Tales From A Lazy Fat DBA

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‘SCRIPT’ Command
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# creates recovery catalog script to back up database and archived logs
RMAN> CREATE SCRIPT backup_whole
COMMENT “backup whole database and logs”
{
BACKUP INCREMENTAL LEVEL 0 TAG b_whole_l0
DATABASE PLUS ARCHIVELOG;
}

RMAN> list script names;

List of Stored Scripts in Recovery Catalog

Scripts of Target Database QRCL

Script Name
Description
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backup_whole
backup whole database and logs

RMAN>

The PRINT SCRIPT command is used to view the contents of a stored script.
The REPLACE SCRIPT command is used to update the contents of a stored script.
The EXECUTE SCRIPT command is used to execute the commands in the stored script.
The SCRIPT command line arguments for RMAN (described in “cmdLine”) runs a stored script automatically when starting RMAN.
The DELETE SCRIPT command is used to delete a stored script from the recovery catalog.

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‘HOST’ Command
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Invoke an operating system command-line subshell from within RMAN or run a specific operating system command.

RMAN> host;

[oracle@prashant1 tmp]$ ls
bkp.txt                  keyring-0ApY2V  keyring-bnJBhL  keyring-EU8HZP  keyring-gyrtQl  keyring-NhkTlq  keyring-TRWPLH

keyring-VRSr6r  mapping-root
df2log.f                 keyring-2DWGLn  keyring-BnLWvG  keyring-Fd4x0Y  keyring-hvDT3R  keyring-NkuSug  keyring-ud148y

keyring-yfJADW  VMwareDnD
gedit.oracle.1518151704  keyring-9YXYpF  keyring-bWWK07  keyring-FulTZv  keyring-M5RlDV  keyring-OKgmpF  keyring-VJRsde

keyring-z0NZhH  vmware-root
gedit.root.905835812     keyring-b0iCrd  keyring-edvXjr  keyring-GUQwrx  keyring-N7mw5M  keyring-tmfXqO  keyring-vMdOpj

mapping-oracle  vmware-tools-distrib

[oracle@prashant1 tmp]$ exit
exit
host command complete

RMAN>

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‘SPOOL’  Command
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[oracle@prashant1 tmp]$ touch bkp.txt
[oracle@prashant1 tmp]$ ls
bkp.txt                  keyring-2DWGLn

[oracle@prashant1 tmp]$ rman target / catalog rman/oracle90@orcl;

Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.1.0 – Production on Fri Jul 20 15:43:23 2012

Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

connected to target database: QRCL (DBID=859215136)
connected to recovery catalog database

RMAN> @/tmp/bkp/txt;

RMAN> BACKUP DATAFILE 1;
Starting backup at 20-JUL-12
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=159 devtype=DISK
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting full datafile backupset
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backupset
input datafile fno=00001 name=/u01/app/oracle/oradata/qrcl/system01.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 20-JUL-12
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 20-JUL-12
piece handle=/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/QRCL/backupset/2012_07_20/o1_mf_nnndf_TAG20120720T154419_80lcvvwv_.bkp

tag=TAG20120720T154419 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:25
Finished backup at 20-JUL-12

Starting Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 20-JUL-12
piece handle=/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/QRCL/autobackup/2012_07_20/o1_mf_s_789147885_80lcwos9_.bkp comment=NONE
Finished Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 20-JUL-12

RMAN> SPOOL LOG TO ‘/tmp/df2log.f’;RMAN>
RMAN>
Spooling for log turned off

Recovery Manager10.2.0.1.0

RMAN> **end-of-file**

RMAN>
RMAN> exit

Recovery Manager complete.

[oracle@prashant1 tmp]$ cat df2log.f

Spooling started in log file: /tmp/df2log.f

Recovery Manager10.2.0.1.0

RMAN> BACKUP DATAFILE 2;
Starting backup at 20-JUL-12
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting full datafile backupset
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backupset
input datafile fno=00002 name=/u01/app/oracle/oradata/qrcl/undotbs01.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 20-JUL-12
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 20-JUL-12
piece handle=/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/QRCL/backupset/2012_07_20/o1_mf_nnndf_TAG20120720T154449_80lcwslb_.bkp

tag=TAG20120720T154449 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:03
Finished backup at 20-JUL-12

Starting Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 20-JUL-12
piece handle=/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/QRCL/autobackup/2012_07_20/o1_mf_s_789147892_80lcwx78_.bkp comment=NONE
Finished Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 20-JUL-12

RMAN> SPOOL LOG OFF;
[oracle@prashant1 tmp]$