CHAPTER 25

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RMAN in Exadata

RMAN is the preferred option to back up a database on Exadata. In this chapter you will learn a few nuances of RMAN when used in the Exadata environment. When we wrote this book, Exadata was still on Oracle Database 11g Release 2; so none of the Oracle Database 12c specific features described elsewhere in this book applied to Exadata.

The Lay of the Land

Let’s start with a general explanation of Exadata. Boiled down to its most rudimentary concepts, Exadata is just a special-purpose RAC cluster with database servers, storage, and network switches, all within a single enclosure called a “rack.” An Exadata rack comes ...

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