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Dear Reader,
Darl Kuhn, coauthor of
Oracle RMAN
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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 do.
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
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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


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■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

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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, 3
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

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V$SESSION view, 493
V$SESSION_LONGOPS view, 493, 498, 526
V$SESSION_WAIT view, 493

■W
warm backup, 9
web tool, 548
weekly_backup identifier, 182
weekly_copy tag, 203
which command, 91
whole backups, 9
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, 5
writewindow option, 551
writewindow parameter, 552

■X
xcopy utility, 640