CHAPTER 20

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Oracle Secure Backup

Protecting and securing data is a core responsibility of a DBA. DBAs must be proficient in B&R skills. As shown in Chapters 17 through 19, you can use RMAN to manage and automate the backup of Oracle databases. RMAN is easily configured to back up and restore database files to and from disk.

Most production database environments will have an additional requirement of storing database backups on tape. If your database server experiences a complete failure, you can use tape backups to restore and recover. Furthermore, tape backups are easily transported outside the data center to provide additional protection in ...

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