2.8. Working Examples Using RMAN

In the following sections, you will perform some common and practical examples that you may encounter in your daily routine. You will perform certain types of backups such as backing up the archived redo logs and using the image copy to back up an entire database.

You will also learn how to do certain tasks that are common in daily operations such as enabling ARCHIVELOG mode and scheduling a backup job in RMAN.

2.8.1. Enabling ARCHIVELOG Mode

Enabling ARCHIVELOG mode is a must-know process that is essential to managing an Oracle database. Enabling ARCHIVELOG mode is necessary for creating online backups and performing certain types of database recovery.

ARCHIVELOG mode allows backups to a point-in-time in the ...

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