Oracle RMAN Pocket Reference

Name

allocOperand

Synopsis

A clause allowing the characteristics of a channel to be changed.

Oracle9i syntax

allocOperand :=
{ PARMS [=] 'channel_parms' 
| CONNECT [=] connectStringSpec 
| DEBUG [=] integer 
| FORMAT [=] 'format_string' [,'format_string' ...]
| TRACE [=] integer 
| { MAXPIECESIZE [=] integer 
  | RATE [=] integer } [ K | M | G ] 
| MAXOPENFILES [=] integer 
| SEND 'command'
} 

Oracle8i syntax

allocOperand :=
{ PARMS [=]'channel_parms'
| CONNECT [=] connectStringSpec 
| DEBUG [=] integer 
| FORMAT [=]'format_string' [,'format_string' ...]
| TRACE [=] integer 
} 

Keywords

PARMS

Specifies parameters for a nondisk device that has been allocated.

CONNECT connectStringSpec

Indicates an alternate database that will be the target of backup and restore operations.

DEBUG integer

Logs debugging information to an output file for backup, copy, or restore commands that use the channel.

TRACE integer

Specifies the level of trace information that is logged to an output file. The exact meaning of the integer is defined by the media management software.

MAXPIECESIZE integer

Specifies the maximum size for a backup piece.

RATE integer

Specifies the maximum number of bytes that RMAN will read per channel in bytes, kilobytes (K), megabytes (M), or gigabytes (G).

MAXOPENFILES integer

Specifies the maximum number of files that RMAN is allowed to have open at any given time.

SEND 'command'

Sends a vendor-specific command to all of the allocated channels.