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

Part Number B14194-03
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CONNECT

Syntax

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Purpose

To establish a connection between RMAN and a target, auxiliary, or recovery catalog database.

Note:

When connecting from the command line, the password may be visible to other users on the system. The CONNECT command used from within RMAN avoids this problem.

See Also:

"cmdLine" for command line connection options

Restrictions and Usage Notes

Keywords and Parameters

Syntax Element Description
CONNECT AUXILIARY connectStringSpec Establishes a connection between RMAN and an auxiliary instance. Auxiliary instances are used with the TRANSPORT TABLESPACE and DUPLICATE commands, and during RMAN TSPITR.
CONNECT CATALOG connectStringSpec Establishes a connection between RMAN and the recovery catalog database. You must run this command before running any command that requires a repository. Otherwise, RMAN defaults to NOCATALOG mode and invalidates the use of CONNECT CATALOG in the session.
CONNECT TARGET connectStringSpec Establishes a connection between RMAN and the target database.

Examples

Connecting Without a Recovery Catalog: Example This example starts RMAN and then connects to the target database with an Oracle Net service name prod1:

% rman NOCATALOG
RMAN> CONNECT TARGET sys/change_on_install@prod1;

Connecting in the Default NOCATALOG Mode: Example This example starts RMAN and then connects to the target through Oracle Net. Because BACKUP is run and no CONNECT CATALOG has been run, RMAN defaults to NOCATALOG mode:

% rman
RMAN> CONNECT TARGET sys/change_on_install@prod1;
RMAN> BACKUP DATAFILE 7;
# You cannot run CONNECT CATALOG after this point because RMAN has defaulted to NOCATALOG

Connecting with a Recovery Catalog: Example This example starts RMAN and then connects to the target database prod1 by using operating system authentication and the recovery catalog database rcat by using a password file:

% rman
RMAN> CONNECT TARGET / ;
RMAN> CONNECT CATALOG rman/rman@rcat;

Connecting to Target, Recovery Catalog, and Auxiliary Databases: Example This example connects to three databases specifying a username and password for each:

% rman
RMAN> CONNECT TARGET SYS/sysdba@prod1;
RMAN> CONNECT CATALOG rman/rman@rcat;
RMAN> CONNECT AUXILIARY SYS/sysdba@dupdb;