Oracle RMAN Pocket Reference

Name

ALLOCATE CHANNEL

Synopsis

Creates a communication channel for the purpose of performing input/output. Must be executed from within the RUN command.

Note

Many of the Oracle8i ALLOCATE CHANNEL commands, such as KBYTES and READRATE, have been deprecated. Refer to the CONFIGURE command for the preferred syntax.

Oracle9i syntax

ALLOCATE [AUXILIARY] CHANNEL [']channel_id['] 
{ DEVICE TYPE [=] deviceSpecifier | NAME [=] 'channel_
  name' }
[allocOperand [allocOperand ...]];

Oracle8i syntax

ALLOCATE [AUXILIARY] CHANNEL [']channel_id['] 
{ TYPE [=] deviceSpecifier | NAME [=] deviceSpecifier }
[allocOperand [allocOperand ...]];

Keywords

NAME 'channel_name'

The name of the I/O device

Examples

In the following example, one channel of type disk is established. A backup is then performed. The backup pieces are directed to the default location: $ORACLE_HOME/dbs.

RMAN> run {
2> allocate channel d1 type disk;
3> backup database;
4> }

In this next example, the backup pieces are created within the directory specified by the FORMAT subclause. A mask of %U provides each backup piece with a unique name.

RMAN> run {
2> allocate channel d1 type disk format
3> '/d99/backups/r_%U';
4> backup database; }