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  <<Back to Oracle Backup & Recovery Main Page Starting RMAN and connecting to Database Starting RMAN and connecting to Database To start RMAN you need to set the environment and type rman and press enter. You can connect to database either using connect command or using command line option. using command line option localhost:$ export ORACLE_HOME=/ora_app/product/18c/dbd2 localhost:$ export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH localhost:$ export ORACLE_SID=ORCL1P localhost:$ rman target / Recovery Manager: Release 18.0.0.0.0 - Production on Sun Apr 4 08:11:01 2021 Version 18.11.0.0.0 Copyright (c) 1982, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates.  All rights reserved. connected to target database: ORCL1P (DBID=4215484517) RMAN> using connect option localhost:$ rman RMAN> connect target sys@ORCL1P  target database Password:******** connected to target database: ORCL1P (DBID=4215484517) NOTE: To use connect command you need to ensure that  you have proper TNS sentry for database (ORCL

  <<Back to Oracle Backup & Recovery Main Page Introduction to RMAN RMAN (Recovery Manager) is a backup and restore utility provided by oracle.  To start rman you need to set the environment and type rman and press enter as shown below export ORACLE_HOME=<ORACLE_INSTALLATION_DIR_LOC> export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH RMAN related terminologies  Lets understand some components in reference with RMAN utility • A target database A target database is a database on which RMAN is performing backup and recovery operations. RMAN always maintains metadata about its operations on a database in the control file of the database known as RMAN repository. • The RMAN client Its the executable that interprets commands, directs server sessions to execute those commands, and records its activity in the target database control file. The RMAN executable is automatically installed with the database and is located in $ORACLE_HOME/bin directory • A fast recovery area (FRA) A disk location on