CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK PANTONE 123 C Books for professionals by professionals ® Dear Reader, Darl Kuhn, coauthor of Oracle RMAN Pocket Reference Sam Alapati, author of Expert Oracle Database 10g Administration RMAN is the tool of choice for Oracle database backup and recovery RMAN contains core features that aren’t available with other backup and recovery solutions Furthermore, Oracle continues to integrate RMAN with other products such as Enterprise Manager, RAC, ASM, and Data Guard If you are a DBA in an Oracle shop, then it’s vital that you know how to use RMAN effectively Your job depends on it This recipe book provides you with focused solutions for the gamut of RMAN backup and recovery tasks We know from hard experience that sometimes all you need is an easy-to-find, clear example showing how a feature works This is especially true when you have a critical issue that is causing database downtime In those situations, people expect you to earn your keep and quickly solve the problem Failure is not an option This book is unique in that it contains answers for almost any RMAN backup and recovery problem that you’re likely to encounter We tackle all scenarios, from simple to complex Each recipe title is an indexed entry to a particular problem In the recipe you’ll find the solution and a detailed explanation of how it works You won’t be shown merely how to parrot RMAN commands We explain why features work like they If your company uses Oracle technology, then RMAN should be a key piece of your data protection strategy As a DBA, you’re the one responsible for making it work We hope that you’ll use this book to fully maximize RMAN to protect, secure, and ensure the availability of your company’s databases Sincerely, Arup Nanda, author of Oracle 11g New Features Series on Oracle Technology Network Darl Kuhn, Sam Alapati, Arup Nanda Companion eBook THE APRESS ROADMAP Expert Oracle Database 10g Administration RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 11g Expert Oracle Database Architecture See last page for details on $10 eBook version www.apress.com ISBN-13: 978-1-59059-851-1 ISBN-10: 1-59059-851-2 55999 US $59.99 Practical Kuhn, Alapati, Nanda SOURCE CODE ONLINE Companion eBook Available Oracle RMAN Recipes RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 11g: A Problem-Solution Approach The EXPERT’s VOIce ® In oracle RMAN for the Busy DBA RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 11g A Problem-Solution Approach An example-based approach to backing up and recovering your Oracle database Darl Kuhn, Sam Alapati, and Arup Nanda Shelve in Databases/Oracle User level: Beginner–Intermediate 781590 598511 this print for content only—size & color not accurate spine = 1.3237" 704 page count 8512Ch00CMP4 7/27/07 6:21 AM Page i RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 11g A Problem-Solution Approach Darl Kuhn, Sam Alapati, and Arup Nanda 8512Ch00CMP4 7/27/07 6:21 AM Page ii RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 11g: A Problem-Solution Approach Copyright © 2007 by Darl Kuhn, Sam Alapati, Arup Nanda All rights reserved No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner and the publisher ISBN-13 (pbk): 978-1-59059-851-1 ISBN-10 (pbk): 1-59059-851-2 Printed and bound in the United States of America Trademarked names may appear in this book Rather than use a trademark symbol with every occurrence of a trademarked name, we use the names only in an editorial fashion and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark Lead Editor: Jonathan Gennick Technical Reviewer: Bernard Lopuz Editorial Board: Steve Anglin, Ewan Buckingham, Gary Cornell, Jonathan Gennick, Jason Gilmore, Jonathan Hassell, Chris Mills, Matthew Moodie, Jeffrey Pepper, Ben Renow-Clarke, Dominic Shakeshaft, Matt Wade, Tom Welsh Project Manager: Richard Dal Porto Copy Edit Manager: Nicole Flores Copy Editor: Kim Wimpsett Assistant Production Director: Kari Brooks-Copony Production Editor: Lori Bring Compositor: Diana Van Winkle, Van Winkle Design Group Proofreader: Dan Shaw Indexer: Broccoli Information Management Artist: Diana Van Winkle, Van Winkle Design Group Cover Designer: Kurt Krames Manufacturing Director: Tom Debolski Distributed to the book trade worldwide by Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., 233 Spring Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10013 Phone 1-800-SPRINGER, fax 201-348-4505, e-mail orders-ny@springer-sbm.com, or visit http://www.springeronline.com For information on translations, please contact Apress directly at 2855 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 600, Berkeley, CA 94705 Phone 510-549-5930, fax 510-549-5939, e-mail info@apress.com, or visit http://www.apress.com The information in this book is distributed on an “as is” basis, without warranty Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this work, neither the author(s) nor Apress shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the information contained in this work The source code for this book is available to readers at http://www.apress.com in the Source Code/ Download section You will need to answer questions pertaining to this book in order to successfully download the code 8512Ch00CMP4 7/27/07 6:21 AM Page iii To Heidi, Lisa, and Brandi —Darl Kuhn To my wife Valerie; for her enormous support and sacrifice —Sam Alapati To Anu and Anish —Arup Nanda 8512Ch22CMP3 7/26/07 9:06 PM Page 669 ■INDEX ■V validate command, 252, 254, 324–325 validate datafile command, 214 validating backup sets, 252–255 data blocks, 252–255 datafiles, 252–255 V$ARCHIVED_LOG view, 365, 524 V$BACKUP_ASYNC_IO view, 492, 500–501, 503 V$BACKUP_CORRUPTION view, 335 V$BACKUP_DATAFILE view, 214 V$BACKUP_SET or V$BACKUP_SET_ DETAILS column, 496 V$BACKUP_SYNC_IO view, 492, 500–501, 503 V$COPY_CORRUPTION view, 335 V$DATABASE data dictionary view, 387 V$DATABASE view, 300 V$DATABASE_BLOCK_CORRUPTION view, 16, 325, 335 V$DATABASE_INCARNATION view, 376 V$DATAFILE view, 317 V$DATAFILE_HEADER view, 317, 321 verifying media management layer (MML) installation, 579–581 Veritas NetBackup, 558–569 backing up using, 566–567 checking for files on tape, 563–565 configuring parameters in RMAN, 565–566 defining client databases in, 562–563 installing agent for Oracle, 558–560 maintaining policies for RMAN backups, 560–562 restoring using, 567–569 scheduling RMAN jobs, 562 VERSIONS_ENDSCN column, 422 VERSIONS_ENDTIME column, 421–422 VERSIONS_OPERATION column, 420, 422 VERSIONS_STARTSCN column, 422 VERSIONS_STARTTIME column, 422 VERSIONS_XID column, 422 VERSTIONS_STARTTIME column, 422 V$FLASHBACK_DATABASE_LOG view, 400 V$FLASHBACK_DATABASE_STAT column, 402–403 V$FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA_USAGE view, 48 vidunique option, 551 View Job button, 592 View Results button, 620 virtual private catalog, 150, 153, 167 virtual private recovery catalogs, 150 V$LGMNR_CONTENTS view, 369 V$LOG view, 430 V$LOGFILE view, 430, 432 V$LOG_HISTORY view, 365 V$LOGMNR_LOGS view, 369 V$MTTR_TARGET_ADVICE view, 511 V$NLS_PARAMETERS view, 528 V$NLS_VALID_VALUES view, 528 V$PROCESS view, 492–493, 630 V$RECOVER_FILE view, 13, 321 V$RECOVERY_FILE_DEST view, 48 V$RECOVERY_PROGRESS view, 493, 498 V$RMAN_BACKUP_JOB_DETAILS view, 492, 494 V$RMAN_OUTPUT view, 94, 530 V$RMAN_STATUS view, 531 Find it faster at http://superindex.apress.com/ UNITS column, 500 Unix developing shell scripts for RMAN, 259–264 scheduling shell files, 265–267 setting up credentialed OS users, 587 terminating processes, 525 Unix Korn shell environment, 527 unix mv command, 57 unregister command, 161–162 unregistering databases, 161–162 unsetenv OS command, 535 until clause, 326, 340, 360, 469 until scn clause, 370 until sequence clause, 346 until time clause, 190, 468 UNUSED status, 432 updating crontab, 266 image copies, 221–223 recovery catalogs, 164–166 repository after manually deleting backups, 239–240 stored scripts, 281–282 upgrade catalog command, 170, 173, 175 Use Recovery Catalog option, 601 USE_COUNT column, 502, 503 user accounts, Oracle Secure Backup (OSB), 549–551 changing user attributes, 550 listing users, 550 removing users, 550–551 renaming users, 550 user errors, user process failures, 2–3 user_dump_dest initialization parameter, 533 user_dump_dest initialization variable, 538 user_dump_dest location, 539 USERNAME column, 500 USER_RECYCLEBIN view, 413 USER_SEGMENTS dictionary view, 409 USER_TABLES data dictionary view, 408 using clause, 101 utlrp.sql script, 489 669 8512Ch22CMP3 670 7/26/07 9:06 PM Page 670 ■INDEX V$SESSION view, 493 V$SESSION_LONGOPS view, 493, 498, 526 V$SESSION_WAIT view, 493 ■W warm backup, web tool, 548 weekly_backup identifier, 182 weekly_copy tag, 203 which command, 91 whole backups, whole recovery, 597 whole_db tag, 204 Windows developing batch files to run RMAN, 267–271 scheduling in from command line, 276–277 scheduling scripts in via graphical user interface (GUI), 272–275 setting up credentialed OS users, 587 terminating processes, 525 using RMAN on, 623–643 Windows Task Scheduler, 275 write-ahead protocol, writewindow option, 551 writewindow parameter, 552 ■X xcopy utility, 640 ... AM Page i RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 11g A Problem-Solution Approach Darl Kuhn, Sam Alapati, and Arup Nanda 8512Ch00CMP4 7/27/07 6:21 AM Page ii RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 11g: A Problem-Solution... 566–567 checking for files on tape, 563–565 configuring parameters in RMAN, 565–566 defining client databases in, 562–563 installing agent for Oracle, 558–560 maintaining policies for RMAN backups,... 500–501, 503 V$COPY_CORRUPTION view, 335 V $DATABASE data dictionary view, 387 V $DATABASE view, 300 V $DATABASE_ BLOCK_CORRUPTION view, 16, 325, 335 V $DATABASE_ INCARNATION view, 376 V$DATAFILE view,