RMAN backup to two locations

How can I write backupsets to two different locations at the same time . So, I have FRA area and /backup UFS mounted mount point . I want to write on both of them . Can anyone tell how can I do that at the same time ? Help will be appreciated. Thanks

Hi,
I have to configure RMAN in such a manner that it has two backup destination
1) FRA
2) ANY OTHER DESTINATION
but according to our retention policy (15days) the obselete backup file should be deleted only from one location(FRA) but the other location's backup should persist until i manualy remove them.
did retention policy of RMAN and FRA is done seperatly?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Vindhyesh

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RMAN backup into multiple locations

Hi All,
Our database size is 1.4 TB. I am planning to schedule RMAN full backu. But i do not have mount point of size 1.4 TB. We have mount point /rmanbkp1 of size 1200GB and /rmanbkp2 of size 200GB. How can i distribute RMAN backup to these two filesystems.
Can i take tablespace level backups..?
Please suggest.
Thanks
Sandeep Vadlamudi

Hello;
First of all 1200GB, might be enough since you probably are not using all the blocks in the 1.4 TB and will compress you will also lose less.
Can i take tablespace level backups..?
Yes but the value is limited. You cannot for example recover a dropped tablespace.
Test a backup first and get an idea of how much space you really need.
Also once you have a backup how do you free space for the next backup?
You could use the FORMAT command to backup the database to one location and the Archive to the other. 200 GB is not much space.
RMAN backup into more than one location :
http://www.oracle-class.com/?p=2043
Best Regards
mseberg

Centralized rman backup in one location

Hi,
I want to centralize rman backup for all my databaseserver in one location.
I already dedicate one server for this backup and create a catalog in this server but if i start the backup the backup file is not stored on the server that reside the catalog but in the database server. What should I do to store all my backup in this backup server.
Thanks

dbakely wrote:
RMAN> show all;
starting full resync of recovery catalog
full resync complete
RMAN configuration parameters for database with db_unique_name TESTDB are:
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO REDUNDANCY 1; # default
CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION OFF; # default
CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK; # default
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP OFF; # default
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 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 '/opt/oracle/11.2.0/orah1/dbs/snapcf_testdb.f'; # default
Yes, catalog is just a metadata but I want to store rman backup in a remote database server.
Is there rman server to be installed to do this?
ThanksPls, your RMAN script also.
Look:
Server1: Where you execute your backup script
Server2: Where your catalog database resides.
Now, if you want your backups to be stored in Server2, you have to mount location at Server1 which points location at Server2. This is could be NFS o ssh based sharing and etc.

RMAN backup for two databases with similar DBID

We have two databases with SID 'uiivc' and 'uiivc1' running from one of the HP Unix 11.11 PA-RISC server. I did configured RMAN backup for both databases. But it is found that both databases have same DBID [connected to target database: UIIVC (DBID=3005194057) for UIIVC & connected to target database: UIIVC1 (DBID=3005194057) for UIIVC1] and backup configured via crontab seen running fine with full backup at weekend and archivelog backup at daily for both databases. Now my query is that will it create any issues at time of restoration since both databases have similar DBID? Does RMAN uses DBID to distinguish databases?
Kindly help to clarifiy
Regards
Manoj Thakkan
[email protected]

Hi Tycho,
I configured RMAN to store controlfile backups in different folders on each database.
UIIVC database:
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '/hot_backups/rmanbkp/uiivc/cf%F';
UIIVC1 database:
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '/hot_backups/rmanbkp/uiivc1/cf%F';
Server output:
uii-79:uiivc1 > ls -lrt /hot_backups/rmanbkp/uiivc
total 43904816
-rw-r----- 1 oracle dba 21144928256 Jul 15 10:58 8rkk68p5_1_1
-rw-r----- 1 oracle dba 287110144 Jul 15 13:41 8tkk6sfv_1_1
-rw-r----- 1 oracle dba 862700544 Jul 16 08:00 90kk8sel_1_1
-rw-r----- 1 oracle dba 152350720 Jul 16 08:09 92kk8tgg_1_1
-rw-r----- 1 oracle dba 32145408 Jul 16 08:09 cfc-3005194057-20090716-01
uii-79:uiivc1 > ls -lrt /hot_backups/rmanbkp/uiivc1
total 24186112
-rw-r----- 1 oracle dba 6373965824 Jul 13 13:10 83kk1ftf_1_1
-rw-r----- 1 oracle dba 784803840 Jul 13 13:46 85kk1j5e_1_1
-rw-r----- 1 oracle dba 1022674944 Jul 13 23:07 87kk2kjs_1_1
-rw-r----- 1 oracle dba 1814230016 Jul 14 23:46 89kk591i_1_1
-rw-r----- 1 oracle dba 1211042816 Jul 15 23:06 8bkk7tc0_1_1
-rw-r----- 1 oracle dba 1165975552 Jul 15 23:10 8ckk7tnr_1_1
-rw-r----- 1 oracle dba 10534912 Jul 15 23:10 cfc-3005194057-20090715-00
And I saw backups are placing in the respective folders too. So with these settings, can I safely assume there is no issues with RMAN backup and restore having similar DBID for two databases running on same server?
Regards
Manoj Thakkan

RMAN backup to 2 locations

Hi,
How to backup database to 2 locations using RMAN?
Assume, i need to backup to c:\backup1 and c:\backup2, both locations contains of same backup file.
Thank you.
Wilson

You have to set the number of backup copies to the number of different locations.
Look on [url http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96565/rcmsynta50.htm#98625]SET command: "BACKUP COPIES".
Then you have to define the locations using the FORMAT parameter on [url http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96565/rcmsynta9.htm#78484]BACKUP command.
Example:RUN
ALLOCATE CHANNEL c1 DEVICE TYPE DISK;
SET BACKUP COPIES = 2;
BACKUP DATABASE FORMAT 'c:\backup1\%U', 'c:\backup2\%U';
}Edited by: serra on 19-feb-2010 9:00

Backup between two locations

We have 2 offices. Instead of using cloud space to have an offsite backup, I am thinking of putting a Mac Mini in each office and backing up the other offices files every other night. We both have fiber optic internet service at 10mbps up and down. I was planning to VPN in to each server and then use Super Duper or something else. Time Machine would be great if it will work. I could run Lion server or Snow leopard server.
Does anyone see a problem with this setup? Any bottlenecks? Suggestions?
Thanks,
Rich

I'll chime in here because I do the exact same thing now and it works beautifully.
We have an Xserve at one end and a Mac Mini at the other. Every night the Xserve backs up to external storage attached to the Mini at the remote location. The connection is made through a Point2Point circuit (fiber).
I use Carbon Copy Cloner (http://bombich.com). I HIGHLY recommend this app. You can schedule your backup tasks to run at specific times or at a regular interval, and it sends you email notifications so you don't have to comb log files to make sure your backup ran.
There are no bottlenecks or problems that I've encountered. It backs up your data thru an SSH tunnel. Part of the setup process involves the app generating public and private keys, and then you install the public key on your remote machine to falicitate the SSH connection.
This is pretty much a flawless backup strategy. I've never had a problem with it.

Rman backup to alternate location

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Env,
oracle11gr2.
rhel5
data,log,control,fra all are in asm.
we do daily backups to fra on disk(ASM) using rman. There is a special requiremtn to take a full backup to an nfs mount say "/spl/rman" accessibile from the node .
How do i achieve this?
Thanks
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backup
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current controlfile
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Need help in the RMAN backup

Hi everybody
What are the steps needed if move the RMAN backup to other location in the OS level
(ie) every week i have to move the backup to other location

There are not problem for example:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\comp>set ORACLE_SID=W
C:\Documents and Settings\comp>sqlplus "/as sysdba"
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.2.0 - Production on Mon Apr 26 14:53:08 2010
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All Rights Reserved.
ERROR:
ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
Enter user-name:
C:\Documents and Settings\comp>sqlplus "sys/sm as sysdba"
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.2.0 - Production on Mon Apr 26 14:53:15 2010
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All Rights Reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.2.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
SQL> archive log list;
Database log mode No Archive Mode
Automatic archival Disabled
Archive destination USE_DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST
Oldest online log sequence 12
Current log sequence 14
SQL> shutdown immediate;
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL> startup mount
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 125829120 bytes
Fixed Size 1288100 bytes
Variable Size 71305308 bytes
Database Buffers 46137344 bytes
Redo Buffers 7098368 bytes
Database mounted.
SQL> alter database archivelog;
Database altered.
SQL> alter databaseop;
alter databaseop
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00940: invalid ALTER command
SQL> alter database open;
Database altered.
SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.2.0 - Pr
oduction
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
C:\Documents and Settings\comp>rman target sys/sm
Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.2.0 - Production on Mon Apr 26 14:55:58 2010
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
connected to target database: W (DBID=754336873)
RMAN> backup database;
Starting backup at 26-APR-10
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=144 devtype=DISK
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting full datafile backupset
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backupset
input datafile fno=00001 name=D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\W\SYSTEM01.DBF
input datafile fno=00003 name=D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\W\SYSAUX01.DBF
input datafile fno=00005 name=D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\W\EXAMPLE01.DBF
input datafile fno=00002 name=D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\W\UNDOTBS01.DBF
input datafile fno=00004 name=D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\W\USERS01.DBF
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 26-APR-10
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 26-APR-10
piece handle=D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\W\BACKUPSET\2010_04_26
\O1_MF_NNNDF_TAG20100426T145611_5XBRSX1M_.BKP tag=TAG20100426T145611 comment=NON
E
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:01:34
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting full datafile backupset
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backupset
including current control file in backupset
including current SPFILE in backupset
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 26-APR-10
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 26-APR-10
piece handle=D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\W\BACKUPSET\2010_04_26
\O1_MF_NCSNF_TAG20100426T145611_5XBRWXG2_.BKP tag=TAG20100426T145611 comment=NON
E
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:05
Finished backup at 26-APR-10
RMAN> crossckeck backupset;
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00558: error encountered while parsing input commands
RMAN-01009: syntax error: found "identifier": expecting one of: "allocate, alter
, backup, beginline, blockrecover, catalog, change, connect, copy, convert, crea
te, crosscheck, configure, duplicate, debug, delete, drop, exit, endinline, flas
hback, host, {, library, list, mount, open, print, quit, recover, register, rele
ase, replace, report, renormalize, reset, restore, resync, rman, run, rpctest, s
et, setlimit, sql, switch, spool, startup, shutdown, send, show, test, transport
, upgrade, unregister, validate"
RMAN-01008: the bad identifier was: crossckeck
RMAN-01007: at line 1 column 1 file: standard input
RMAN> crosscheck backupset;
using channel ORA_DISK_1
crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'EXPIRED'
backup piece handle=D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\W\BACKUPSET\201
0_04_26\O1_MF_NNNDF_TAG20100426T145611_5XBRSX1M_.BKP recid=1 stamp=717346573
crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'EXPIRED'
backup piece handle=D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\W\BACKUPSET\201
0_04_26\O1_MF_NCSNF_TAG20100426T145611_5XBRWXG2_.BKP recid=2 stamp=717346669
Crosschecked 2 objects
RMAN> delete expired backupset
2> ;
using channel ORA_DISK_1
List of Backup Pieces
BP Key BS Key Pc# Cp# Status Device Type Piece Name
1 1 1 1 EXPIRED DISK D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_R
ECOVERY_AREA\W\BACKUPSET\2010_04_26\O1_MF_NNNDF_TAG20100426T145611_5XBRSX1M_.BKP
2 2 1 1 EXPIRED DISK D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_R
ECOVERY_AREA\W\BACKUPSET\2010_04_26\O1_MF_NCSNF_TAG20100426T145611_5XBRWXG2_.BKP
Do you really want to delete the above objects (enter YES or NO)? y
deleted backup piece
backup piece handle=D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\W\BACKUPSET\201
0_04_26\O1_MF_NNNDF_TAG20100426T145611_5XBRSX1M_.BKP recid=1 stamp=717346573
deleted backup piece
backup piece handle=D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\W\BACKUPSET\201
0_04_26\O1_MF_NCSNF_TAG20100426T145611_5XBRWXG2_.BKP recid=2 stamp=717346669
Deleted 2 EXPIRED objects
now i copy all backup to c:\db
then
RMAN> catalog start with 'c:\db';
searching for all files that match the pattern c:\db
List of Files Unknown to the Database
=====================================
File Name: C:\db\O1_MF_NCSNF_TAG20100426T145611_5XBRWXG2_.BKP
File Name: C:\db\O1_MF_NNNDF_TAG20100426T145611_5XBRSX1M_.BKP
Do you really want to catalog the above files (enter YES or NO)? y
cataloging files...
cataloging done
List of Cataloged Files
=======================
File Name: C:\db\O1_MF_NCSNF_TAG20100426T145611_5XBRWXG2_.BKP
File Name: C:\db\O1_MF_NNNDF_TAG20100426T145611_5XBRSX1M_.BKP
RMAN> list backupset;
List of Backup Sets
===================
BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
1 Full 592.76M DISK 00:01:26 26-APR-10
BP Key: 4 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: NO Tag: TAG20100426T145611
Piece Name: C:\DB\O1_MF_NNNDF_TAG20100426T145611_5XBRSX1M_.BKP
List of Datafiles in backup set 1
File LV Type Ckp SCN Ckp Time Name
1 Full 947689 26-APR-10 D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\W\SYSTEM01.
DBF
2 Full 947689 26-APR-10 D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\W\UNDOTBS01
.DBF
3 Full 947689 26-APR-10 D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\W\SYSAUX01.
DBF
4 Full 947689 26-APR-10 D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\W\USERS01.D
BF
5 Full 947689 26-APR-10 D:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\W\EXAMPLE01
.DBF
BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
2 Full 6.80M DISK 00:00:04 26-APR-10
BP Key: 3 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: NO Tag: TAG20100426T145611
Piece Name: C:\DB\O1_MF_NCSNF_TAG20100426T145611_5XBRWXG2_.BKP
Control File Included: Ckp SCN: 947720 Ckp time: 26-APR-10
SPFILE Included: Modification time: 26-APR-10
RMAN>

Document for upgrading 8i to 10g using RMAN backup

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RMAN won't perfom upgrade. You'll have to resotore your database using the Recovery Manager reference manual 8i: http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/A87860_01/doc/server.817/a76990/toc.htm . (Watch out, the above mentioned reference is for RMAN 10g, there were many differences between 8i and 10g, if you try to use 10g syntax on an 8i rman it will partially work or won't work at all)
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Delete RMAN backup

Oracle 11.2.0.1
Windows
I takes RMAN backup at D:\RMAN_BAKCUP of our test database. Now there is space problem, I have to allocate some space to other folder. I shall take cold backup of database by shutdown. How do I start to delete RMAN backup from above location. It is incremental backup. What precautions should be there while deleting RMAN backup with archive logs.
Can I delete all archive logs too after consistent backup by shutting down the database ?
I am facing space problem, thats why I though that I shall take cold backup of db and now no need of rman backup as well as archive logs. Am I correct ?
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user12050217 wrote:
Oracle 11.2.0.1
Windows
I takes RMAN backup at D:\RMAN_BAKCUP of our test database. Now there is space problem, I have to allocate some space to other folder. I shall take cold backup of database by shutdown. How do I start to delete RMAN backup from above location. It is incremental backup. What precautions should be there while deleting RMAN backup with archive logs.
Can I delete all archive logs too after consistent backup by shutting down the database ?
I am facing space problem, thats why I though that I shall take cold backup of db and now no need of rman backup as well as archive logs. Am I correct ?
Thanks.Given what else I've read in this thread (test database, no need for point in time recovery, etc.) A 'cold' backup may be appropriate, but I'd still use rman to do it. I have a similar situation right now with one of my test databases. I took an rman cold backup (database is open MOUNT) with KEEP UNTIL 'SYSDATE + 60'. Once, sometimes twice, a day the developer asks for a restore to the backup. Piece of cake with rman, especially with a little script all ready to go. Would be a bit more difficult with a 'user managed' backup.

Duplicate RMAN backup output to multiple destinations

Hi
We run Oracle 10.2, we have a requirment to duplicate the rman backup to three destinations at the same time, given that FRA is defined, following is the backup script:
rman
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Of course this will backup to FRA only.
The requirment is to duplicate the rman backup output to FRA , /orabackup1 and /orabackup2 in the same one command, i.e, without running the backupo three times.
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Setting backup on two different locations

Hello, people. I am a newbie DBA and at my work place , Using RMAN for my backup strategy I want to set up a backup to two different location ( e.g A:\backup and B:\backup), I have configure two channels, and also set configure device type disk parallelism 2, but I seem not to be getting the result i need.
What does configure device type disk parallelism actually do?
For me to proceed, what do i need to do? thank you.

RMAN configuration parameters are:
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO RECOVERY WINDOW OF 3 DAYS;
CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION ON;
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;
CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 2;
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT 'D:\oracle\backup\data_%U', '\\atapp\data\olu\backup\data_%U';
CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE TO UNLIMITED; # default
CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO 'D:\ORACLE\ORACLE9I\DATABASE\SNCFTESTER.ORA'; # default
this is my configuration and it works fine, A copy of the backup are on both servers, the same size the and there is only copy of the archive log and controlfile on one of the servers which is fine

To take RMAN backup at multiple disk locations

Hi,
Can we configure RMAN to take backup of DB at more than one disk locations with CONFIGURE command.
Thanx.
Ashutosh.

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Setting backup on two different location

Hello, people. I am a newbie DBA and at my work place , Using RMAN for my backup strategy I want to set up a backup to two different location ( e.g A:\backup and B:\backup), I have configure two channels, and also set configure device type disk parallelism 2, but I seem not to be getting the result i need.
What does configure device type disk parallelism actually do?
For me to proceed, what do i need to do? thank you.

Question is, do you want A:\ & B:\ backup locations to by synchronized? If so, you'll need to use the COPIES parameter (could also copy the backupset once the backup is complete). Setting the PARALLELISM alone will not synchronize the two backup locations.
In your case, it would appear that you manually allocated multiple channels with a format specified, therefore RMAN produced the three pieces in A:\ and the one piece in B:\ .
What you'll experience with multiple copies AND multiple channels (parrlelism 2 for example) is that one channel will grab a group of files and begins backing up to the multiple locations while channel two grabs another group of files and begins backing up to the multiple locations at the same time.
Hope this helps.

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