Block corruption detection in RMAN.
ma365Apr 19 2011 — edited Aug 8 2011Hi,
I'd be be grateful if anyone could confirm or clarify the behaviour of the RMAN backup command with regard to detecting corrupt blocks in the datafiles.
The environment is as follows:
10.2.0.5.1
Solaris 10
2 node RAC
Block Change Tracking file is not used.
DB_BLOCK_CHECKING=OFF
DB_BLOCK_CHECKSUM=OFF
Does the BACKUP DATABASE command check both physical and logical block corruptions when run either as a full backup or incremental?
I'm trying to establish wether running a BACKUP _VALIDATE [CHECK LOGICAL]_* DATABASE on a nightly basis provides any value if the same checks are being performed by the standard backup commands that are already scheduled every night?
Any input appreciated.
Thanks