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Is level 0 backup statement really required for an incremental backup

edited May 8, 2012 9:04PM in Database Backup and Recovery (MOSC) 3 commentsAnswered
This may be a newby question but I've noticed some discrepancies between Oracle Documentation and what I see occuring during backups on my 10gR2 (10.2.0.4) database.

Basically, I've inherited a new job that requires me to fine tune and review the backup strategy currently in place.    I noticed that normal "full" backups are run once a week, followed by daily "level 1" incremental backups for the next 6 days.    In reading Oracle 10gR2 documentation, it states that incremental backups MUST begin with a "level 0" backup as it will be used as the starting point for the incremental differences for each day (I am doing differential incremental backups not cumulative) not a normal "full" backup.

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