Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Jump-Starting RMAN.- 3. Using the Flash Recovery Area.- 4. Using the RMAN Client.- 5. Configuring the RMANEnvironment.- 6. Using the Recovery Catalog.- 7. Backing up with RMAN.- 8. Maintaining RMAN.- 9. Scripting RMAN.- 10. Restoring the Controlfile.- 11. Performing Complete Recovery.- 12. Performing Incomplete Recovery.- 13. Performing Flashback Recovery.- 14. Handling Online Redo Log Failure.- 15. Copying, Moving, and Upgrading Databases.- 16. Tuning RMAN.- 17. Troubleshooting RMAN.- 18. Using a Media Management Layer.- 19. Using Enterprise Manager for Backup and Recovery.- 20. Oracle Database 11g New Features.

About the Author

Sam R. Alapati is an experienced Oracle database administrator who holds the Oracle Certified Professional designation and the Hewlett-Packard UNIX System Administrator certification. He currently manages Oracle databases at the Boy Scouts of America's national headquarters in Los Colinas, Texas. Alapati has been dealing with databases for a long time, including the Ingres RDBMS in the mid-1980s. He is also well-versed in the Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase, and IBM DB2 database management systems.