Oracle in a Nutshell

Common RMAN Parameters and Identifiers

The following keywords and parameters are used for many different RMAN commands. The later command syntax entries show which of the common keywords can be included in the commands but do not repeat the detailed descriptions.

channel_id

Case-sensitive name of a channel; follows the CHANNEL keyword.

ConnectStringSpec

Connects to an Oracle database with RMAN; specify as following:

['][userid][/[password]][@net_service_name][']

datafileSpec

Specifies a datafile by its fully qualified filename or by its file number; specify as following:

'filename' | file_number

deviceSpecifier

Storage type that will be the destination of a backup or copy. The value is either DISK or the name of a media device specified by the vendor of the backup tape drive being used.

filename

Name of a file to be used as part of an RMAN command. The filename can include the complete path for the file. If it does not contain the complete path, RMAN assumes that the file is in the directory from which RMAN was started.

format_string

Quoted string that specifies the format for a particular set of filenames. Because most filenames for backup pieces have to be unique, the format_string generally includes a pathname and one or more wildcard indicators. Wildcard indicators are preceded by a % and apply either a unique generated value (%u) or a more meaningful value, such as a copy number or a date-based value. For more detailed information, see the RMAN documentation.

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