Using rman to backup a remote database

I am after a good guide or advice on how (what) to install and (how to) run Oracle RMAN
to backup a remote Oracle database.
RMAN must be installed and run on a Solaris (SunOS 5.8) box remote from the Solaris
box (also SunOS 5.8) running the Oracle database but connected to it via a TCP/IP
network.
The Oracle Recovery Manager and Database version is 9.2.0.1.0.
RMAN must perform the backup of the remote database over the network and store
the backup on a disk local to the RMAN box.
The backups may be full or incremental and may be "hot" backups taken while the
Oracle database is open.
The disk files are to be then backed up to tape using Veritas.
What software do I need to install on the RMAN box ?
What software do I need to install on the remote Oracle database box ?
Thanks,
Brett Morgan.

writes to a NFS-mounted diskRman is writing to disk or tape (when is bundled (libraries needed) with some backup software for tapes such as Veritas). The disk device could be local, or mounted disk form other host or storage (over NFS as Werner mentioned, SMB and others).

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What commands used for taking backup of oracle database using BR*Tools

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It oracle 10g database version 10.2.0.4
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1.RMAN> startup mount;
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3.RMAN> alter database open;
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or after cold backup, go to mount ,
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Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Tue Feb 21 08:58:46 2012
Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved.
connected to target database (not started)
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Fixed Size                     1268896 bytes
Variable Size                163578720 bytes
Database Buffers             436207616 bytes
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=====================================
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File Name: /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/backup/test1/21_RMAN_BACKUP_08n3s02u_1_1.bak
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=======================
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Since you are on 11g, hope this helps you http://shivanandarao.wordpress.com/2012/04/28/duplicating-database-without-connecting-to-target-database-or-catalog-database-in-oracle-11g/
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use es-backup with -o option; which does online backup. Make sure that oracle is running in archive mode. To configure this you must have run
/opt/SUNWsymon/sbin/es-config -a
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You forgot to restore the spfile or pfile on the second node to go to nomount state.
OR
You can use RMAN Duplicate to do this.
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Backup archive logs problem using RMAN

Hi guys
I got failure when using RMAN to backup archive log files:
Starting backup at 20-APR-06
current log archived
released channel: c1
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of backup command at 04/20/2006 21:53:57
RMAN-06059: expected archived log not found, lost of archived log compromises recoverability
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ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory
Additional information: 3
RMAN> **end-of-file**
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NAME TYPE VALUE
log_archive_dest_1 string LOCATION=/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/
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1_17_586191737.dbf 1_21_586191737.dbf 1_25_586191737.dbf 1_29_586191737.dbf 1_33_586191737.dbf
1_18_586191737.dbf 1_22_586191737.dbf 1_26_586191737.dbf 1_30_586191737.dbf 1_34_586191737.dbf
1_19_586191737.dbf 1_23_586191737.dbf 1_27_586191737.dbf 1_31_586191737.dbf 1_35_586191737.dbf
1_20_586191737.dbf 1_24_586191737.dbf 1_28_586191737.dbf 1_32_586191737.dbf afiedt.buf
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NAME S DEL
D YES
D YES
D YES
D YES
D YES
D YES
D YES
D YES
D YES
D YES
D YES
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/opt/oracle/flash_recovery_area/DB10G/archivelog/2006_03_18/ A NO
/opt/oracle/flash_recovery_area/DB10G/archivelog/2006_03_19/ A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/redo01.log A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/redo02.log A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/redo03.log A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_5_585926175.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_6_585926175.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_7_585926175.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_1_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_2_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_3_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_4_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_5_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_6_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_7_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_8_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_9_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_10_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_11_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_12_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_13_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_14_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_15_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_16_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_17_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_18_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_19_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_20_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_21_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_22_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_23_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_24_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_25_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_26_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_27_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_28_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_29_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_30_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_31_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_32_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_33_586191737.dbf A NO
/opt/oracle/oradata/DB10G/arch/1_34_586191737.dbf A NO
More records than actual archived logs. How could it happen? How to solve?
THanks in advance.
Sharon

Hi,
Use
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