RMAN Script & RMAN Configuration

Dear All,
This is the first time i am using RMAN. i just wanted to execute the following RMAN script for a testing purpose, for this what are the RMAN configuration i must have to do before executing this script below:
RMAN> run {
shutdown immediate;
startup mount;
backup database;
alter database open;
}This is my current setup of RMAN
RMAN> show all;
RMAN configuration parameters for database with db_unique_name DP are:
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO REDUNDANCY 1; # default
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 PARALLELISM 1 BACKUP TYPE TO BACKUPSET; # default
CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT 'E:\RMAN\';
CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE TO UNLIMITED; # default
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION FOR DATABASE OFF; # default
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM 'AES128'; # default
CONFIGURE COMPRESSION ALGORITHM 'BASIC' AS OF RELEASE 'DEFAULT' OPTIMIZE FOR LOAD TRUE ; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO NONE; # default
CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO 'E:\APP\10004\PRODUCT\11.2.0\DBHOME_1\DATABASE\SNCFDP.ORA'; # defaultKindly advice me and give me a very clear study for this above parameters
Regards
HAMEED
Once i execute that script i got this following error :
+RMAN> run {+
+2> shutdown immediate;+
+3> startup mount;+
+4> backup database;+
+5> alter database open;+
+6> };+
database closed
database dismounted
Oracle instance shut down
connected to target database (not started)
Oracle instance started
database mounted
Total System Global Area     770019328 bytes
Fixed Size                     1374780 bytes
Variable Size                301991364 bytes
Database Buffers             461373440 bytes
Redo Buffers                   5279744 bytes
Starting backup at 18-MAY-11
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: SID=134 device type=DISK
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting full datafile backup set
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backup set
input datafile file number=00006 name=E:\APP\10004\ORADATA\DP\HAMEED01.DBF
input datafile file number=00007 name=E:\APP\10004\ORADATA\DP\ABDUL01.DBF
input datafile file number=00008 name=E:\APP\10004\ORADATA\DP\TEST01.DBF
input datafile file number=00001 name=E:\APP\10004\ORADATA\DP\SYSTEM01.DBF
input datafile file number=00002 name=E:\APP\10004\ORADATA\DP\SYSAUX01.DBF
input datafile file number=00005 name=E:\APP\10004\ORADATA\DP\EXAMPLE01.DBF
input datafile file number=00003 name=E:\APP\10004\ORADATA\DP\UNDOTBS01.DBF
input datafile file number=00004 name=E:\APP\10004\ORADATA\DP\USERS01.DBF
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 18-MAY-11
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03009: failure of backup command on ORA_DISK_1 channel at 05/18/2011 17:22:30
ORA-19504: failed to create file "E:\RMAN\"
ORA-27038: created file already exists
OSD-04010: <create> option specified, file already exists
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00558: error encountered while parsing input commands
Edited by: Hameed on May 18, 2011 4:59 AM

Dear Chinar, can you please varify this below ,, is it correct,, after given your setup i ran this script,,,
Kindly advice me
Regards
HAMEED
RMAN> run
2> {
3> backup current controlfile;
4> }
Starting backup at 18-MAY-11
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: SID=143 device type=DISK
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting full datafile backup set
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backup set
including current control file in backup set
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 18-MAY-11
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 18-MAY-11
piece handle=E:\RMAN\FULL_06MCLH66_1_1.BK tag=TAG20110518T180910 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:01
Finished backup at 18-MAY-11
Starting Control File Autobackup at 18-MAY-11
piece handle=E:\RMAN\CFC-796596855-20110518-00 comment=NONE
Finished Control File Autobackup at 18-MAY-11Edited by: Hameed on May 18, 2011 5:55 AM

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    input datafile fno=00108 name=+TEST_GRP/TEST/datafile/undotbs1.368.696699605
    input datafile fno=00040 name=+TEST_GRP/TEST/datafile/TEST_tds.300.656367299
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    channel d3: specifying datafile(s) in backupset
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    channel d6: specifying datafile(s) in backupset
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    channel d7: specifying datafile(s) in backupset
    input datafile fno=00137 name=+TEST_GRP/TEST/datafile/TEST_tds.397.706176033
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    input datafile fno=00067 name=+TEST_GRP/TEST/datafile/TEST_rds_tapin.326.667722723
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    input datafile fno=00004 name=+TEST_GRP/TEST/datafile/users.264.654101503
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    input datafile fno=00055 name=+TEST_GRP/TEST/datafile/TEST_dds.314.662492689
    channel d1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:54:41
    channel d3: backup set complete, elapsed time: 01:10:07
    channel d2: backup set complete, elapsed time: 01:11:12
    channel d4: backup set complete, elapsed time: 01:12:18
    channel d6: backup set complete, elapsed time: 01:12:42
    channel d7: backup set complete, elapsed time: 01:12:57
    channel d8: backup set complete, elapsed time: 01:14:31
    channel d5: backup set complete, elapsed time: 01:30:28
    Finished backup at 10-APR-10
    released channel: d1
    released channel: d2
    released channel: d3
    released channel: d4
    released channel: d5
    released channel: d6
    released channel: d7
    released channel: d8
    RMAN>
    Recovery Manager complete.Edited by: Fahd Mirza on Apr 10, 2010 8:37 PM

  • RMAN script for Unix

    We have decided to abandon user managed hot backups and go with RMAN. Could you critizize the following approach and see if we are missing anything? I am making whole database backup and controlfile and archivelogs. I am using RMAN catalog.
    In a Unix script setting all of the environment variables and then
    connect target ********
    connect catalog *********
    configure snapshot controlfile to '${ORACLE_HOME}/snapshot_${ORACLE_SID}_${TIMESTAMP}_ctl';
    run {
    allocate channel c1 type disk;
    allocate channel c2 type disk;
    allocate channel c3 type disk;
    backup database plus archivelogs;
    release channel c1;
    release channel c2;
    p.s. control file autobackup is on
    Also, I have these questions:
    1. How do I direct the output of this backup to a file?
    2. Is there a way to check for errors within this file to see if the backup went ok?
    3. Would anyone have a unix shell script example of the above?
    4. How do I make sure that catalog is synched with control file and what is on the file system?
    5. Is it customary to delete archive logs via RMAN script if, say, my policy is to keep it on the file system for 7 days?
    thank you for any input!

    Hi,
    You didnot mention the db version, assumed it's 10g.
    If you planned to schedule this job at os level, you might use crontab (unix). The snapshot controlfile config can set with catalog once, so it's not needed to include in your backup script. Like wise your retention can set as "recovery window of 7 days".
    1. How do I direct the output of this backup to a file?
    ==> inside rman script you might use the following command,
    set log to '/home/oracle/rmanbkp.log';
    2. Is there a way to check for errors within this file to see if the backup went ok?
    ==> you might check in the logfile for ORA- and RMAN- errors.
    3. Would anyone have a unix shell script example of the above?
    I use to schedule this job either by OEM or crontab using rman script file.
    4. How do I make sure that catalog is synched with control file and what is on the file system?
    RMAN will do auto sync with controlfile.
    5. Is it customary to delete archive logs via RMAN script if, say, my policy is to keep it on the file system for 7 days?
    Upon successful backup you may delete the archivelogs or you might decide to keep it for 7 days and then delete by applying "delete obsolete" command.
    Thanks,
    Nirmal

  • RMAN scripts & variables/parameters

    Hi
    We are using RMAN with TSM. There are a number of 9i and 8i databases. I tried to set the environment up to with as few scripts as possible to cover the variety of databases. I provide various variables/parameters to handle the differences between the various databases.
    In the 9i environment I "CONFIGURE" as much as possible to avoid setting changes in the actual backup script. That gives me a fairly clean generic backup script which also avoids manual channel allocations ie :
    run
    backup incremental level=0
    not backed up since time='SYSDATE-(8/24)'
    check logical
    filesperset=4
    format='/LVL0_%d_%T_%U'
    (database include current controlfile)
    plus archivelog format '/ARC_%d_%T_%U' delete all input;
    However due to the lack of "CONFIGURE" in 8i I cannot configure automatic channels. Therefor my script has to change to :
    run
    allocate channel ch01 type 'sbt_tape' parms 'ENV=(TDPO_OPTFILE=/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin/tdpo_${ORACLE_SID}.opt)';
    allocate channel ch02 type 'sbt_tape' parms 'ENV=(TDPO_OPTFILE=/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin/tdpo_${ORACLE_SID}.opt)';
    allocate channel ch03 type 'sbt_tape' parms 'ENV=(TDPO_OPTFILE=/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin/tdpo_${ORACLE_SID}.opt)';
    allocate channel ch04 type 'sbt_tape' parms 'ENV=(TDPO_OPTFILE=/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin/tdpo_${ORACLE_SID}.opt)';
    backup incremental level=0
    check logical
    filesperset=4
    format='/LVL0_%d_%T_%U'
    (database include current controlfile)
    (archivelog all format '/ARC_%d_%T_%U' delete input);
    release channel ch01;
    release channel ch02;
    release channel ch03;
    release channel ch04;
    I have multiple database instances on the same server & would like to have a single generic script with a variable/parameter to change the "tdpo.opt" file for each instance. The alternate is to have a complete set of scripts for each DB instance with everything hard coded.
    The question is : Can I pass variables/parameters to a RMAN script? If yes, how do I go about it?
    Maybe there are other ideas out there to do this. The key to me in this whole execise is to reduce maintenance & increase flexibility.
    Your responses will be appreciated
    CM

    I was hoping to get away from building part of the backup script ie the channel allocation in the RMAN statement.Don't know how you expect to do this when it's required for 8i databases ?
    Well since you are looking to accommodate 8i & 9i database and you need to manually allocate channels for the 8i databases, then you could configure your script to include an IF..THEN block that will run one set of RUN commands if the database name that is passed in is in a certain list and run the other RUN block if it isn't. You could maintain two "here document" blocks, one for 8i and one for 9i. Therefore, all of the commands can reside in one generic script.
    For example, you could configure your single, generic script as:
    # add your logic checking here to see if a 9i database sid
    # was passed in as a parameter.  If so run the following code
    rman target / log=${sid}bkp_log append << !1
    run
    backup incremental level=0
    not backed up since time='SYSDATE-(8/24)'
    check logical
    filesperset=4
    format='/LVL0_%d_%T_%U'
    (database include current controlfile)
    plus archivelog format '/ARC_%d_%T_%U' delete all input;
    !1
    # if not run the following (ie. 8i databases)
    rman target / log=${sid}bkp_log append << !2
    run
    allocate channel ch01 type 'sbt_tape' parms 'ENV=(TDPO_OPTFILE=/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin/tdpo_${ORACLE_SID}.opt)';
    allocate channel ch02 type 'sbt_tape' parms 'ENV=(TDPO_OPTFILE=/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin/tdpo_${ORACLE_SID}.opt)';
    allocate channel ch03 type 'sbt_tape' parms 'ENV=(TDPO_OPTFILE=/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin/tdpo_${ORACLE_SID}.opt)';
    allocate channel ch04 type 'sbt_tape' parms 'ENV=(TDPO_OPTFILE=/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin/tdpo_${ORACLE_SID}.opt)';
    backup incremental level=0
    check logical
    filesperset=4
    format='/LVL0_%d_%T_%U'
    (database include current controlfile)
    (archivelog all format '/ARC_%d_%T_%U' delete input);
    release channel ch01;
    release channel ch02;
    release channel ch03;
    release channel ch04;
    !2then you could call this generic script with the appropriate command line parameters.
    Hope I'm following your explanation/requirement.

  • RMAN script error in UNIX

    I have db10.2.0.3 on SUN Solaris 10.
    I have a rman script called backup_aps2
    This is the content
    #!/usr/bin/csh -fvx
    rman target / <<EOF
    configure controlfile autobackup on;
    run
    recover copy of database with tag 'incr_update';
    backup incremental level 1 for recover of copy with tag 'incr_update'
    database;
    EOFI got this error when I ran it:
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