Software Suite for Oracle Instruction Manual

6.6
COMMAND
Recovery Manager for Oracle User’s Guide
■ -o datafile - Creates an virtual copy for all datafiles (not including the archive log
destinations) of a database while it is OPEN (online) prior to backup. This option is ignored
if a virtual copy is specified. The online, offline, datafile, and archonly options are
mutually exclusive. A virtual copy created with the
-o datafile option is only useful
when archive logfiles generated during the creation of the virtual copy are also available.
You may want to create separate virtual copies using the
-o archonly options, or use
another backup method to backup archive log destinations.
■ -o archonly - Creates a virtual copy of the archive log destination prior to backup. This
option cannot be used if a virtual copy is specified. The
offline, online, datafile, and
archonly options are mutually exclusive.
■ -o full - Performs a full backup of a virtual copy. If Veritas NetBackup is selected as the
backup method, this option can be used with the
-o archonly option to perform full
backup of an archonly virtual copy. If Oracle RMAN is selected as the backup method, this
option can be used to perform full backup of an online or offline virtual copy.
■ -o incr - Performs an incremental backup of a virtual copy. If Veritas Netbackup is
selected as the backup method, this option can be used with the
-o archonly option to
perform incremental backup of an archonly virtual copy. If Oracle RMAN is selected as the
backup method, this option can be used to perform an incremental backup of an online or
offline virtual copy.
■ -o cinc - Performs a cumulative incremental backup of a virtual copy. If Veritas
NetBackup is selected as the backup method, this option can be used with the
-o
archonly
option to perform a cumulative incremental backup of an archonly virtual copy.
If Oracle RMAN is selected as the backup method, this option can be used to perform a
cumulative incremental backup of an online or offline virtual copy.
■ -v - Runs the command in verbose mode to display useful messages.