Oracle® Database Backup and Recovery Reference 10g Release 2 (10.2) Part Number B14194-03 |
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Syntax
send::=
Purpose
To send a vendor-specific string to one or more channels supported by a media manager. Refer to your media management documentation to determine which commands are supported.
Restrictions and Usage Notes
You must only SEND
commands supported by the media manager. The contents of the string are not interpreted by the databasethe database, but are passed unaltered to the media management subsystem.
Keywords and Parameters
Syntax Element | Description |
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CHANNEL 'channel_id' |
Specifies which channel to use. If you do not specify DEVICE TYPE or CHANNEL , then RMAN uses all allocated channels. You must specify a case-sensitive channel ID, which is the name of the channel, after the CHANNEL keyword. the database uses the channel ID to report I/O errors. |
DEVICE TYPE deviceSpecifier |
Specifies the type of storage device and sends the command to all channels of the specified type.
See Also: "deviceSpecifier" |
' command ' |
Specifies a vendor-specific media management command.
See Also: Your media management documentation to determine which commands are supported |
PARMS = ' channel_parms ' |
Parameters for the channel communicating with the media manager. |
Example
Sending a String to the Media Manager: Example This example sends vendor-specific commands to a media manager:
RMAN> SEND 'VAR=a82'; sent command to channel: ORA_SBT_TAPE_1 RMAN> BACKUP DATAFILE 2;