RMAN backup at Remote server.

Hi All,
RUN {
BACKUP
INCREMENTAL LEVEL=0
FORMAT '/oracle/backup/last/%d_DBNAME_T%T'
DATABASE;
This will backup the database and will place the backup set at the location /oracle/backup/last.
But my requirement is to backup the full database and place backup set at location /oracle/backup/remote_full_backup on the remote server say(Backup server).
what kind of changes i have to make in the existing backup script in order to achieve this task.
DB Version:10.2.0.1
OS:LINUX.
Thanks.

This guide is for Solaris, but it works also with linux:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5093/fsmount-69423?a=view
Regards,
Enric Moya

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1) I performed the full database backup on source .
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