Oracle® Database Backup and Recovery Reference 10g Release 2 (10.2) Part Number B14194-03 |
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Syntax
releaseForMaint::=
Purpose
To release a sequential I/O device specified in an ALLOCATE CHANNEL FOR MAINTENANCE command. Note that maintenance channels are unaffected by ALLOCATE CHANNEL and RELEASE CHANNEL command issued within a RUN command.
Requirements
Execute this command only at the RMAN prompt, not within a RUN block.
You must have a maintenance channel allocated in order to release it.
Examples
Releasing a Maintenance Channel After a Delete Operation: Example This example allocates and then releases a maintenance channel to the media manager:
ALLOCATE CHANNEL FOR MAINTENANCE DEVICE TYPE sbt; DELETE NOPROMPT BACKUPPIECE 100; RUN { ALLOCATE CHANNEL ch1 DEVICE TYPE DISK; BACKUP DATAFILE 1; RELEASE CHANNEL ch1; # releases RUN channel but not maintenance channel } RELEASE CHANNEL; # releases maintenance channel