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To take full backup using RMAN when the database is in NOARCHIVELOG mode, the
database should not be opened but it should be in the mounted state
Step 1
Assuming the database is not started. Set the ORACLE_SID environment variable to
your database SID and start RMAN by typing the following command
$export ORACLE_SID=test
$rman target system/manager nocatalog
When you type the above command, RMAN will start with the following messages and
you will get the RMAN prompt
Step 2
Start the instance and mount the database by typing the following command at RMAN
prompt
If you want to create the backupsets in other directory path then, you have to include the
FORMAT option in the above command. For example the following command will create
backupsets in the "/u02/oracle/mybackup" directory
Step 4
That's it the backup is over. We can start the database by typing the following