Oracle Database 12c Oracle RMAN Backup & Recovery

This authoritative Oracle Press resource on RMAN has been thoroughly revised to cover every new feature, offering the most up-to-date information

This fully updated volume lays out the easiest, fastest, and most effective methods of deploying RMAN in Oracle Database environments of any size. Keeping with previous editions, this book teaches computing professionals at all skill levels how to fully leverage every powerful RMAN tool and protect mission-critical data.

Oracle Database 12c RMAN Backup and Recovery explains how to generate reliable archives and carry out successful system restores. You will learn to work from the command line or GUI, automate the database backup process, perform Oracle Flashback recoveries, and deploy third-party administration utilities. The book features full details on cloud computing, report generation, performance tuning, and security.

• Offers up-to-date coverage of Oracle Database 12c new features
• Examples and workshops throughout walk you through important RMAN operations

Table of Contents

PART I Getting Started with RMAN in Oracle Database 12c
Chapter 1 Quick-Start Guide for RMAN and Oracle Database 12c
Chapter 2 Oracle Database 12c Backup and Recovery Architecture Tour
Chapter 3 Introduction to the RMAN Architecture
Chapter 4 Oracle Database 12c Multitenant

PART II RMAN Configuration, Backup, and Recovery Essentials
Chapter 5 RMAN Setup and Configuration
Chapter 6 The RMAN Recovery Catalog
Chapter 7 RMAN Backups
Chapter 8 RMAN Restore and Recovery
Chapter 9 Advanced RMAN Recovery Topics
Chapter 10 Duplication: Cloning the Target Database

PART III RMAN Maintenance and Administration
Chapter 11 Maintaining RMAN
Chapter 12 Monitoring and Reporting in RMAN
Chapter 13 Performance Tuning RMAN Backup and Recovery Operations
Chapter 14 Using Oracle Cloud Control for Backup and Recovery

PART IV RMAN in a Highly Available Architecture
Chapter 15 RMAN Best Practices
Chapter 16 Surviving User Errors: Flashback Technologies
Chapter 17 RMAN and Data Guard
Chapter 18 RMAN and Real Application Clusters
Chapter 19 Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance: Evolution of RMAN to Enterprise-wide Database Protection Solution
Chapter 20 RMAN in the Workplace: Case Studies

PART V RMAN Media Management
Chapter 21 Media Management Considerations
Chapter 22 Oracle Secure Backup
Chapter 23 Backing Up to Amazon Web Services Using the Oracle Secure Backup Cloud Module
Chapter 24 Enhancing RMAN with Veritas NetBackup for Oracle
Chapter 25 Configuring HP Data Protector for Oracle
Chapter 26 RMAN and Tivoli Storage Manager
Chapter 27 RMAN and CommVault Simpana

PART VI Appendixes
Appendix A RMAN Scripting Examples
Appendix B Setting Up an RMAN Test Environment