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Back Up Manually with RMAN

You can back up a database manually using RMAN.

To start RMAN with a recovery catalog and back up a database

  1. Open a Command Prompt window and enter the following command to start RMAN:
    rman target dbuser/dbuserpassword rcvcat catowner /catownerpassword@rman service name
    

    where:

    dbuser is the user with dba privileges.

    dbuserpassword is the dbuser password.

    catowner is the Oracle user name of the RMAN catalog owner.

    catownerpassword is the catalog owner password.

    rman database is the database where the RMAN catalog is installed.

  2. To back up the database, perform one of the following actions based on the operating system and version of the database that is running in your backup environment:
    Use relinking Oracle for CA Technologies versions of libobk in RMAN scripts
    Use SBT_LIBRARY in the RMAN scripts