RMAN binary, virtual/catalog, and database

The RMAN executable version (binary) should be the same as the target database. This dictates using the same ORACLE_HOME to run RMAN scripts. Most sites with multiple databases connect to a remote RMAN repository catalog database. The RMAN repository catalog schema version must be greater than or equal to the RMAN executable with the built-in backward compatibility for earlier releases. Upgrade the catalog using RMAN commands as follows:

RMAN binary, virtual/catalog, and database

This will not upgrade the database that houses the RMAN catalog to 11g. This upgrades the RMAN schema to be compatible with the higher release of RMAN. Upgrading the catalog ...

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