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Is use of CIFS Protocol for RMAN backups supported? (Doc ID 444809.1)

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Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 9.2.0.1 to 12.2.0.1 [Release 9.2 to 12.2]
Information in this document applies to any platform.
***Checked for relevance on 06-Nov-2013***

GOAL

Can RMAN be used to create backuppieces on CIFS?

SOLUTION

We do not in general certify against particular storage vendors and use of NAS devices (NFS/CIFS) is treated as any other
file system.

Oracle does not support CIFS protocol in general because CIFS does not guarantee
atomic write of 512 byte (Oracle log block size) like NFS can (with wsize parameter). So in case of power failure, it is
possible to corrupt Oracle archived logs.

However, RMAN does NOT rely on 512-byte atomic writes (we write the ENTIRE file and then close it) so the answer is
yes: CIFS is fine for RMAN files: backup pieces, datafile copies, archived logs but it is not certified by Oracle.

In other words if there are any problems involved in using RMAN and CIFS, then we cannot get the RDBMS development
involved.

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