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Perform Backup Based RMAN DUPLICATE Without Connecting To Target Database For Both Disk & Tape Backups (Doc ID 1375864.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 05, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
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Goal

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For the purposes of this document, the following fictitious environment is used as an example to describe the procedure:

Target Database:
DB_NAME: ORAprim

Auxiliary Database:
DB_NAME: ORAaux

If you are performing a backup based RMAN duplicate and using a recovery catalog as well, it is not required to connect to the source database as TARGET in RMAN.

This technique is advantageous where network connections from the auxiliary host to the source database are restricted or prone to intermittent disruptions. In duplication without a TARGET connection, the source database is unaffected by the duplication.

For this RMAN duplication, we will connect rman to the auxiliary instance and recovery catalog database and run duplicate command similar to below:

Solution

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