RMAN Backup Query

[Kevinillingw]

Hi Guys

New user to Oracle here, I have an application that uses an Oracle (11g) database on a Windows Server 2012, I need to be able to backup the database whilst it is online the application is critical and cant be taken down to backup the database.

How do I specify where my backups are wrote to ?

How do I backup the database whilst online I have been reading and Backup archivelog seems the way but can anyone tell me how ?

 

[Beilstwh]

Read up on RMAN. It's oracles backup manager and can do a hot backup if the database is in archivelog mode.

Bill
Lead Application Developer
New York State, USA

 

[Kevinillingw]

Do you have the commands to achieve this ?

 

[LKBrwnDBA]

1) Configure rman (just once):

CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK; 
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK PARALLELISM 2 BACKUP TYPE TO BACKUPSET;
CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT 'Y:\orabackup\ORCL\%d_%U'; #<= location of backups
#  Other configuration statements . . .

2) Code backup scripts:

# rman_full_bkp -- Full backup (base for incrementals)
RUN
{
  BACKUP AS COMPRESSED BACKUPSET
    INCREMENTAL LEVEL 0
    DATABASE
    INCLUDE CURRENT CONTROLFILE
    PLUS ARCHIVELOG DELETE INPUT
  ;
}

# rman_incr_bkp -- Incremental backup
RUN
{
  BACKUP AS COMPRESSED BACKUPSET
    INCREMENTAL LEVEL 1
    DATABASE
    INCLUDE CURRENT CONTROLFILE
    PLUS ARCHIVELOG DELETE INPUT
  ;
}

# rman_arch_bkp -- Archive logs backup
RUN {
  BACKUP AS COMPRESSED BACKUPSET
  ARCHIVELOG ALL DELETE INPUT
  ;
}

# Execute backup script
#!/bin/ksh
ORAENV_ASK=NO
. /usr/local/bin/oraenv 'ORCL'

rman target / {catalog rman/rman4bkup@rcat} @C:\oracle/scripts\rman_full_bkp.rmn LOG=C:\oracle\logs\full_bkp.log

Good luck!




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[LKBrwnDBA]

As posted above:

Read up on RMAN. It's oracles backup manager and can do a hot backup if the database is in archivelog mode.

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