November 2001
Intermediate to advanced
126 pages
3h
English
RMAN server processes are background processes, started on the server, used to communicate between RMAN and the databases. They can also communicate between RMAN and any disk, tape, or other I/O devices. RMAN server processes do all the real work for a backup or restore operation, and a typical backup or restore operation results in several server processes being started.
Server processes are started under the following conditions:
When you start RMAN and connect to your target database
When you connect to your catalog -- if you are using a recovery catalog database
When you allocate and open an I/O channel during a backup or recovery operation
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