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RMAN Tips, Tricks and Pitfalls (Doc ID 1462118.1)

Last updated on JULY 03, 2021

Applies to:

Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

RMAN Tips, Tricks, and Pitfalls.

Troubleshooting Steps

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In this Document
Purpose
Troubleshooting Steps
 RMAN Duplicate
 RMAN 11.2 Duplicate - Controlfile is restored not created
 RMAN 11.2 Active Duplicate 
 Block Change Tracking File
 Backup Pitfalls
 Default Database Initialization Parameters
 Offline or Missing Datafiles
 Best Practice
 Restore Pitfalls
 Restoring Oracle Managed File (OMF) Datafiles
 Offline Datafile VS Tablespace
 Manual Cloning
 RMAN and Block Corruption
 Data Recovery Advisor (DRA)
 Disaster Recovery
References


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