Oracle Rman

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RMAN for the
Busy DBA

Practical

RMAN Recipes
for

Oracle Database 11g
An example-based approach to backing up and recovering your Oracle database.

A Problem-Solution Approach

Darl Kuhn, Sam Alapati, and Arup Nanda

RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 11g
A Problem-Solution Approach

Darl Kuhn, Sam Alapati, and Arup Nanda

RMAN Recipes forOracle Database 11g: A Problem-Solution Approach Copyright © 2007 by Darl Kuhn, Sam Alapati, Arup Nanda
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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

Contents at a Glance

Foreword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii About the Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi About the Technical Reviewer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxix

■ CHAPTER 1 ■ CHAPTER 2 ■ CHAPTER 3 ■ CHAPTER 4 ■ CHAPTER 5 ■ CHAPTER 6 ■ CHAPTER 7 ■ CHAPTER 8 ■ CHAPTER 9 ■ CHAPTER 10 ■ CHAPTER 11 ■ CHAPTER 12 ■ CHAPTER 13 ■...