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Connor McDonald

Thanks for the question.

Asked: September 01, 2025 - 10:43 am UTC

Last updated: September 02, 2025 - 1:39 am UTC

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Hello Tom,
I am wondering what is the benefit of using a recovery catalog over a control file? What are some of the decisions one should consider before going either way?
Please and thank you

and Connor said...

This link is a little dated, but still holds up

https://asktom.oracle.com/ords/asktom.search?tag=rman-catalog-vs-control-file-and-misc-rman

From my own experience, I've generally been happy with just controlfile as long as you always keep controlfile auto backup turned on as a safety precaution (to ensure you can always get a controlfile back from a backupset).

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