Month: October 2023
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Use Online Backups – RMAN Backups and Reporting
Read More: Use Online Backups – RMAN Backups and ReportingMost production databases have 24/7 availability requirements. Therefore, you need to take online RMAN backups. Your database must be in archivelog mode for online backups and to be able to recover to a point in time. You need to consider carefully how to place archivelogs, how to format them, how often to back them up,…
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Recovery Catalog Versions – RMAN Backups and Reporting
I recommend that you create a recovery catalog for each version of the target databases that you are backing up. Doing so will save you some headaches with compatibility issues and upgrades. I have found it easier to use a recovery catalog when the database version of the rman client is the same version used…
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Registering a Target Database – RMAN Backups and Reporting
Now, you can register a target database with the recovery catalog. Log in to the target database server. Ensure that you can establish connectivity to the recovery catalog database. For instance, one approach is to populate the TNS_ADMIN/tnsnames.ora file with an entry that points to the remote database. On the target database server, register the…
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Creating a Recovery Catalog – RMAN Backups and Reporting
When I use a recovery catalog, I prefer to have a dedicated database that is used only for the recovery catalog. This ensures that the recovery catalog is not affected by any maintenance or downtime required by another application (and vice versa). Listed next are the steps for creating a recovery catalog: 1. Create a…