Oracle RMAN - Darl Kuhn

Oracle RMAN Pocket Reference is a handy guide
for DBAs who intend to use Oracle Recovery Manager
for database backup and recovery. Because Recovery
Manager (RMAN) is a relatively new tool, many DBAs
are just becoming familiar with it. They will welcome
a timely book that explains clearly and concisely how
to use RMAN for common backup and recovery tasks that
are infrequent, yet extremely vital.

The first portion of the book is primarily task-oriented.
After a short section on RMAN architecture, the book
shows (in checklist style) how to perform common backup
and recovery tasks such as:

• Implementing a recovery catalog
• Creating and running RMAN scripts
• Configuring input/output channels
• Taking a full database backup
• Backing up tablespaces and datafiles
• Taking incremental backups
• Recovering lost datafiles

The second portion of the book consists of a handy
syntax reference to the many RMAN commands. Having
a quick reference to RMAN commands is a great
convenience to DBAs who otherwise, often under the
pressure of a recovery situation, would have to wade
through Oracle's online documentation.