Connecting to Oracle Database XE using RMAN

Start the RMAN executable (RMAN.exe) in the command prompt of your operating system. A RMAN prompt will appear on your screen. Now you can connect to your database using the SYSDBA privilege account as follows:

-- connect to the database
RMAN> connect target /
connected to target database: XE (DBID=2655045848)
RMAN> exit

Alternatively, you can connect to the database when you start the RMAN client session as follows:

-- start RMAN client and connect to the target database
C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\server\bin>rman target /
Recovery Manager: Release 11.2.0.2.0 - Production on Wed Apr 4 14:38:53 2012
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connected to target database: XE (DBID=2655045848)
RMAN>