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Oracle is not responsible for any loss or damage of any sort that you may incur from dealing with any third party. iii Contents Send Us Your Comments vii Preface ix 1 About RMAN Commands Conventions Used in this Reference 1-2 RMAN Command Entries 1-7 2 RMAN Commands Summary of RMAN Commands 2-2 @ 2-6 @@ 2-7 ALLOCATE CHANNEL 2-8 ALLOCATE CHANNEL FOR MAINTENANCE 2-12 allocOperandList 2-15 ALTER DATABASE 2-19 archivelogRecordSpecifier 2-22 BACKUP 2-28 BLOCKRECOVER 2-62 CATALOG 2-67 CHANGE 2-71 cmdLine 2-75 completedTimeSpec 2-80 CONFIGURE 2-82 iv CONNECT 2-100 connectStringSpec 2-103 CONVERT 2-105 CREATE CATALOG 2-113 CREATE SCRIPT 2-115 CROSSCHECK 2-118 datafileSpec 2-121 DELETE 2-123 DELETE SCRIPT 2-127 deviceSpecifier 2-129 DROP CATALOG 2-131 DROP DATABASE 2-133 DUPLICATE 2-135 EXECUTE SCRIPT 2-145 EXIT 2-147 fileNameConversionSpec 2-148 FLASHBACK 2-151 formatSpec 2-156 HOST 2-160 keepOption 2-162 LIST 2-164 listObjList 2-185 maintQualifier 2-188 maintSpec 2-190 obsOperandList 2-193 PRINT SCRIPT 2-195 QUIT 2-197 recordSpec 2-198 RECOVER 2-200 REGISTER 2-212 RELEASE CHANNEL 2-214 releaseForMaint 2-216 REPLACE SCRIPT 2-217 REPORT 2-220 RESET DATABASE 2-228 v RESTORE 2-231 RESYNC 2-246 RUN 2-249 SEND 2-252 SET 2-254 SHOW 2-263 SHUTDOWN 2-266 SPOOL 2-269 SQL 2-271 STARTUP 2-273 SWITCH 2-276 UNREGISTER DATABASE 2-280 untilClause 2-282 UPGRADE CATALOG 2-285 VALIDATE 2-287 3 Recovery Catalog Views Summary of RMAN Recovery Catalog Views 3-2 RC_ARCHIVED_LOG 3-4 RC_BACKUP_CONTROLFILE 3-6 RC_BACKUP_CORRUPTION 3-8 RC_BACKUP_DATAFILE 3-10 RC_BACKUP_FILES 3-12 RC_BACKUP_PIECE 3-15 RC_BACKUP_REDOLOG 3-17 RC_BACKUP_SET 3-19 RC_BACKUP_SPFILE 3-21 RC_CHECKPOINT 3-22 RC_CONTROLFILE_COPY 3-23 RC_COPY_CORRUPTION 3-25 RC_DATABASE 3-26 RC_DATABASE_BLOCK_CORRUPTION 3-27 RC_DATABASE_INCARNATION 3-28 RC_DATAFILE 3-29 RC_DATAFILE_COPY 3-31 vi RC_LOG_HISTORY 3-33 RC_OFFLINE_RANGE 3-34 RC_PROXY_ARCHIVEDLOG 3-35 RC_PROXY_CONTROLFILE 3-37 RC_PROXY_DATAFILE 3-39 RC_REDO_LOG 3-41 RC_REDO_THREAD 3-42 RC_RESYNC 3-43 RC_RMAN_CONFIGURATION 3-44 RC_RMAN_STATUS 3-45 RC_STORED_SCRIPT 3-47 RC_STORED_SCRIPT_LINE 3-48 RC_TABLESPACE 3-49 A Deprecated RMAN Commands B RMAN Compatibility About RMAN Compatibility B-2 RMAN Compatibility Matrix B-3 RMAN Compatibility: Scenario B-4 Index vii Send Us Your Comments Oracle Database Recovery Manager Reference 10g Release 1 (10.1) Part No. B10770-02 Oracle Corporation welcomes your comments and suggestions on the quality and usefulness of this document. 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If you have problems with the software, please contact your local Oracle Support Services. viii ix Preface This preface contains these topics: ■ Audience ■ Organization ■ Related Documentation ■ Conventions ■ Documentation Accessibility x Audience Recovery Manager Reference is intended for database administrators who perform the following tasks: ■ Back up, restore, and recover Oracle databases ■ Perform maintenance on backups and copies of database files To use this document, you need to know the following: ■ Relational database concepts and basic database administration as described in Oracle Database Concepts and the Oracle Database Administrator's Guide ■ Basic RMAN concepts and tasks as described in Oracle Database Backup and Recovery Basics ■ The operating system environment under which you are running Oracle Organization This document contains: Chapter 1, "About RMAN Commands" This chapter describes the basic conventions of RMAN syntax. Chapter 2, "RMAN Commands" This chapter displays the RMAN syntax diagrams, describes the elements of the syntax, and provides examples. Chapter 3, "Recovery Catalog Views" This chapter describes the recovery catalog views. Appendix A, "Deprecated RMAN Commands" This appendix describes RMAN syntax that is deprecated (that is, no longer supported) but still functional. Appendix B, "RMAN Compatibility" This appendix shows the compatible combinations of the RMAN client, target database, recovery catalog database, and recovery catalog schema. [...]... target, auxiliary, or recovery catalog database 2-2 Recovery Manager Reference Summary of RMAN Commands Table 2–1 Recovery Manager Commands Command Purpose "connectStringSpec" on page 2-103 Specify the username, password, and net service name for connecting to a target, recovery catalog, or auxiliary database The connection is necessary to authenticate the user and identify the database "CONVERT" on... This reference uses syntax diagrams to show Recovery Manager commands These syntax diagrams use lines and arrows to show syntactic structure, as shown in Figure 1–1 1-2 Recovery Manager Reference Conventions Used in this Reference Figure 1–1 CATALOG Command catalog::= catalog ARCHIVELOG CONTROLFILECOPY CATALOG = , BACKUPPIECE ’ LEVEL filename integer ’ DATAFILECOPY ; RECOVERY AREA NOPROMPT DB _RECOVERY_ FILE_DEST... surrounding it in quotes, then RMAN generates an error These are examples of correct and incorrect entries: 1-4 Recovery Manager Reference Conventions Used in this Reference ALLOCATE CHANNEL backup DEVICE TYPE DISK; ALLOCATE CHANNEL ’backup’ DEVICE TYPE DISK; BACKUP DATABASE TAG full; BACKUP DATABASE TAG ’full’; # # # # incorrect correct incorrect correct Reserved Word Reserved Word Reserved Word Reserved... information from that snapshot control file to the recovery catalog "RUN" on page 2-249 Execute a sequence of one or more RMAN commands, which are one or more statements executed within the braces of RUN "SEND" on page 2-252 Send a vendor-specific quoted string to one or more specific channels 2-4 Recovery Manager Reference Summary of RMAN Commands Table 2–1 Recovery Manager Commands Command Purpose "SET" on... statement ALTER DATABASE RENAME FILE as it applies to datafiles "UNREGISTER DATABASE" on page 2-280 Unregisters a database from the recovery catalog "untilClause" on page 2-282 A subclause specifying an upper limit by time, SCN, or log sequence number This clause is usually used to specify the desired point in time for an incomplete recovery "UPGRADE CATALOG" on page 2-285 Upgrade the recovery catalog... Optional sections following the examples provide more information on how and when to use the statement About RMAN Commands 1-7 RMAN Command Entries 1-8 Recovery Manager Reference 2 RMAN Commands This chapter describes, in alphabetical order, Recovery Manager commands and subclauses For a summary of the RMAN commands and command-line options, refer to "Summary of RMAN Commands" on page 2-2 RMAN Commands... of database objects (tablespace_name) s Oracle datatype names (date_string) s Subclauses (datafileSpec) About RMAN Commands 1-3 Conventions Used in this Reference When you see a placeholder in a syntax diagram, substitute an object or expression of the appropriate type in the RMAN statement For example, to write a DUPLICATE TARGET DATABASE TO database_ name’ command, use the name of the duplicate database. .. references to them from the recovery catalog, and update their control file records to status DELETED "DELETE SCRIPT" on page 2-127 Delete a stored script from the recovery catalog "deviceSpecifier" on page 2-129 Specify the type of storage device for a backup or copy "DROP CATALOG" on page 2-131 Remove the schema from the recovery catalog "DROP DATABASE" on page 2-133 Deletes the target database from disk and... REPLACE SCRIPT creates it "REPORT" on page 2-220 Perform detailed analyses of the content of the recovery catalog "RESET DATABASE" on page 2-228 Inform RMAN that the SQL statement ALTER DATABASE OPEN RESETLOGS has been executed and that a new incarnation of the target database has been created, or reset the target database to a prior incarnation "RESTORE" on page 2-231 Restore files from backup sets or from... Documentation For more information, see these Oracle resources: s Oracle Database Backup and Recovery Basics s Oracle Database Utilities s http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/availability/index.html Many of the examples in this book use the sample schemas of the seed database, which is installed by default when you install Oracle Refer to Oracle Database Sample Schemas for information on how these schemas were created . Oracle® Database Recovery Manager Reference 10g Release 1 (10.1) Part No. B10770-02 June 2004 Oracle Database Recovery Manager Reference 10g. Used in this Reference ■ RMAN Command Entries Conventions Used in this Reference 1-2 Recovery Manager Reference Conventions Used in this Reference This