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Example of how to perform Oracle 10g RMAN backup and recovery -- Launch rman from the command line C:\>rman target / -- Check the RMAN configuration RMAN> show all; using target database control file instead of recovery catalog RMAN configuration parameters are: CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO RECOVERY WINDOW OF 2 DAYS; CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION OFF; CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK; CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON; CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 'E:\oracle\ORABACKUP\rman\backups\UAT\CONTROLFILE_%d_%F'; CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK BACKUP TYPE TO COMPRESSED BACKUPSET PARALLELISM 3; CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; CONFIGURE CHANNEL 1 DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT 'E:\oracle\ORABACKUP \rman\backups\UAT\%U' MAXPIECESIZE 2000 M; CONFIGURE CHANNEL 2 DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT 'E:\oracle\ORABACKUP \rman\backups\UAT\%U' MAXPIECESIZE 2000 M; CONFIGURE CHANNEL 3 DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT 'E:\oracle\ORABACKUP \rman\backups\UAT\%U' MAXPIECESIZE 2000 M; CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE TO UNLIMITED; CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION FOR DATABASE OFF; CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM 'AES128'; CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO NONE; CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO 'D:\ORACLE\10.2.0 \DB_1\DATABASE\SNCFUAT.ORA'; # default -- To make changes just issue the relevant above commands with the appropriate change; for example the below changes the retention policy to a recovery window of 15 days: RMAN> CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO RECOVERY WINDOW OF 15 DAYS; old RMAN configuration parameters: CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO RECOVERY WINDOW OF 2 DAYS; new RMAN configuration parameters: CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO RECOVERY WINDOW OF 15 DAYS; new RMAN configuration parameters are successfully stored -- Checking the configuration again shows that the recovery window is now set to 15 days: RMAN> show all; RMAN configuration parameters are: CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO RECOVERY WINDOW OF 15 DAYS; CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION OFF; CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK; CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON; CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 'E:\oracle\ORABACKUP\rman\backups\UAT\CONTROLFILE_%d_%F';

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CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK BACKUP TYPE TO COMPRESSED BACKUPSET PARALLELISM 3; CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; CONFIGURE CHANNEL 1 DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT 'E:\oracle\ORABACKUP \rman\backups\UAT\%U' MAXPIECESIZE 2000 M; CONFIGURE CHANNEL 2 DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT 'E:\oracle\ORABACKUP \rman\backups\UAT\%U' MAXPIECESIZE 2000 M; CONFIGURE CHANNEL 3 DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT 'E:\oracle\ORABACKUP \rman\backups\UAT\%U' MAXPIECESIZE 2000 M; CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE TO UNLIMITED; CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION FOR DATABASE OFF; CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM 'AES128'; CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO NONE; CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO 'D:\ORACLE\10.2.0 \DB_1\DATABASE\SNCFUAT.ORA'; # default -- The below will backup the database and archive logs; will delete the original archive logs that were backed up by this command; delete old backups beyond the abover retention policy recovery window (e.g. older than 15 days); and verify that all required backups needed for recovery are in place: RMAN> run { BACKUP DATABASE PLUS ARCHIVELOG DELETE INPUT; DELETE NOPROMPT OBSOLETE; CROSSCHECK BACKUP; } -- The below command will backup archive logs and delete the originals that were backed up: RMAN> backup archivelog all delete input; -- The below command verifies that all required backups needed for recovery are in place: RMAN> crosscheck backup; -- The below will perform a full recovery: RMAN> RMAN> RMAN> RMAN> RMAN> shutdown immediate; startup mount; restore database; recover database; alter database open;

-- The below will recover a specific tablespace; the datafile must be taken off line first if the database is up: RMAN> restore tablespace users; RMAN> recover tablespace users; -- The below will recover a specific datafile; must be taken offline first if the database is up: RMAN> restore datafile 'D:\oradata\UAT\users_01.dbf'; RMAN> recover datafile 'D:\oradata\UAT\users_01.dbf'; -- The below will perform point in time recovery: run { shutdown immediate; startup mount; set until time 'APR 15 2007 09:00:00'; # set until scn 1000; # alternatively, you can specify SCN -- 1000 will restore up to 999 # set until sequence 1234; # alternatively, you can specify log sequence number -- 1234 will restore up to 1233

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