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How do I backup my Oracle Database 10g?

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How do I backup my Oracle Database 10g?

Backing Up An Oracle 10g RAC Database

  1. Define the location of the snapshot control file.
  2. Configure the auto backup control file.
  3. Configure the archived redo logs.
  4. Configure the flash recovery area.

What is RMAN command?

Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) satisfies the most pressing demands of performant, manageable backup and recovery, for all Oracle data formats. RMAN provides a common interface, via command line and Enterprise Manager, for backup tasks across different host operating systems.

How do I backup RMAN controls?

4.3.5 Backing Up Control Files with RMAN

  1. Run BACKUP CURRENT CONTROLFILE.
  2. Include a backup of the control file within any backup by using the INCLUDE CURRENT CONTROLFILE option of the BACKUP command.
  3. Back up datafile 1 , because RMAN automatically includes the control file and SPFILE in backups of datafile 1. Note:

How does RMAN backup work?

RMAN uses a media manager API to work with backup hardware. A user can log in to Oracle RMAN and command it to back up a database. RMAN will then copy the files to the directory specified by the user. By default, RMAN creates backups on disk and generates backup sets rather than image copies.

Where are RMAN backup logs?

There’re 3 ways to reserve RMAN log location for you to trace:

  1. OS Level. Just piping output to a file and show it in the console as well by using tee.
  2. Command Level. Using the RMAN keyword LOG to specify the Location of RMAN Output, but the output will not show on you console.
  3. Statement Level.

What is RMAN in Oracle 12c?

RMAN in 12c provides full backup and recovery support for a Pluggable Database environment. You can perform the backup of the entire container database (CDB), either full or using an incremental backup strategy, or one/many pluggable databases (PDB).

How do I backup my Oracle controls?

You have two options:

  1. Back up the control file to a binary file (duplicate of existing control file) using the following statement: ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE TO ‘/oracle/backup/control. bkp’;
  2. Produce SQL statements that can later be used to re-create your control file: ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE TO TRACE;

How does RMAN improve backup time?

You can improve backup performance by adjusting the level of multiplexing, which is number of input files simultaneously read and then written into the same RMAN backup piece. The level of multiplexing is the minimum of the MAXOPENFILES setting on the channel and the number of input files placed in each backup set.

How do I backup my Oracle database?

Backing Up Your Database With the Oracle-Suggested Disk Backup Strategy

  1. In the Backup/Recovery section of the Maintenance page, click Schedule Backup.
  2. In the Oracle-Suggested Backup section, click the Schedule Oracle-Suggested Backup button.
  3. Select Disk as the destination and click Next.