ASM MD_Backup Vs RMAN Backups
Sep 4, 2012I would like to know when I should to use the MD_BACKUP and MD_RESTORE commands. Whats the advantage over the RMAN backups?
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RMAN Incremental Backups?
Sep 3, 2010"If no level 0 backup is available, then the behavior depends upon the compatibility mode setting. If compatibility is >=10.0.0, RMAN copies all blocks changed since the file was created, and stores the results as a level 1 backup. In other words, the SCN at the time the incremental backup is taken is the file creation SCN. If compatibility <10.0.0, RMAN generates a level 0 backup of the file contents at the time of the backup, to be consistent with the behavior in previous releases."
So yes, that's it. Even in the Oracle 11g OCP course and exam, the information given is for Oracle 9 (pre 10g). Seems like a major functional regression.
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Original problem.
Am I not understanding something about rman????
Using oracle 10g standard edition and rman.
No existing backups.
When I run repeated level 1 cumulative incrementals, the appear to back up everything (like a level 0 would).
My understanding is that if a level 1 is run w/o an existing level 0 backup, it will generate a level 0 backup.
All subsequent level 1 backups should be level 1's as expected.
If I explicitly generate an level 0, followed by level 1's it all works as expected.
I am determining what got backed up by the size of the resulting save sets.
Do I have to do an explicit level 0 and then explicit level 1's? I thought not.
RMAN :: How To Delete Old Backups In 10g And 11g
Sep 5, 2012if I run below rman command lines in 10g and 11g RMAN, it works well, but NOT in RMAN (Release 8.1.7.4.0), so which commandlines I should use to get to the same pursposes in RMAN 8.1.7.4?
run {
ALLOCATE CHANNEL c1 TYPE 'sbt_tape';
ALLOCATE CHANNEL c2 TYPE 'sbt_tape';
ALLOCATE CHANNEL c3 TYPE 'sbt_tape';
[Code]...
Client RMAN Backups From AIX Machine
Mar 7, 2010I have some client RMAN backups from an AIX machine, a set of .bkp files including the control file, that I have been asked to restore on a Windows 2003 server. My first question is if such a restore is possible?Also, the backups are from Oracle 10.2.0.3, and I need to restore them to 11g, will this cause any complications?
how to carry out such a restore procedure from scratch.
RMAN :: Manage Incremental Backups?
Feb 15, 2013We just purchased NAS (Raid5) unit to manage our data storage. I am planning to create a virtual partition on this nas device and use one partition for oracle data storage and another virtual partition will be used by other data (files and may be sqlserver data files....etc..)
We will have oracle installed on seperate oracle server. Can we use RMAN to manage incremental backups in this environment? May main worry point is that our data storage device will have many different type of datas and will we be able to tell RMAN to make backups only from certain virtual drives?
RMAN :: Incrementally Updated Backups
Jun 7, 2012I have two questions with this script
RUN
{
RECOVER COPY OF DATABASE
WITH TAG 'incr_update';
BACKUP
INCREMENTAL LEVEL 1
FOR RECOVER OF COPY WITH TAG 'incr_update'
DATABASE;
}
taken from here [URL]....
1) Does it backup archivers? If not, how to add them?
2) Can this script be run daily for ever?
RMAN :: 11g Archivelog Backups Not Going Obsolete?
Mar 11, 2013We have EM (Cloud 12c) initiated scheduled backup jobs that perform (all below are online backups, obviously archivelog mode)
- level 0 Incremental 3AM on Sunday - with options backup all archive logs, delete input, delete obsolete
- level 1 Incremental (non cumulative) 3AM every other day - same options
Recovery window is set to 3 days, other options below:
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO RECOVERY WINDOW OF 3 DAYS;
CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION OFF; # default
CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK; # default
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '%F'; # default
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK BACKUP TYPE TO COMPRESSED BACKUPSET PARALLELISM 2;
[code]....
Everything appears to be working normally (archive logs are being backed up and once they are the archive logs themselves are being deleted from the FRA), but I'm having some trouble understanding the behavior of the delete obsolete.
With a recovery window of 3 days, on Monday at 11AM my expectation would be that I would find in backups the following:
- level 0s from day before (Sunday) and the previous Sunday (8 days prior)
- all level 1s from previous Sunday on (so Mon-Sat and this morning)
- archivelog backups from Friday until this morning
What I'm not understanding is that I'm seeing archivelog backups from last Monday, Tuesday, etc. - i would have thought these would have gone obsolete based on my recovery window, yet when I run report obsolete in RMAN nothing is showing up.
RMAN / TSM - Missing Arch Logs Backups?
Aug 26, 2013I have an environment in which backup is performed of Oracle 10/11 databases with the use of RMAN and Tivoli Storage Manager (Data Protection for Oracle).There are several databases and for every one there is a daily full backup and hourly archive logs backup.
Sometimes when full db backup takes longer (up to 4 hours) archive logs backups are missed - as TSM node cannot perform two backups at a time. I would like not to have those missed backups.
Option A was to delete association of the arch log scheduler during full backup. But when removing association we lose historical data about backup. And we need historical data to be able to create weekly / monthly / quarterly statistics of completed backups. We need to have 99% completed.
Option B was to create two nodes in TSM (TDPO) and one will do full backup only and another one only arch logs backup. So the problem is moved to RMAN. But from RMAN specialist I heard that this may cause problems with full backup. During full backup also archive logs are backed up (at the start and end) so there might be a problem with accessing the file that is used by another process. And this may cause problem with full backup - which we want to avoid especially.
Backup & Recovery :: RMAN Not Removing Backups
Sep 10, 2012RMAN is not removing obsolete backups and now the backup directory is nearly full.Retention policy is 1, however, there are backups more than 6 weeks old still in the backup directory.crosscheck and delete obsolete commands run every night, and I have also run these manually, yet the backup files still remain.It is like RMAN is not aware of their existance.How can I confirm that RMAN does not need them and therefore delete them manually using OS commands.
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Nov 25, 2011I receive errors when trying to backup my database (version 9.2.0.2.0) to an NFS device.
I mounted the NFS device in the HP-UX 11.11 server with the folowing comand :
CODEmount -F nfs -o hard,rw,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,suid,proto=tcp ip_adress:/nfs/RMAN_BACKUPS /rman_backups
the device is succefully mounted.
drwxrwxrwx 2 99 100 17 Nov 25 16:17 rman_backups
When i begin a backup with rman i receive the folwing error :
CODEcanal ORA_DISK_1 : dM-imarrage de l'M-ilM-iment 1 dans 25/11/11
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03009: failure of backup command on ORA_DISK_1 channel at 11/25/2011 16:35:00
ORA-19504: Echec de crM-iation du fichier "/rman_backups/DB_6jmsi811_1_1.bkupset"
ORA-27041: ouverture du fichier impossible
HP-UX Error: 13: Permission denied
Additional information: 2
Gestionnaire de rM-icupM-iration (Recovery Manager) terminM-i.
It say permission denied but it is set to drwxrwxrwx and i can create and change any file in the directory.
Backup & Recovery :: RMAN Full Database Backups
Nov 9, 2011Environment:
oracle 10.2.0.1.0
Windows XP
I have taken the RMAN Full database backup through the following command.My database is in no archivelog mode.
AT RMAN prompt
Shutdown immediate;
Startup mount;
run
{
allocate channel c01 device type disk format 'd:
man_bkp est_%U';
allocate channel c02 device type disk format 'd:
man_bkp est_%U';
backup full database tag 'full_bkup_test_081111';
backup current controlfile;
backup spfile;
release channel c01;
release channel c02;
}
Now i have deleted my all controlfile and spfile/Pfile from the database.So how can i recover my SPfile and controlfile? i do not have autobackup on of SPfile/Controlfile.
Backup & Recovery :: Restoring RMAN Backups On Another Server
May 10, 2011I have a live server on which Oracle 10g Database is running. We take full RMAN Backups everyday. Now we want to restore the RMAN Backup file from the Live server to another machine (which is going to be a test system). I want to restore the latest RMAN backup on the test machine (which is not on network).
When I copy the RMAN backup set in the flash recovery area of the test machine and then use "list backup", the backup set is not listed. I also tried "crosscheck backup" and then "list backup" but still the backup set does not appear. how can I register the backup set from live server into test machine and then restore it.
Backup & Recovery :: Delete Obsolete Backups Using RMAN
Jul 4, 2011I have a problem in running delete obsolete or report obsolete using rman. Although the retention policy is set to "CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO RECOVERY WINDOW OF 60 DAYS;", when running delete obsolete or report obsolete it deletes or returns all the backupsets till sysdate. What should I do to solve this issue?
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Jun 8, 2012is it possible to have a vss snapshot backup on the top of an RMAN backup. Because the link [URL] says that we can have an incremental level 1 backup on the vss snapshot backup.
So I need to know if interoperability between RMAN and VSS exists or not.
Also is it possible to have mixed backups meaning vss snapshot backups and rman backups. Whenever we take snapshot backup, is it updated in the control file?
Backup & Recovery :: RMAN Incrementally Updated Backups
Jan 20, 2013I am trying to learn about RMAN Incrementally Updated Backups. I created a database on Server A with the parameters and configurations as shown in image attached. I would like to restore full database on Server B (Test DB).The Server B is exactly same in directory structure as the Server A
e.g. ('E:archive','E:incr_backup'). I would like to automate this process so that it updates the Server B on daily basis for R&D purpose.
Recovery Manager (RMAN) :: How To Delete All Archivelog Backups Of The Day
Sep 3, 2013Oracle 10gR2 on 64-bit RHEL.Backup Strategy:There will be a level-0 backup of the database every Sunday and level-1 every weekday.Archivelogs will be backed up up every 30 minutes.
Q: How can I delete ALL the archivelog backups that were taken that day (every 30 minutes) right after successful completion of level-0 or level-1 backup?
I want to delete them because they may not be of any use after the level-0 or level-1 backup (am I right)?
Data Guard :: Configuring RMAN For Incremental Backups In Environment
Aug 24, 2012Here we have a dataguard environment with db1 as primary and db2 as physical standby database. We configured dataguard in 10g environments and we are not using grid control. What are the steps for configuring rman for incremental backups in this environment?
We want to schedule the backups to be taken in standby db, (that is applicable in case of switchover too). In the case of switchover to db2 what all do we need to do in rman manually to resume backups in db1?
Recovery Manager (RMAN) :: Take Incremental Backups Without Level 0 Backup
Nov 13, 2013Any procedure which we can initiate an incremental backup without Level 0 backup.
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Apr 5, 2013Dataguard and RMAN.
Got Active DataGuard on a primary database, quite nicely sending its archive logs to its secondary. I can quite happily use the Broker and switchover between them.
Now if I take RMAN backups of the primary database, if I have to failover to the secondary, I'm gonna loose all those backups.
Well, I can restore the whole database to the backup, cos I can restore the control file, from the backuip and therefore I can restore the whole db.
But if I want to restore to a tablespace, I wont be able to , cos the db_unique_names names are different, and the DB ID's will be different.
Same goes if I use a recovery catalog....
so how do I failover/switchover without loosing my previous rman backups ??
Backup & Recovery :: RMAN - Control File Be Used To Store Scripts Which Are Used To Perform Backups?
May 12, 2011Can the control file be used to store scripts which are used to perform backups? I know the RMAN recovery catalog can.
Does the SHOW command display detailed reporting on the RMAN catalog contents other than configuration information?
Resize Online Redolog Files And Make RMAN Absolute Backups As Usable?
Jun 19, 2013why can not we resize online redolog files instead of re-creating the same with large size and remove the older onces.2. How can we make RMAN obsolute backups as usable ?
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View 10 Replies View RelatedBackup & Recovery :: RMAN Restore / Recovery To Previous Cold Backups
Aug 13, 2013My scenario is: database is in archivelog mode.
I run DLY cold backups including controlfile & archivelogs and keep 3 gens of backups and archivelogs to 3 days also. What is the correct procedure to restore back to an old cold backup. Database is backed up Mon,Tue,Wed on Thur we require to bring database back to Tuesday DLY security.
I have tried:
startup mount
restore database from tag 'DLYTUE'
recover database
( this just rolls forward on all archive logs once it restores datafiles, not getting to point to alter database open resetlogs.)
Next tried to :
recover database archivelog tag 'DLYTUE'
( same outcome )
What is the correct rman procedure including should I remove old archive logs from working OS directory ? Also need to know once I restore back and open database to TUE security how do you tidy up the archive logs and dumps which are no longer require i.e. : weds..
I have read about using the set until time option but how to I get absolute time from when cold backup completed if this is the correct procedure.
RAC & Failsafe :: Sap Backups From Node 207
Aug 11, 2011I am having an issue when trying to run a backup from node 207...Initially When trying to run the backup I got this error.
scrbdefrmr207:orarer 54> brbackup -u / -c force -t online -m all -p initRER_online.sap
BR0051I BRBACKUP 7.00 (40)
BR0055I Start of database backup: begnlswy.anf 2011-08-11 21.29.08
BR0484I BRBACKUP log file: /oracle/RER/sapbackup/begnlswy.anf
BR0477I Oracle pfile /oracle/RER/102_64/dbs/initRER001.ora created from spfile /oracle/RER/102_64/dbs/spfileRER001.ora
BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2011-08-11 21.29.13
BR1351I Configuration of database services:
RER001 PREF: RER001 AVAIL:
RER002 PREF: RER002 AVAIL:
DVEBMGS50_scrbdefrmr207 PREF: RER001 AVAIL: RER002
DVEBMGS50_scrbdefrmr208 PREF: RER002 AVAIL: RER001
[code]....
I have many other rac servers and sids setup this way and they all work,,I can login to sqlplus and do any changes .. no issues going into sqlplus in node 207 and node 208..I have checked the directory i.e mesg and teh files are there ..
scrbdefrmr207:orarer 56> pwd
/oracle/RER/102_64/sqlplus/mesg
scrbdefrmr207:orarer 57> ls
cpyus.msb cpyus.msg sp1us.msb sp1us.msg sp2us.msb sp2us.msg
I think the message is decieving as it complains about oracle home and sp1<lang>.msb not found ,, when i tis there.I have also checked my env variables .. they all there i.e
scrbdefrmr207:orarer 58> env |grep ORA
dbms_type=ORA
ORACLE_SID=RER001
ORACLE_HOME=/oracle/RER/102_64
ORACLE_BASE=/oracle
scrbdefrmr207:orarer 59> env | grep LD_
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/sap/RER/SYS/exe/run:/oracle/RER/102_64/lib
I an run archives log backups perfectly.. So its only when its trying to connect into the db.
Possible To Recover BLOCK Corruption With Exp Backups
Jul 9, 2013While taking a full export i came to know there was a block corruption in SYSAUX tablespace. I dont have any COLD/HOTBACKUPS/RMAN BACKUPS. As i have only the Exp backups and the database is in archive log mode. Whether is it possible to recover the BLOCK CORRUPTION with exp backups.
View 12 Replies View RelatedBackup & Recovery :: Delete Obsolete Backups
Mar 17, 2011We observed that our RMAN backup was taking more time to complete. CROSSCHECK is the main culprit as because of having data in the catalog for more than 3 years.
So in the part of script we added delte obsolete recovery windoe of 14 days. (Redundancey 1).
Here the problem is we are getting error as
RMAN-03002 - failure of delete command
RMAN-06091 - NO channel allocated for maintenance (of an appropriate type).
Reason: Till 2 years back the backup was stored in tape and after that it got changed to disk. So allocating channel disk to delete obsolet is not working. How we can over come this.
We tried like allocating channel tape sbt_type. It got failed as no media manager information configured. We dont have that information.
How we can overcome this.
Oracle 10g
AIX 5.1
Data Guard :: Backups On Physical Standby Database (RAC)?
Nov 23, 2011I have set up a single instance standbys for rac databases. Now, I need to offload the backups from the primary on to the standbys.
1. cancel managed recovery
2. connect to target(standby) and catalog and backup the standby
3. put standby in managed recovery mode.
I think following these steps, I can restore primary(?). Now, My question is, how can I use these standby backups to clone/refresh databases? I tried it by connecting to target(primary), catalog and auxiliary but rman is using the primary backups instead of standby's to refresh the auxiliary database.
Backup & Recovery :: Making Backups With Oracle VSS Writer
Apr 19, 2012I am going through the Oracle VSS writer , trying out various methods. Just keen to know if this is the right place to ask VSS related questions as I could not find any post related to VSS.
For Volume based VSS shadow copy backups for a logged database, I am unsure about the restore method using VSS writer. Also oracle doc does not mention any steps for volume based restore of a logged (archive log mode db) database.
Backup & Recovery :: Crosscheck - Number Of Expired Backups
Jan 4, 2012I've done a crosscheck backup in RMAN and the list of expired objects has actually gone down, in number, from the last time I did this ( 2 weeks prior). We do NOT delete anything from our RMAN catalog on a routine basis (ie. no "DELETE EXPIRED BACKUP commands were issued) so normally the list of expired backup objects increases with each RMAN maintenance task we do. Why the number of expired objects might actually go down in this particular instance ?
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Feb 21, 2013I am using data guard and a physical standby database.How to assign backups on physical standby database to reduce the load on Primary database.
environment: windows
Database version:11.2.0.1.0
What are the pro and cons on assigning RMAN backups jobs to physical standby database?