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Oracle® Database Backup and Recovery Basics
10g Release 2 (10.2)

Part Number B14192-03
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6.1 Database Restore and Recovery with RMAN: Overview

The focus of this chapter is on how you use RMAN and backups created with RMAN to return your database to normal operation after the loss of one or more database files needed for its normal operation. The database files that RMAN backs up and can recover are the control file, server parameter file, datafiles and archived redo log files.

The chapter is organized as follows:

The two most important RMAN commands used in database recovery are:

Typically, you will set the state of the database appropriately for the data recovery operation to be performed, allocate or configure channels required to communicate with the disk and media manager, and then run a series of RESTORE and RECOVER commands. RMAN retrieves all needed files from backup and performs media recovery on all restored datafiles, to return your database to the desired state.

6.1.1 Scope and Limitations of this Chapter

This chapter introduces the techniques which will cover the most common restore and recovery scenarios. Anyone performing restore and recovery, even in complex scenarios not covered here, should be familiar with the techniques outlined in this chapter. Note, however, the following limitations on the scope of this discussion:

6.1.2 Restore and Recovery with Enterprise Manager

Enterprise Manager provides access to much of the database restore and recovery functionality provided by RMAN through a set of recovery wizards, that lead the DBA through a variety of recovery procedures based on an analysis of your database, your available backups and your data recovery objectives.

Using RMAN through Enterprise Manager, you can perform the simpler restore and recovery scenarios outlined in this chapter, as well as much more sophisticated restore and recovery techniques such as point-in-time recovery and even use of the flashback features of the Oracle database, which allow for efficent repair of both media failure and user errors.

While the underlying functionality is the same, and the command-line client provides more flexibility, in many common situations, use of the Enterprise Manager interface to RMAN's restore and recovery features will be simpler than using the RMAN command line client directly.

See Oracle Database 2 Day DBA for more details on the restore and recovery features of Enterprise Manager.