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  Published by: 877938 on October 15, 2012 03:35

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  ===============

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  2877. A DECEMBER 28, 15 1 DISC 1 YES BKP_ARCHIVES

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  2883. A DECEMBER 28, 15 1 DISC 1 YES BKP_ARCHIVES

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  What is the problem?

  
  My backup script is:

  Run {}

  ARCHIVELOG backup all the format ' / u01/arc_%d_%Y%M%D_%s_%p.arc' tag = "BKP_ARCHIVES";

  delete noprompt archivelog all backed up 1 times on peripheral drive completed before ' sysdate - 1';

  }

  3059845 skrev:

  If you look above, I have several sequences (duplicate) in many archivelogs thrown...

  What is the problem?

  My backup script is:

  Run {}

  ARCHIVELOG backup all the format ' / u01/arc_%d_%Y%M%D_%s_%p.arc' tag = "BKP_ARCHIVES";

  delete noprompt archivelog all backed up 1 times on peripheral drive completed before ' sysdate - 1';

  }

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  Note configuration of backup optimization also ignores "identical data files" which has already been backed up as well. http://docs.Oracle.com/CD/E11882_01/backup.112/e10642/rcmconfb.htm#BRADV113

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  Concerning

  AJ

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  ----------
  Sybrand Bakker
  Senior Oracle DBA

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  (I wonder why you have the sign "superior to" in the format specifier)

  Hemant K Collette

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