Re: using rman

Holger Baer wrote:

> I suggest you get the Recovery Manager Quick Reference on
> http://tahiti.oracle.com : Select your Oracle version (which,
> btw., you forgot to mention in your post) and goto the list of books.
>
> After reading it, all your answers should be answered. If not,
> consider reading Recovery Manager Reference and Recovery Manager User's
> Guide.
>
> Having said all this, here is a quick start to get a list of the
> commandline options:
>
> rman help
>
> (Note: help is not a valid option for rman, but it gives you a list
> of the options available.)
>
> And probably you'll need to allocate a channel before trying to make a
> backup. Since this is covered in the mentioned Quick Reference, I can't
> be bothered to repeat it here... :-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Holger
>
> Detlef Jockheck wrote:

>> Hi,
>> 
>> I want to use rman (first time). Is there a short description available
>> what I need to do to make a backup with rman?
>> 
>> I've just tried a
>> --- cut ---
>> RMAN> run {backup database;}
>> 
>> RMAN-03022: Befehl wird kompiliert: backup
>> RMAN-03026: Fehlerbehebung bei Freigabe von Kanalressourcen
>> RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
>> RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
>> RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
>> RMAN-03002: failure during compilation of command
>> RMAN-03013: command type: backup
>> RMAN-06172: not connected to recovery catalog database
>> --- cut ---
>> 
>> How can I create a recovery catalog database? Is it created
>> automatically? How can I connect to it?
>> 
>> ciao
>> Detlef
>>

I'm using Oracle 8i (8.1.7) and it seems that there is no "Recovery Manager Quick Reference" available :-(

ciao
Detlef

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# Detlef Jockheck