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Re: Automating RMAN

From: Oradba_Linux <techiey2k3_at_comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 19:57:35 -0400
Message-ID: <BMmdnWJGN56_cB7fRVn-vQ@comcast.com>


amerar_at_iwc.net wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We now use RMAN to back up. We will keep one full week on disk, and 2
> weeks on tape.
>
> I was searching the net for some commands to automate the cleanup of
> the recovery catalog.
>
> Once 2 weeks have passed, the older backups are not needed. They have
> already been delete from disk, as we only keep one week on disk, but
> their entries are still in the catalog.
>
> Is there a command to basically tell RMAN to delete catalog entries
> older than X date, or have a redundancy factor > 2?
>
> I know there are all these reporting and listing commands, but I do not
> see anything that combines the report & change commands to delete
> entries that meet some reporting criteria....
>
> Thanks in advance
>

Firstly instead of searching on the net you should look at otn documentation.

http://oraclesvca2.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96566/part4.htm#435958 Received on Thu May 12 2005 - 18:57:35 CDT

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