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Oracle Database 12c Backup and Recovery Survival Guide

You're reading from   Oracle Database 12c Backup and Recovery Survival Guide A comprehensive guide for every DBA to learn recovery and backup solutions

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782171201
Length 440 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Oracle Database 12c Backup and Recovery Survival Guide
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Understanding the Basics of Backup and Recovery 2. NOLOGGING Operations FREE CHAPTER 3. What is New in 12c 4. User-managed Backup and Recovery 5. Understanding RMAN and Simple Backups 6. Configuring and Recovering with RMAN 7. RMAN Reporting and Catalog Management 8. RMAN Troubleshooting and Tuning 9. Understanding Data Pump 10. Advanced Data Pump 11. OEM12c and SQL Developer Scenarios and Examples – A Hands-on Lab Index

Chapter 5. Understanding RMAN and Simple Backups

A data center running with numerous databases is not uncommon these days. As the database becomes voluminous, it also raises the complexity of the infrastructure managing it. I am reminded of a popular adage here which says, "the bigger they are, the harder they fall". Therefore, there is a higher probability that a data center dealing with considerable databases that are crucial for business, may also become prone to failure and error. This would have an adverse impact on the business as well.

It would be naïve to deny the probability of a failure with such complex databases. Therefore, as the custodians of databases, what DBAs can do is to try and minimize the loss of data. This can be accomplished through an effective strategy that enables us to secure a backup of these databases that can be accessed in case of systemic failures. However, it is also rightly said that any strategy is only as good as the tool that implements it. In this chapter...

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