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Backing up and recovering using RMAN

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Backing up and recovering using RMAN

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- [Instructor] Yes, we can use Oracle Data Pump to export and import data in a logical backup strategy or use a volume snapshot of the drives the database belongs to while the database is in a consistent state to perform a physical copy as a backup. But the traditional and most used backup and recovery tool for Oracle is the recovery manager, also known as RMAN. RMAN is a robust solution that maintains all backup information in the database's own control files, but can also have a separate database repository to house this metadata, referred to as a recovery catalog. The benefit of having the RMAN repository is if the control file is lost, it's substantially easier to recover by simply connecting to the catalog and issuing the recovery, all backup information available at your fingertips. RMAN connects to a database to back it up, referring to the database as a target, using the RMAN client and using its own syntax to communicate and execute each backup step. The syntax has some…

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