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RMAN : incremental backup for tables only [message #598345] Mon, 14 October 2013 03:24 Go to next message
mamingui
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Hi All,

I've a little question : Is it possible to use RMMAN to backup 2 tables incrementally ?
I don't want to backup all the database but only these 2 tables.
Thanks in advance for your answer.
Re: RMAN : incremental backup for tables only [message #598346 is a reply to message #598345] Mon, 14 October 2013 03:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
John Watson
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Think it through, and the answer will be clear. Backing up a table would require identifying which blocks make up the table. That would require access to the data dictionary, where this information is stored (and visible in views such as dba_extents). Therefore, to make a table backup would require the database to be open - otherwise, the data dictionary cannot be read. So if table backups were possible, a cold backup would be impossible. A backup tool that could not backup a closed database would be useless.
Does that help? I find that thinking about architecture will answer most questions.
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You cannot backup tables but if the tables are alone on one or several tablespaces, you can then backup these tablespaces.

Re: RMAN : incremental backup for tables only [message #598348 is a reply to message #598345] Mon, 14 October 2013 03:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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mamingui wrote on Mon, 14 October 2013 13:54
Is it possible to use RMMAN to backup 2 tables incrementally ?
I don't want to backup all the database but only these 2 tables.


Read the documentation, it says, the goal of an RMAN incremental backup is to backup only those data blocks......

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/backup.102/b14192/bkup004.htm

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Re: RMAN : incremental backup for tables only [message #598358 is a reply to message #598346] Mon, 14 October 2013 05:05 Go to previous message
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Sorry, am I missing something? Where does the OP mention backing up a closed database?
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