Oracle RMAN Pocket Reference

Name

CONFIGURE (Oracle9i only)

Synopsis

Establishes settings that remain persistent for an RMAN session.

Syntax

CONFIGURE 
{ configureDevice 
| configureBackup 
| { AUXNAME FOR DATAFILE datafileSpec 
  | SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME
  }
  { TO 'filename' | CLEAR }
| configureCtlfile
};

configureDevice :=
{ DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE { TO deviceSpecifier | CLEAR }
| DEVICE TYPE deviceSpecifier 
  { PARALLELISM integer | CLEAR }
| [AUXILIARY] CHANNEL [integer] 
  DEVICE TYPE deviceSpecifier { allocOperand | CLEAR }
}

configureBackup :=
{ RETENTION POLICY { TO { RECOVERY WINDOW OF integer DAYS
                        | REDUNDANCY [=] integer
                        | NONE
                        }
                      | CLEAR
                   }
| MAXSETSIZE { TO { integer [ K | M | G ]
                    | UNLIMITED
                  }
               | CLEAR
             }
| { ARCHIVELOG | DATAFILE }
  BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE deviceSpecifier
  { TO integer | CLEAR }
| BACKUP OPTIMIZATION { ON | OFF | CLEAR }
| EXCLUDE FOR TABLESPACE tablespace_name [CLEAR]
}

configureCtlfile := 
CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP
{ ON
| OFF
| CLEAR
| FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE 
   deviceSpecifier { TO 'format_string' | CLEAR }
}

Keywords

SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME

Defines the name and path of the snapshot control file. The default is platform-specific. In Unix, the default is $ORACLE_HOME/dbs.

DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE

Specifies the default media type as disk or tape.

DEVICE TYPE deviceSpecifier

Specifies the device type for use with automatic channels and establishes the degree of parallelism, which is the number of channels that will be allocated and used. The default degree of parallelism is 1.

PARALLELISM integer

Establishes the ...