Recovery
The following views provide information about the current status of the online and offline redo logs, as well as backup processes controlled by the Recovery Manager (RMAN):
- *$ARCHIVE
Lists redo logs that must be archived. Available after database is mounted.
- *$ARCHIVE_DEST
Shows the status of all archive log destinations specified for the instance. See the discussion of the initialization parameters LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST, LOG_ARCHIVE_DUPLEX_DEST, and LOG_ARCHIVE_MIN_SUCCEED_DEST in Chapter 2.
- *$ARCHIVE_DEST_STATUS
Provides runtime information about archived log redo destinations. Can be used to see the progress of archiving multiple redo logs to multiple locations. New with Oracle9i.
- *$ARCHIVE_GAP
Provides information about any gaps in archived redo logs, which can block database recovery operations. New with Oracle9i.
- *$ARCHIVED_LOG
Provides information from the control file for all archive logs, using a time-based view of the log files. Available after database is mounted.
- *$BACKUP
Shows the backup status of all online datafiles managed by RMAN. Available after database is mounted.
- *$BACKUP_CORRUPTION
Details any datafile corruption detected as part of a backup managed by RMAN. Available after database is mounted.
- *$BACKUP_DATAFILE
Shows the location of the backup datafile used by RMAN. Available after database is mounted.
- *$BACKUP_DEVICE
Provides a list of available backup devices supported by RMAN.
- *$BACKUP_PIECE
Provides information about each backup piece (a subset of an RMAN ...
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