RMAN parameters - to use more CPU for Backup & Restore

Hi Friends,
I am using RMAN backup on 11g database on windows.
RMAN is taking almost 1 hr to restore the database and i could see the CPU usage is very less - less than 10% during restore.
so how can i make the RMAN backup and restore faster by using more CPU on windows.
Regards,
DB

839396 wrote:
Hi Friends,
I am using RMAN backup on 11g database on windows.
RMAN is taking almost 1 hr to restore the database and i could see the CPU usage is very less - less than 10% during restore.
so how can i make the RMAN backup and restore faster by using more CPU on windows.Where is your bottleneck? ... On Storage? If yes, your CPU available are useless during backup/restore operation.
Even better, check the wait events in your database and you'll know why the backup / restore is not as expected.
See this example:
http://levipereira.wordpress.com/2012/08/09/what-is-slow-rman-or-media-management-library/
Regards,
Levi Pereira

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