CHAPTER 11Using Oracle Enterprise Manager for Backup and Recovery

Up to this point, we have provided guidance on interacting with RMAN strictly from the RMAN client utility itself. This has enabled you to build some confidence using the RMAN command-line syntax. It is critical to become comfortable with this syntax because you will encounter situations in which the command-line syntax of RMAN is the only thing that you have available to get you through a painful downtime.

Oracle does provide a toolset for monitoring all the databases throughout your business, and this toolset includes a graphical user interface for taking backups and performing recoveries. This product, collectively referred to as Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM), has existed ...

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