RE: Can I pass a parameter into an RMAN Script?

Sam,  

If you generate the Rman commands within your unix script, you can use substituion variables:  

export RMANSCR=/tmp/rman_scr.rcv
export RMANLOG=/tmp/rman.log    

echo "format '/san2/orabackup/${ORACLE_SID}/CTRL_%d_%T_%p_%s%t';" >> $RMANSCR     rman target user/pwd catalog user/pw cmdfile $RMANSCR msglog $RMANLOG    

Get the idea?

Tom

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Sam Bootsma Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 12:45 PM To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Can I pass a parameter into an RMAN Script?

Hello all,  

Oracle 10.2.0.3, Enterprise Edition, on AIX 5.3.  

In our RMAN backup scripts for our AAA database we have several format lines that look like:

format '/san2/orabackup/AAA/CTRL_%d_%T_%p_%s%t';  

The same lines for our BBB database looks like:

format '/san2/orabackup/BBB/CTRL_%d_%T_%p_%s%t';  

Because of this difference in the format lines I need to create and maintain separate RMAN scripts for each database. If I could pass a parameter into the RMAN script, then I could have just one RMAN script and call it with a parameter specifying the database name.  

Can anybody tell me if this is possible? Or must I continue to create separate RMAN scripts for each database I wish to backup? I checked the Oracle docs, but could not find anything that spoke to what I want to do.  

Thanks,  

Sam Bootsma

Oracle Database Administrator

Information Technology Services
George Brown College

Phone: 416-415-5000 x4933
Fax: 416-415-4836
E-mail: sbootsma_at_georgebrown.ca <mailto:sbootsma_at_georgebrown.ca>  

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