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Backup Catalog Database
Is it possible to take Catalog Database Backup using RMAN? If Yes, How?


  
Total Answers and Comments: 1 Last Update: June 19, 2009     Asked by: krishnaprasad.sola 
  
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June 19, 2009 02:39:43   #1  
msmanan Member Since: June 2009   Contribution: 2    

RE: Backup Catalog Database
Yes you can perform backup of catalog database using RMAN with below steps:

1. Start the RMAN with NOCATALOG option.
2. Run the recovery catalog database in ARCHIVELOG mode.
3. set the retention policy to a REDUNDANCY value greater than 1.
4. Backup the database onto two separate media(disk and tape) You can use BACKUP COPIES 2.
5. Donot use another recovery catalog as the repository for these backups.
6. configure the controlfile autoback feature to ON.

 
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