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No, you still need archived redo logs. An RMAN backup is not the same as a cold backup; when you restore it you need to apply all the redo generated from the time you started the backup until the time the backup completed in order to get the SCN consistent across all the datafiles and the controlfile. Let us consider the old fashioned hot backup. In this ...

If my source database uses SPFILE then do I have create a PFILE from the SPFILE? Yes, you need to create a temporary PFILE to use while duplicating the database. You will later switch the new instance to use the SPFILE. Use CREATE PFILE = 'path/to/pfile' FROM SPFILE; You only need to create directories that are referenced in the PFILE or SPFILE. ...

If I correctly understand your question as: "I want to create a standby database and later on take backups on the primary like if there would be no standby present" In this case, you do not need a recovery catalog: quote "An RMAN recovery catalog is required so that backups taken on one database server can be restored to another database server. It is not ...

Backing up Archive logs is only necessary when running in Archive log mode, so the question comes back to whether the database should do this or not. This is covered in the same document you reference under the heading Deciding Between ARCHIVELOG and NOARCHIVELOG Mode. Here is an excerpt: Deciding Between ARCHIVELOG and NOARCHIVELOG Mode The redo ...

The "device" in RMAN is a misnomer, it should be really called "storage". The "sbt" (synonym of "sbt_tape") is a misnomer again, as it has NOTHING to do with any tapes, it should be simply called "non-rman". This is just an empty placeholder, to be filled with any "plugin"; the plugin is called by Oracle either the "Media Manager library" or SBT_LIBRARY. ...

The answer to your question is no, however.... It sounds like a flashback query is what you need. Query the data as of a time when it existed and when it returns the correct data, insert it into the current table. This solution does require space in the UNDO tablespace sufficient to meet your UNDO_RETENTION requirements. It also doesn't use RMAN, but is ...

A Cold Backup is making a copy of the files with the database closed. These commands are both for hot backups using RMAN. They are both preferred over cold backups due to their flexibility. The difference between the two commands is whether or not archive logs are backed up. If you need be able to recover to any point between your backups or anytime ...

You need to use the catalog command in RMAN to make the file known to the database (don't worry, this does not depend on a recovery catalog!)

Each redo log file (and archived redo log file) contains starting SCN and ending SCN. In case it is a last redo, the ending SCN is 0xffffffffffff. nap01:~/oradata/jt10g$ strings redo01.log|head -3 z{|} JT10G Thread 0001, Seq# 0000000004, SCN 0x0000000b05b5-0x0000000bd34f nap01:~/oradata/jt10g$ strings redo02.log|head -3 z{|} JT10G Thread 0001, Seq# ...

Figured out the problem. Simply changing the Autobackup Format back to the default '%F' is not viewed as the default. In order to truly have the default value you must use the clear command. CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK CLEAR; RMAN behaivor returned to normal. Thanks to all who viewed my question!

Yes, if you want to prevent a level 1 from being created without a corresponding level 0 being available, then you need to do a crosscheck in the script so RMAN knows that the level 0 is not available. Prior to 10g (or with compatibility < 10.0) Oracle would do a level 0 when a level 1 was done without a level 0. Since you are on 11g, I would expect ...

Jay, this isn't officially documented, so I'm speaking only from my own experience. In RMAN, the command BACKUP DATABASE ... is synonymous with BACKUP DATAFILE 1, 2, ..., n-th .... Also the command RESTORE DATABASE ... is synonymous with RESTORE DATAFILE 1, 2, ..., n-th .... I'm not sure about RECOVER DATABASE; it might be also a synonym of RECOVER ...

Your requirements look like a good case for Oracle's Flashback Data Archive (Total Recall) feature. Disclaimer: I haven't used this feature yet. The description reads: A Flashback Data Archive provides the ability to track and store transactional changes to a table over its lifetime. A Flashback Data Archive is useful for compliance with record stage ...

Here is Oracle's answer. Basically your options are these: Delete transient files no longer needed for current policies. Change something stored in the Fast Recovery Area to be stored elsewhere This could be temporarily or permanently. Increase the db_recovery_file_dest_size to be larger than 7 GB. Decrease your backup window or redundancy. Change your ...

If you want to clone prod. db into dev. env. regulary I would recommend you to use RMAN for whole database. Or exp/imp (expdp/impdp) for single schema. RMAN is not easy to use for developers who have no Oracle experience, but finally you will find this approach fastest and safest. If you're about to clone your prod db into some reporting server maybe you ...

RMAN only works at the block level & has no idea about the contents of a given block, and therefore cannot do this. You need to use expdp with the query parameter: expdp phil/phil directory=myexportdir dumpfile=yourtable.dmp query=yourtable:\"where groupid in (1,2,3)\" tables=yourtable Obviously, this isn't incremental. There's no really easy way of ...

TL;DR to be able to restore data+undo without overwriting the entire current undo. When you perform RMAN online backup, some transactions are in the middle of processing, they did change something but not yet performed their COMMIT. Transactional model of work ("atomicity") requires those transactions to be rolled back (completely undone) on recovery. ...

TL;DR: Just supply the tag of the backup you want to restore the database from, for example restore database from tag 'INTERESTING_TAG'; DISCLAIMER The solution provided here is based solely on my own experience, you use it on your own risk. I'm not liable for any damages (including data loss) caused by using this solution. Also, do I always need ...

The RMAN backup concepts guide (link for 11gR2, but the concept hasn't changed): The only difference between a level 0 incremental backup and a full backup is that a full backup is never included in an incremental strategy. Full and level zero backups copy all blocks that have data (and more if you're doing image copies), so they are both "full" in ...

Deleting archivelog data would normally be done as part of the backup operation removing older archive data after a new backup is taken. You should read the following: Oracle Concepts Guide (pdf), particularly chapter 11 Administrator's Guide, chapter 13 (which has useful information on Archive Logs). Only after reading all that should you look at the ...

The included backup.bat (windows) or backup.sh (all other platforms) script found under $ORACLE_HOME/config/scripts will do the following: Check that the user running the script is in the DBA or DBOPER system groups Check that the database is in archivelog mode and have the FAST_RECOVERY_AREA parameter configured. Back up the database to the fast recovery ...

An INCREMENTAL LEVEL 0 is a full backup of all used blocks in the database. An INCREMENTAL LEVEL 1 CUMULATIVE is a backup of only the blocks that have changed since the last incremental backup. ... the definitions above paraphrased from the Glossary of Oracle Database Backup and Recovery User's Guide 11g Release 2.

The changes required to setup a duplicate from A (target) to B (auxiliary) in RMAN are pretty trivial. 1) db_file_name_convert AND log_file_name_convert parameters in the auxiliary database. If the file paths are exactly the same, simple name replacement should suffice: db_file_name_convert='PROD','TEST' log_file_name_convert='PROD','TEST' IF your path ...

Some things which might help: Don't backup into a single file. allocate CHANNEL d1 DEVICE TYPE disk maxpiecesize 32768M format some_backup_path Use as many channels as you can stand. allocate CHANNEL d2 DEVICE TYPE disk maxpiecesize 32768M format some_backup_path allocate CHANNEL d3 DEVICE TYPE disk maxpiecesize 32768M format some_backup_path allocate ...

If logging with RMAN, you'd have to set the filename yourself - there's no wildcard. But there is an APPEND option. spool log to 'my_log_file' append Similarly, invoking RMAN with the APPEND option causes it to append to any log file specified. Our backup scripts do the log maintenance at the OS level: export ...

If you are using the 11g duplicate from active database option, the only port that needs to be open is the listener port (usually 1521). If you are using any other options to copy your files to the standby host, the required ports for the protocol that you use (scp/ftp/nfs ...) Apart from the 11g 'from active database' option, RMAN does only read ...

Doing a LIST EXPIRED ARCHIVELOG and then a DELETE EXPIRED ARCHIVELOG should cause a new LIST EXPIRED ARCHIVELOG to not show any entries in most situations. Here are a few situations that could cause this to not be the case. If FORCE is not specified on the delete command then it follows the archived log deletion policy which determines when archived redo ...