10g Physical Standby to be used for Backup through RMAN

Dear All,
I have 10g Database Primary and Standby Server which is operating in Maximum Performance Mode. I want to use Standby Database for performing Weekly Full and Daily Incremental Backups through RMAN. Kindly inform me is it possible, if yes how should I configure it. I will also be using Compression and Encryption while performing backups.
Best Regards,
Asif

Yes, that is possible.
Because the standby databases are in mount mode, they can be accessed through the SYS account .
I use the following RMAN script for the same purpose. Please note that we have configure the flashback area, so we are not letting RMAN delete the archive files:
run {
sql 'alter system archive log current';
sql 'alter system archive log current';
allocate channel ch1 type 'sbt_tape' parms 'ENV=(TDPO_OPTFILE=/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin64/tdpo.opt)';
backup
incremental level 0
tag full_bk_db_webshop
format 'df_%d_t%t_s%s_p%p'
(database include current controlfile);
backup archivelog all;
This script is for a FULL backup ( level 0 ). You could also use the "backup full" command
You can easily change the level of the Backup for incremental purposes.
Starting RMAN - if configured correctly - is the same as with an open database
export ORACLE_SID=<STDBYSID>
rman target / rcvcat <rman/rman>@<catalogsid>
the user for, and the catalogsid are merely examples
Edited by: fjfranken on Mar 24, 2009 4:07 AM

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