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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

Metadata repository and version control


As a DBA, I'm always looking for proactive ways to allow me to be prepared in case of a disaster strike or if an emergency release rollback is required (I always love to use the "what if" methodology); and due to these reasons, having a metadata repository and version control of it is always useful.

But, how can I easily create it? Easy; first do a full backup of your database using Data Pump as shown in the following command:

$ expdp fcomunoz/alvarez@pdborcl content=metadata_only full=y directory=datapump dumpfile=metadata_06192013.dmp

Note

If you want to create a repository only for objects such as procedures, packages, triggers, and so on, all you need to do is add the parameter INCLUDE=<procedure,package,trigger,…> to your expdp command; I usually include the date of the dump in the dump filename for reference purpose and best practice.

Then use the impdp tool to create the SQL file that will allow you to create all objects in your database...

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