Backup and Recovery with Oracle RMAN


Course Number: ORC-412
Duration: 3 days (19.5 hours)
Format: Live, hands-on

Oracle Backup and Recovery Training Overview

This Backup and Recovery with Oracle RMAN training course teaches attendees how to use Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) utility for the backup and recovery of Oracle databases.

Location and Pricing

Accelebrate offers instructor-led enterprise training for groups of 3 or more online or at your site. Most Accelebrate classes can be flexibly scheduled for your group, including delivery in half-day segments across a week or set of weeks. To receive a customized proposal and price quote for private corporate training on-site or online, please contact us.

In addition, some courses are available as live, instructor-led training from one of our partners.

Objectives

  • Become familiar with all aspects the RMAN Recovery Manager
  • Configure a database for recoverability
  • Use RMAN with and without a recovery catalog
  • Perform backup, restore, and recovery operations
  • Use complete and incomplete recovery appropriately
  • Understand the various flashback technologies
  • Use RMAN for database duplication

Prerequisites

  • Understanding of Oracle database and instance architecture
  • Familiarity with SQL and basic PL/SQL
  • Able to work with Linux command-line tools

Outline

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Introduction to Recovery Manager
  • What is RMAN?
  • Basic Features
  • Use of Data Pump As Part Of A Backup Strategy
RMAN Architecture
  • RMAN Components
  • Component Releases
  • The Control File
  • Controlfile record keep time
  • Control File Size
  • NOCATALOG and CATALOG Mode
  • Recovery Catalog Creation And Maintenance
RMAN Setup
  • RMAN Installation
  • Necessary privileges
  • Password File
  • Oracle Net
  • Catalog Tablespace
  • Create Catalog
  • Register Database
  • RMAN Startup Options
  • The Fast Recovery Area
Executing RMAN Commands
  • RMAN Command Basics
  • Job Blocks
  • Command Syntax
  • Using SQL Statements from the RMAN Utility
  • Commonly Used Commands
RMAN Channels
  • Channel Concepts
  • Manual Allocation
  • Automatic Allocation
  • Parallelism
Backup with RMAN
  • Backup Concepts
  • Backup Set Concepts
  • Backupset Pieces
  • Using RMAN to Backup ASM Files
  • Control File and Spfile Backup
  • Deleting Archive Logs After Backup
  • Full Database, Tablespace, And Datafile Backup
  • Compressed Backup
  • Incremental and Cumulative Incremental Backup
  • Enabling Change Tracking
  • Using BACKUP for Image Copies
  • Incrementally Updated Copies
  • Backup Archive Logs
  • Retention Policies: Recovery Window And Redundancy
  • Overriding Retention Policy
  • Using the Duration Parameter
  • Restore & Recovery with RMAN
  • What Are We Protected Against?
  • Recovery-Related Commands
  • RESTORE Command
  • RESTORE PREVIEW
  • RECOVER Command
  • Recover Deleted Files
  • Recover Lost Tablespace
  • Restore to New Location
  • Incomplete (aka Point In Time) Recovery
  • Control File Recovery
Restore & Recovery with RMAN
  • What Are We Protected Against?
  • Recovery-Related Commands
  • RESTORE Command
  • RESTORE PREVIEW
  • RECOVER Command
  • Recover Deleted Files
  • Recover Lost Tablespace
  • Restore to New Location
  • Incomplete (aka Point In Time) Recovery
  • Control File Recovery
Database Duplication and Auxiliary Databases
  • For Standby
  • To create another primary
  • Duplication from backup or from the active database
  • Point In Time Tablespace Recovery
  • Table Recovery
Database Flashback and the FRA
  • The Fast Recovery Area
  • Flashback technologies
  • Database flashback architecture
  • Configuring database flashback
  • Using database flashback
  • Database flashback and resetlogs
Scripting and Reporting
  • Scripting
  • Reporting
  • Reporting: LIST
  • Reporting: REPORT
  • Reporting: Views
  • Reporting: SHOW
Getting Started With Tapes
  • Media Management Concepts
  • Installing the MML
  • Backup to Tape
  • Environment Variables
  • Default Tape Channels
  • Configurable Tape Settings
  • Setting Default SBT Channels
  • Backup with Default Channels
  • Tape Restore
RMAN Maintenance
  • Expired Backups
  • Cross-Checking Backups
  • Listing Expired Backups
  • Status of All Backups
  • Deleting Expired Backups
  • Obsolete Backups
  • Deleting Obsolete Backups
RMAN Case Studies
  • Configure the database for recoverability in all circumstances
  • Diagnose problems
  • Use the Recovery Advisor
    • Lost Control File
    • Lost online or archive redolog file(s)
    • Tuning
    • Dropped Tablespace
    • Damaged critical datafile
    • Damaged non-critical datafile
    • Dropped schema
    • Damaged Temporary Tablespace
    • Combinations of all the above
Conclusion

Training Materials

All Oracle training students receive comprehensive courseware and a related textbook.

Software Requirements

  • At least 8 GB RAM
  • A complete installation of Oracle
  • Oracle SQL Developer
  • Please contact us for detailed setup instructions if you have purchased this class


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