RMAN syntax to backup & copy datafile.

Question

Hi
Requesting RMAN syntax to bakup a datafile.
And
Requesting RMAN syntax to copy a datafile.
Wishes
Jawad

Answer 1

You must full qualify the datafile name (with full pathname).
RMAN> report schema;
Report of database schema
File K-bytes    Tablespace           RB segs Datafile Name
1        204800 SYSTEM               YES    /db/ARON/fs1/system_d01_0.dbf
2         10240 TEST                 NO      /db/ARON/fs1/test_d01_0.dbf
3         51200 USERS                NO      /db/ARON/fs1/user_s01_0.dbf
4        512000 UNDO                 YES     /db/ARON/fs1/undo_d01_0.dbf
RMAN> copy datafile "system_d01_0.dbf" to "/tmp/system_d01_0.cpy";
Starting copy at 30-JAN-06
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=14 devtype=DISK
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of copy command at 01/30/2006 20:13:19
RMAN-20201: datafile not found in the recovery catalog
RMAN-06010: error while looking up datafile: /oracle/9.2.0_64/dbs/system_d01_0.dbf
RMAN> copy datafile "/db/ARON/fs1/system_d01_0.dbf" to "/tmp/system_d01_0.cpy";
Starting copy at 30-JAN-06
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: copied datafile 1
output filename=/tmp/system_d01_0.cpy recid=48 stamp=581112835
Finished copy at 30-JAN-06Aron