Summary
After completing this chapter, the reader should be able to perform basic Oracle database backups, configure the RMAN environment, change the ARCHIVELOG
mode of a database, and recover the database from any media failures.
In this chapter we have used both manual RMAN commands and Oracle-supplied scripts for backup and recovery. At this point, we strongly suggest the reader of this book to refer to Oracle documentation for more details on database backup and recovery.
The next chapter will focus on the performance tuning of the database and database applications. It will cover the best practices in designing efficient database applications and more.