© Michelle Malcher and Darl Kuhn 2019
Michelle Malcher and Darl KuhnPro Oracle Database 18c Administrationhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4424-1_18

18. RMAN Backups and Reporting

Michelle Malcher1  and Darl Kuhn2
(1)
Huntley, IL, USA
(2)
Morrison, CO, USA
 
Chapter 17 provided the details on configuring RMAN and using specialized features to control the behavior of RMAN. After you consider which features you require, you are ready to create backups. RMAN can back up the following types of files:

  • Data files

  • Control files

  • Archived redo log files

  • spfiles

  • Backup pieces

For most scenarios, you will use RMAN to back up data files, control files, and archivelog files. If you have the autobackup of the control file feature enabled, then RMAN will automatically back ...

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