Oracle9i Recovery Manager Reference

276 Pages·2001·1.626 MB·English

by  Ashdown L.

Oracle9i
Recovery Manager Reference
Release 1 (9.0.1)
July 2001
Part No. A90136-02
Oracle9i Recovery Manager Reference, Release 1 (9.0.1)
Part No. A90136-02
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Contents
Send Us Your Comments.................................................................................................................. vii
Preface............................................................................................................................................................ ix
1 About RMAN Commands
Conventions Used in this Reference............................................................................................... 1-2
Command Entries............................................................................................................................... 1-6
2 RMAN Commands
Summary of RMAN Commands...................................................................................................... 2-2
@............................................................................................................................................................. 2-6
@@.......................................................................................................................................................... 2-7
ALLOCATE CHANNEL.................................................................................................................... 2-9
ALLOCATE CHANNEL FOR MAINTENANCE........................................................................ 2-13
allocOperandList............................................................................................................................... 2-16
ALTER DATABASE.......................................................................................................................... 2-20
archivelogRecordSpecifier.............................................................................................................. 2-22
BACKUP............................................................................................................................................. 2-26
BLOCKRECOVER............................................................................................................................ 2-46
CATALOG.......................................................................................................................................... 2-50
CHANGE............................................................................................................................................ 2-53
cmdLine.............................................................................................................................................. 2-57
completedTimeSpec......................................................................................................................... 2-61
CONFIGURE..................................................................................................................................... 2-63
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CONNECT.......................................................................................................................................... 2-76
connectStringSpec............................................................................................................................. 2-79
COPY................................................................................................................................................... 2-81
CREATE CATALOG......................................................................................................................... 2-86
CREATE SCRIPT............................................................................................................................... 2-88
CROSSCHECK.................................................................................................................................. 2-92
datafileSpec........................................................................................................................................ 2-95
DELETE............................................................................................................................................... 2-96
DELETE SCRIPT............................................................................................................................. 2-100
deviceSpecifier................................................................................................................................. 2-101
DROP CATALOG........................................................................................................................... 2-102
DUPLICATE..................................................................................................................................... 2-103
EXECUTE SCRIPT.......................................................................................................................... 2-112
EXIT................................................................................................................................................... 2-113
HOST................................................................................................................................................. 2-114
keepOption....................................................................................................................................... 2-116
LIST................................................................................................................................................... 2-118
listObjList......................................................................................................................................... 2-135
maintQualifier................................................................................................................................. 2-137
obsOperandList............................................................................................................................... 2-139
PRINT SCRIPT................................................................................................................................ 2-141
QUIT.................................................................................................................................................. 2-143
recordSpec........................................................................................................................................ 2-144
RECOVER......................................................................................................................................... 2-146
REGISTER........................................................................................................................................ 2-152
RELEASE CHANNEL.................................................................................................................... 2-154
releaseForMaint............................................................................................................................... 2-155
REPLACE SCRIPT.......................................................................................................................... 2-156
REPLICATE...................................................................................................................................... 2-160
REPORT............................................................................................................................................ 2-162
RESET DATABASE........................................................................................................................ 2-170
RESTORE......................................................................................................................................... 2-172
RESYNC............................................................................................................................................ 2-182
RUN................................................................................................................................................... 2-184
SEND................................................................................................................................................. 2-187
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SET..................................................................................................................................................... 2-189
SHOW............................................................................................................................................... 2-196
SHUTDOWN................................................................................................................................... 2-199
SPOOL.............................................................................................................................................. 2-202
SQL.................................................................................................................................................... 2-204
STARTUP.......................................................................................................................................... 2-206
SWITCH........................................................................................................................................... 2-208
untilClause....................................................................................................................................... 2-210
UPGRADE CATALOG.................................................................................................................. 2-212
VALIDATE....................................................................................................................................... 2-214
3 Recovery Catalog Views
Summary of RMAN Recovery Catalog Views.............................................................................. 3-2
RC_ARCHIVED_LOG....................................................................................................................... 3-4
RC_BACKUP_CONTROLFILE........................................................................................................ 3-5
RC_BACKUP_CORRUPTION......................................................................................................... 3-7
RC_BACKUP_DATAFILE................................................................................................................. 3-8
RC_BACKUP_PIECE....................................................................................................................... 3-10
RC_BACKUP_REDOLOG.............................................................................................................. 3-11
RC_BACKUP_SET............................................................................................................................ 3-12
RC_CHECKPOINT........................................................................................................................... 3-14
RC_CONTROLFILE_COPY............................................................................................................ 3-14
RC_COPY_CORRUPTION............................................................................................................. 3-15
RC_DATABASE................................................................................................................................ 3-16
RC_DATABASE_INCARNATION................................................................................................ 3-17
RC_DATAFILE.................................................................................................................................. 3-17
RC_DATAFILE_COPY..................................................................................................................... 3-18
RC_LOG_HISTORY......................................................................................................................... 3-20
RC_OFFLINE_RANGE.................................................................................................................... 3-21
RC_PROXY_CONTROLFILE......................................................................................................... 3-21
RC_PROXY_DATAFILE.................................................................................................................. 3-23
RC_REDO_LOG............................................................................................................................... 3-25
RC_REDO_THREAD....................................................................................................................... 3-25
RC_RESYNC...................................................................................................................................... 3-26
RC_RMAN_CONFIGURATION................................................................................................... 3-27
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RC_STORED_SCRIPT..................................................................................................................... 3-27
RC_STORED_SCRIPT_LINE......................................................................................................... 3-27
RC_TABLESPACE............................................................................................................................. 3-28
A Deprecated RMAN Commands
B RMAN Compatibility
About RMAN Compatibility............................................................................................................ B-2
RMAN Compatibility Matrix........................................................................................................... B-2
RMAN Compatibility: Scenario....................................................................................................... B-4
Index
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Preface
This guide contains command syntax, recovery catalog views descriptions, and
related reference information about the Recovery Manager utility.
This preface contains these topics:
n Audience
n Organization
n Related Documentation
n Conventions
n Documentation Accessibility
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Audience
This manual is intended for database administrators who perform the following
tasks:
n Back up, restore, and recover Oracle databases
n Perform maintenance on backups and copies of database files
To use this document, you need to know the following:
n Relational database concepts and basic database administration as described in
Oracle9i Database Conceptsand the Oracle9i Database Administrator’s Guide
n Basic backup and recovery concepts and strategies as described in the Oracle9i
Backup and Recovery Concepts
n Basic RMAN concepts and tasks as described in Oracle9i Recovery Manager
User’s Guide
n The operating system environment under which you are running Oracle
Organization
This document contains:
Chapter1, "About RMAN Commands"
This chapter describes the basic conventions of RMAN syntax.
Chapter2, "RMAN Commands"
This chapter displays the RMAN syntax diagrams, describes the elements of the
syntax, and provides examples.
Chapter3, "Recovery Catalog Views"
This chapter describes the recovery catalog views.
AppendixA, "Deprecated RMAN Commands"
This appendix describes RMAN syntax that is deprecated (that is, no longer
supported) but still functional.
AppendixB, "RMAN Compatibility"
This appendix shows the compatible combinations of the RMAN executable, target
database, recovery catalog database, and recovery catalog schema.
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