of controlfile;
List of Backup Sets
===================
BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
38 Full 6.95M DISK 00:00:03 07-NOV-11
BP Key: 38 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: NO Tag: TAG20111107T182034
Piece Name: C:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\PRODDB\AUTOBACKUP
\2011_11_07\O1_MF_S_766606834_7CH8Q439_.BKP
Control File Included: Ckp SCN: 2151141 Ckp time: 07-NOV-11
BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
40 Full 6.95M DISK 00:00:00 08-NOV-11
BP Key: 40 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: NO Tag: TAG20111108T093411
Piece Name: C:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\PRODDB\AUTOBACKUP
+\2011_11_08\O1_MF_S_766661651_7CJY84LK_.BKP+
Control File Included: Ckp SCN: 2223097 Ckp time: 08-NOV-11
as you suggested, this backup piece of controlfile should be right one to be restored.
RMAN> shutdown;
database dismounted
Oracle instance shut down
RMAN> startup nomount;
connected to target database (not started)
Oracle instance started
Total System Global Area 490733568 bytes
Fixed Size 1291360 bytes
Variable Size 364907424 bytes
Database Buffers 121634816 bytes
Redo Buffers 2899968 bytes
RMAN> restore controlfile from autobackup;
Starting restore at 08-NOV-11
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=157 devtype=DISK
recovery area destination: C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\flash_recovery_area
database name (or database unique name) used for search: PRODDB
channel ORA_DISK_1: autobackup found in the recovery area
channel ORA_DISK_1: autobackup found: C:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AR
EA\PRODDB\AUTOBACKUP\2011_11_08\O1_MF_S_766661651_7CJY84LK_.BKP
channel ORA_DISK_1: control file restore from autobackup complete
output filename=D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\CONTROL01.CTL
output filename=D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\CONTROL02.CTL
output filename=D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\CONTROL03.CTL
Finished restore at 08-NOV-11
tried shutdown normally and mount again instead.
RMAN> shutdown;
Oracle instance shut down
RMAN> exit
Recovery Manager complete.
C:\>rman target /
Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Production on Tue Nov 8 13:49:42 2011
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
connected to target database (not started)
RMAN> startup mount;
Oracle instance started
database mounted
Total System Global Area 490733568 bytes
Fixed Size 1291360 bytes
Variable Size 369101728 bytes
Database Buffers 117440512 bytes
Redo Buffers 2899968 bytes
RMAN> restore database until sequence 10 thread 1;
Starting restore at 08-NOV-11
Starting implicit crosscheck backup at 08-NOV-11
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=156 devtype=DISK
Crosschecked 3 objects
Finished implicit crosscheck backup at 08-NOV-11
Starting implicit crosscheck copy at 08-NOV-11
using channel ORA_DISK_1
Crosschecked 2 objects
Finished implicit crosscheck copy at 08-NOV-11
searching for all files in the recovery area
cataloging files...
cataloging done
List of Cataloged Files
=======================
File Name: C:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\PRODDB\AUTOBACKUP\2011_11_
08\O1_MF_S_766661651_7CJY84LK_.BKP
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile backupset restore
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) to restore from backup set
restoring datafile 00001 to D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\SYSTEM01.DBF
restoring datafile 00002 to D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\UNDOTBS01.DBF
restoring datafile 00003 to D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\SYSAUX01.DBF
restoring datafile 00004 to D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\USERS01.DBF
restoring datafile 00005 to D:\ORA_DATA\DATA01.DBF
restoring datafile 00006 to D:\ORA_DATA\DATA02.DBF
restoring datafile 00007 to D:\ORA_DATA\INDX01.DBF
restoring datafile 00008 to D:\ORA_DATA\INDX02.DBF
channel ORA_DISK_1: reading from backup piece C:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_REC
OVERY_AREA\PRODDB\BACKUPSET\2011_11_07\O1_MF_NNNDF_TAG20111107T175037_7CH6YYVJ_.BK
P
failover to previous backup
//however, still get the same results(ended up with errors)
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of restore command at 11/08/2011 13:50:29
RMAN-06026: some targets not found - aborting restore
RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 4 found to restore
RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 3 found to restore
RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 2 found to restore
RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 1 found to restore
Edited by: HappyJay on 2011/11/08 13:59

CAn anyone help me with MAIL and my earthlink account?

I've had DSL with Earthlink for several years now and never had connection problems. In the past two weeks, however, MAIL will sometimes fail to send email and sometimes fail to retrieve email from my Earthlink webmail account. The strangest thing is that this happens intermittently, even though no settings have been changed. Most of the time I can retrieve email, but other times I get the error message that "port 110 has timed out". Most of the time, I cannot send email, but other times the email shoots right through when I open mail.
I called Earthlink about this and we set up my MAIL program step by step according to Earthlink guidelines. Unfortunately, this did not help the matter.
My MAIL preference settings are as follows:
My incoming mail server is pop.mindspring.com on port 110.
My outgoing mail server is smtpauth.earthlink.net. The outgoing server port is 587. SSL is not checked. Authentication is by password.
All of these settings are correct according to the Earthlink tech.
If this matters, my G5 is connected wirelessly to an Airport Express base station.
Again, I'm puzzled that I've only just begun to have these issues and they seem to happen randomly.I also see that similar discussions have been had on this forum with Earthlink and MAIL, but I don't see any resolutions. Can anyone shed some light on this? Thanks.
Message was edited by: Kevin Robinson
Message was edited by: Kevin Robinson

I had problems with my Earthlink DSL quitting about a month ago. I went through some of the same Earthlink tech support troubleshooting hoops, hooking directly into my ethernet port not into the Airport etc. Eventually an Earthlink senior tech said my Netopia modem was defective. After some financial haggling they sent me a new Zycel modem, that didn't work either. Earthlink made an appointment and sent out an AT&T tech to the house. He hooked in and said it was a defective phone company circuit board. The AT&T tech called in for the phone company to change the circuit board now both the Netopia and Zycel modems work.
Note: while checking the line, the AT&T tech it my DSL line was sending one protocol it would work if my modem was set up to receive it. (protocol is my word I don't remember his exact word).
Another Note: Also when Earthlink wanted to replace my modem they wanted my to pay (the dollar amounts are approximate) $80 for an new modem, or get a free modem with an exorbitant $40 shipping fee and commit to an other year of service. I eventually bargained down to a free modem, free shipping and $20 off the monthly fee.

External Hard drive help: use with mac and pc? how to backup everything etc

Hello! I need some help regarding a new external hard drive I got from OWC. It is a 500 gb firewire 400 + usb 2.0 7200 rpm hard drive. I am running it from firewire. The software suggests the first thing you do is make a clone of your macbooks internal hard drive, that way if it fails later you can use the external to back everything up. If I do this ...
1. do I have to make the drive "Bootable" ? I have software called Data Backup 3 by Pro soft I think. It came with my external.
2. Can I still back up other stuff like my audio recordings and record onto that drive to a seperate folder?
3. If I make a bootable copy will it try and boot from the drive everytime I turn it on or something?
My other question is... how can I use this drive with a pc? I have a pc as well and I heard that the only way it will work is to format it in ms-dos mode (fat32?)
If I write it to fat32 will it slow down my drive or make it worse? I heard that you should format external drives specifically for mac if you have a mac; so it will only work with macs...
(sorry this is going on and on; it's like a chain reaction of questions)
so If its formatted to mac drive format then can I do this with my current situation:
1. I have wireless internet, the router is on a pc downstairs
2. Can I send files over a network somehow from the pc to my mac
3. then store it on my external?
If so can someone point me in that direction with a link?
Thank you for reading, sorry for making this so long.

1. No, you don't have to make a bootable clone.
2. If you use the drive for a bootable backup, then you cannot use the drive for other types of storage unless you partition the drive and make more than one volume.
3. No, it will not try to boot the computer. You must designate the startup volume using Startup Disk preferences.
If you wish to use the drive on both a Mac and a PC, then either you make two partitions - one for Mac and the other for the PC or you must format the entire drive using FAT32 so the drive can be used for read//write by both operating systems. If you do this then you cannot use the drive for a bootable backup nor can you use it with Time Machine.
FAT32 is slower for read/write on the Mac than using Mac formatting.
Optimally, I would suggest you partition the drive into two volumes. One volume formatted for the Mac and the other formatted FAT32.
You can send files from a PC to a Mac and vice-versa using File Sharing. Select Mac Help from the Finder's Help menu and search for "file sharing" or "sharing" to find help articles. Also see,
Mac OS X 10.5 Help- Setting up a Mac computer to share files with Windows users
Mac OS X 10.5 Help- Setting up a Windows computer to share files with Mac users
Mac OS X 10.5 Help- Sharing with Windows computers

Newbie - help needed with array and dictionary objects

Hi all
Please see the code below. I've posted this code in another thread however the original issue was resolved and this is now a new issue I'm having although centered around the same code.
The issue is that I'm populating an array with dictionary objects. each dictionary object has a key and it's value is another array of custom objects.
I've found that the code runs without error and I end up with my array as I'm expecting however all of the dictionary objects are the same.
I assume it's something to do with pointers and/or re-using the same objects but i'm new to obj-c and pointers so i am a bit lost.
Any help again is very much appreciated.
// Open the database connection and retrieve minimal information for all objects.
- (void)initializeDatabase {
NSMutableArray *authorArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
self.authors = authorArray;
[authorArray release];
// The database is stored in the application bundle.
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *path = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"books.sql"];
// Open the database. The database was prepared outside the application.
if (sqlite3_open([path UTF8String], &database) == SQLITE_OK) {
// Get the primary key for all books.
const char *sql = "SELECT id, author FROM author";
sqlite3_stmt *statement;
// Preparing a statement compiles the SQL query into a byte-code program in the SQLite library.
// The third parameter is either the length of the SQL string or -1 to read up to the first null terminator.
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// We avoid the alloc-init-autorelease pattern here because we are in a tight loop and
// autorelease is slightly more expensive than release. This design choice has nothing to do with
// actual memory management - at the end of this block of code, all the book objects allocated
// here will be in memory regardless of whether we use autorelease or release, because they are
// retained by the books array.
// if the author starts with the Letter we currently have, add it to the temp array
if ([[author.title substringToIndex:1] compare:letter] == NSOrderedSame){
[tempauthors addObject:author];
} // if this is different letter, then we need to deal with that too...
else {
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// set the new letter...
letter = [author.title substringToIndex:1];
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[tempauthors removeAllObjects];
// add the current author as this was the one that didn't match the Letter and so
// never went into the previous array...
[tempauthors addObject:author];
// release ready for the next loop...
[author release];
// clear up the remaining authors that weren't picked up and saved in the "else" statement above...
if (tempauthors.count > 0){
NSDictionary *tempDictionary = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:tempauthors forKey:@"authors"];
[authors addObject:tempDictionary];
else {
printf("Failed preparing statement %s
", sqlite3_errmsg(database));
// "Finalize" the statement - releases the resources associated with the statement.
sqlite3_finalize(statement);
} else {
// Even though the open failed, call close to properly clean up resources.
sqlite3_close(database);
NSAssert1(0, @"Failed to open database with message '%s'.", sqlite3_errmsg(database));
// Additional error handling, as appropriate...
Message was edited by: dotnetter

Ok, so I know what the issue is now...I just don't know enough to be able to resolve it!
it's the tempAuthors objects.
It's an NSMutableArray which is create on the line before the start of the WHILE loop.
Having looked through the debugger, I can see that each dictionary object is created (with different codes which I assume are memory addresses) so all is well there. However, on each iteration of the loop in the middle there is an IF...ELSE... statement which in the ELSE section is clearing all objects from the tempAuthors array and beginning to repopulate it again.
Looking at the containing dictionary objects in the debugger I can see that the tempAuthors object that each contains has the same code (again, I'm assuming this is a memory address) - so if I understand correctly, it's the same object...I assumed that when I created the dictionary using the dictionWithObject call that I would be passing in a copy of the object, but it's referencing back to the object which I then go on to change.
Assuming the above is correct, I've tried several "stabs in the dark" at fixing it.
I've tried relasing the tempAuthors object within the ELSE and initialising it again via an alloc...init - but this didn't work and again looking through the debugger it looks as though it was confused as to which object it was supposed to be using on the following iteration of the WHILE loop (it tried to access the released object).
Having read a little more about memory management can someone tell me if I'm correct in saying that the above is because the tempAuthors object is declare outside the scope of the WHILE loop yet I then try to re-instantiate it within the loop (does that make sense???).
Sorry for the long post...the more I can understand the process the less I can hopefully stop relying on others for help so much.
I am continuing to read up on memory management etc but just not there yet.
Regards
Wayne

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Hi guys,
I need you help in creating rman scripts.
my plan is the following:
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my questions are:
for the night backup is the following script ok?
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allocate channel t2 type 'SBT_TAPE';
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backup archivelog all delete input;
backup current controlfile;
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run {
set command id to 'xxx';
allocate channel t1 type 'SBT_TAPE';
allocate channel t2 type 'SBT_TAPE';
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sql 'ALTER SYSTEM ARCHIVE LOG CURRENT';
backup archivelog all not backed up 1 times;
backup current controlfile;
release channel t1;
release channel t2;
please help.
Message was edited.

Hi Alanm,
Right now the DB is generating many archives, that doesn't mean that we cant adapt the script in the future if less archives are generated.
By saying "You don't have to make the archive log script an incremental 1 backup" you mean that, since we are already making a backup at night to the archives, theres no need to make them also during the incremental 1?
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