Automatic channel allocation:

CONFIGURE PARALLELISM FOR AUTOMATIC CHANNELS:

RMAN> CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK PARALLELISM 4;
CONFIGURE AUTOMATIC CHANNEL OPTIONS:
RMAN> CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT='F:\BACKUP\%U';
CONFIGURING BACKUPPIECE SIZE:
RMAN> CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT ='F:\BACKUP\%U' MAXPIECESIZE
500M;
RMAN> CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE DISK
CHANGE THE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE:
RMAN> CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK;
CONFIGURATION OF EXCLUDING TABLESPACE FROM DATABASE BACKUP:
RMAN> CONFIGURE EXCLUDE FOR TABLESPACE <tablespace_name>;
NOTE: when the following command is issued, it will skip the tablespace which is specified in the above
command. SYSTEM tablespace can not be excluded from whole database backup.
RMAN> BACKUP DATABASE;
NOTE: To overwrite this one,
RMAN> BACKUP DATABASE NOEXCLUDE;
EXCLUDING READ ONLY AND OFFLINE TABLESPACE:
RMAN> BACKUP DATABASE SKIP READONLY SKIP OFFLINE;
TO LIST THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION OF THE TARGET DATABASE:
RMAN> REPORT SCHEMA;
RETENTION POLICY:
There are two options for implementing a backup retention policy.
RMAN> CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO RECOVERY WINDOW OF 7 DAYS;
RMAN> CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO REDUNDANCY 2;
NOTE: Default is redundancy 1.
RMAN> CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY CLEAR;
Clear means it will take the default setting (i.e. Redundancy 1)
RMAN> CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO NONE;
RMAN> REPORT OBSOLETE;
RMAN> DELETE OBSOLETE;
RMAN> SHOW RETENTION POLICY;
BACKUP OPTIMIZATION:
RMAN> SHOW BACKUP OPTIMIZATION;
the BACKUP command skips the backup of a file when the identical file backup exist
RMAN> CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION ON / OFF;
CONFIGURING DUPLEXED BACKUP SET:
RMAN> CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 2;
SHOW COMMAND:
RMAN> SHOW CHANNEL;
RMAN> SHOW DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE;
RMAN> SHOW DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE;
RMAN> SHOW BACKUP OPTIMIZATION;
RMAN> SHOW RETENTION POLICY;
RMAN> SHOW MAXSETSIZE;
RMAN> SHOW ALL;
LIST COMMAND:
RMAN> LIST BACKUP OF DATABASE;
RMAN> LIST BACKUP OF TABLESPACE USERS;
RMAN> LIST BACKUP OF DATAFILE 1;
RMAN> LIST COPY;
RMAN> LIST COPY OF TABLESPACE USERS;
RMAN> LIST COPY OF DATAFILE 2;
REPORT COMMAND:
RMAN> REPORT SCHEMA;
RMAN> REPORT OBSOLETE;

RMAN> REPORT NEED BACKUP DAYS 5;

RMAN> REPORT NEED BACKUP REDUNDANCY 10;

RMAN> REPORT NEED BACKUP INCREMENTAL 3 DATABASE;

Manual channel allocation:

RMAN>RUN
{
ALLOCATE CHANNEL C1 TYPE DISK
FORMAT=’E:\DATAFILE3.BAK’;
BACKUP DATAFIE 3;
}
RMAN> RUN
{
ALLOCATE CHANNEL C1 TYPE DISK
FORMAT='C:\BACKUP\%U','E:\BACKUP\%U','F:\BACKUP\%U';
BACKUP COPIES 3 DATAFILE 9;
}
.Creating different backup piece in different locations:
RMAN> RUN
{
ALLOCATE CHANNEL C1 TYPE DISK FORMAT='F:\BACKUP\%U';
ALLOCATE CHANNEL C2 TYPE DISK FORMAT='F:\BACKUP\%U';
ALLOCATE CHANNEL C3 TYPE DISK FORMAT='F:\BACKUP\%U';
BACKUP DATAFILE 8;
}
RMAN> RUN
{
ALLOCATE CHANNEL C1 TYPE DISK
FORMAT='F:\BACKUP\DATAFILE8_%c.BAK';
BACKUP COPIES 3 DATAFILE 8;
}
NOTE: In Format %c is mandatory
RMAN>RUN {
BACKUP AS BACKUPSET
FORMAT '/u01/db01/backup/%d_%s_%p'
DURATION 10:00 MINIMIZE LOAD
(DATABASE);
SQL 'alter system archive log current';
}
RMAN BACKUP:

RMAN> BACKUP AS BACKUPSET

FORMAT '/BACKUP/df_%d_%s_%p.bus'
TABLESPACE hr_data;
DATABASE BACKUP:
RUN
{
ALLOCATE CHANNEL C1 TYPE DISK
FORMAT='F:\BACKUP\%U';
BACKUP DATABASE;
}
TABLESPACE BACKUP:
RMAN> RUN
{
ALLOCATE CHANNEL C1 TYPE DISK
FORMAT='F:\BACKUP\%U';
BACKUP TABLESPACE USERS,UNDOTBS1;
}
DATAFILE BACKUP:
RMAN> RUN
{
ALLOCATE CHANNEL C1 TYPE DISK
FORMAT='F:\BACKUP\%U';
BACKUP DATAFILE 7,8,9;
}
ARCHIVED REDOLOG BACKUP:
RMAN> BACKUP DATABASE PLUS ARCHIVELOG;
RMAN> BACKUP TABLESPACE USERS PLUS ARCHIVELOG;
RMAN> BACKUP DATAFILE 7 PLUS ARCHIVELOG;
RMAN>BACKUP
FORMAT '/disk1/backup/ar_%t_%s_%p'
ARCHIVELOG FROM SEQUENCE=234
DELETE INPUT;

Multiplexed Backup Sets

RMAN>RUN {
ALLOCATE CHANNEL c1 DEVICE TYPE disk;
ALLOCATE CHANNEL c2 DEVICE TYPE disk;
ALLOCATE CHANNEL c3 DEVICE TYPE disk;
BACKUP
INCREMENTAL LEVEL = 0
FORMAT '%u.bak'
(DATAFILE 1 CHANNEL c1)
(DATAFILE 2 CHANNEL c2) (DATAFILE 3 CHANNEL c3);
Sql ‘ALTER SYSTEM ARCHIVE LOG CURRENT’;
}
RMAN>RUN {
ALLOCATE CHANNEL c1 type disk;
COPY INCREMENTAL LEVEL = 0
DATAFILE 1 tag=DF3,
ARCHIVELOG all;
}
RMAN>BACKUP COPY OF DATABASE;
RMAN>ALTER DATABASE ENABLE
BLOCK CHANGE TRACKING
USING FILE '/mydir/rman_change_track.f'
REUSE;
RMAN>RECOVER COPY OF
DATAFILE {n|'file_name'}
WITH TAG 'incr_upd_df1';
RMAN> RUN
{
ALLOCATE CHANNEL C1 TYPE DISK MAXOPENFILES=3;
BACKUP FILESPERSET 6 FORMAT 'F:\BACKUP\%U' DATABASE;
}
DUPLEXED BACKUP SET:
RMAN> RUN
{
ALLOCATE CHANNEL C1 TYPE DISK
FORMAT='C:\BACKUP\%U','C:\NEW\%U';
BACKUP COPIES 2 DATAFILE 2;
}
PARALLELIZATION OF BACKUP SETS:
RMAN> RUN
{
ALLOCATE CHANNEL C1 TYPE DISK;
ALLOCATE CHANNEL C2 TYPE DISK;
ALLOCATE CHANNEL C3 TYPE DISK;
BACKUP
FORMAT 'C:\BACKUP\%U'
(DATAFILE 1,2,3 CHANNEL C1)
(DATAFILE 4,5,6 CHANNEL C2)
(DATAFILE 7,8,9 CHANNEL C3);
}
BACKUP PIECE SIZE:
RMAN> RUN
{
ALLOCATE CHANNEL C1 TYPE DISK MAXPIECESIZE=200M;
BACKUP FORMAT 'C:\BACKUP\%U' (TABLESPACE SYSTEM);
}
ARCHIVED REDOLOG BACKUP SETS:
RMAN> BACKUP
FORMAT 'C:\BACKUP\%U'
ARCHIVELOG ALL;

RMAN> BACKUP
FORMAT 'C:\BACKUP\%U'
ARCHIVELOG ALL DELETE ALL INPUT;
CONTROLFILE SPFILE BACKUP:
RMAN> CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;

RMAN> BACKUP DATAFILE 5 INCLUDE CURRENT CONTROLFILE;

RMAN> RUN
{
ALLOCATE CHANNEL C1 TYPE DISK
FORMAT='C:\BACKUP\SPCONTROL.BAK';
BACKUP CURRENT CONTROLFILE;
}
RMAN> RUN
{
ALLOCATE CHANNEL C1 TYPE DISK
FORMAT='C:\BACKUP\SPCONTROL.BAK';
BACKUP SPFILE;
}

TAGS FOR BACKUP AND IMAGE COPY:

RMAN> RUN
{
ALLOCATE CHANNEL C1 TYPE DISK
FORMAT='C:\BACKUP\DF7.BAK';
BACKUP DATAFILE 7 TAG='DF7';
}
RMAN> RUN
{
COPY
DATAFILE 6 TO 'C:\BACKUP\DF6.BAK' TAG='DF6';
}