Problem with Whole database backup

[Quoted] I must be missing something, but when I follow the directions in the Oracle8i Recovery Manager User's Guide and Reference (p.5-3 thru 5-4), [Quoted] it just doesn't seem to make sense.

[Quoted]    Step 1: connect to target and catalog
   Step 2: Mount, but do not open the database.
   Step 3: Allocate one or more channels of type disk.

I can connect to target and catalog while the database is open, but if [Quoted] I shutdown the db, then perform a 'startup mount', I can no longer [Quoted] connect to the catalog in rman. Assuming the database is down at the [Quoted] beginning of the process, how do you connect to the catalog?

[Quoted] Any insights will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

John

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Before you buy. Received on Mon Aug 28 2000 - 21:52:04 CEST