The Data Guard broker logically groups primary and standby databases in a Data Guard setup into a broker configuration that allows the broker to manage and monitor…
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Below are some of the frequently used Physical Standby Data Guard related SQL queries 1) Basic information of database (primary or standby) SQL> SELECT DATABASE_ROLE,…
6 CommentsBelow is basic diagram of Data Guard Physical Standby Database: PHYSICAL STANDBY DATA FLOW Let us understand how the data flows in data guard…
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5 CommentsOracle Data Guard ensures high availability, data protection, and disaster recovery for enterprise data. Data Guard provides a comprehensive set of services that create, maintain,…
6 CommentsSome of the Oracle Data Guard related questions are listed below. Q 1 What is data guard in simple language? A 1 Your…
60 CommentsRMAN performs backup and recovery tasks on the databases and automates administration of the backup strategies. It greatly simplifies backing up, restoring, and recovering database files.…
11 CommentsEvery Oracle Database has a control file as one of its important file. It is a small binary file that records the physical structure of the database.
The control file includes:
– Database name
– Names and locations of associated datafiles and redo log files
– The timestamp of the database creation
– The current log sequence number
– Checkpoint information
To work with RMAN, you must configure several things, which can be default backup type (disk or tape), the number of channels you want to use, and the degree of parallelism.
When you are testing it on your personal system, you probably can get by with RMAN’s default configuration settings. However, for production jobs involving sophisticated backup strategies, you need to customize RMAN’s configuration settings to fulfill all your requirement. You can configure different backup retention policies, for example, for different databases.
Leave a CommentOracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) satisfies the most pressing demands of performant, manageable backup and recovery, for all Oracle data formats.
RMAN provides a common interface, via command line and Enterprise Manager, for backup tasks across different host operating systems.
Below are some of the commonly used RMAN commands which you can run through RMAN command line.
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