RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 11g: A Problem-Solution Approach (Expert's Voice in Oracle)

RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 11g: A Problem-Solution Approach (Expert's Voice in Oracle)

<p>It€s sometimes said that the true job of an Oracle database administrator can be summed up in one, essential skill: to be able to recover your database.</p> <p>There€s much wisdom in that statement. Of all the things you are responsible for as a database administrator, nothing is more important than the data itself. Like it or not, the fearsome responsibility of protecting your organization's most critical data falls squarely upon your shoulders:</p> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Lose that data and your company could fail. </li> <li>Lose that data and you could be out of a job. </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Scared? You should be. But there's help. You are not alone. Oracle experts<strong> Darl Kuhn</strong>, <strong>Sam Alapati</strong>, and <strong>Arup Nanda</strong> have come together in this book to show you the power of Recovery Manager, or RMAN, which is Oracle's backup and recovery tool of choice. <i>RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 11g</i> helps you take advantage of all that RMAN has to offer by providing easy-to-understand solutions to business-critical backup and recovery operations. This handy guide:</p> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Demystifies the steps required to protect your business data </li> <li>Provides ready-made and step-by-step solutions to simple and complex backup, restore, and recovery operations </li> <li>Is task-oriented, making it easy for you to find the solution to pressing backup and recovery problems </li> <li>Respects your time by providing example-based solutions, not endless reading material </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>When the pressure€s on, you don't have time for long discussions of theory. This book gets right to the point with quick and easy-to-read, step-by-step solutions that can help you backup and recover your data with confidence.</p> <h3>What you€ll learn</h3><p>Oracle Database experts Darl Kuhn, Sam Alapati, and Arup Nanda show you how to</p> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Reliably back up and recover your database using Oracle's Recovery Manager </li> <li>Utilize new Oracle Database 11<em>g</em> features such as the Data Recovery Advisor </li> <li>Let Oracle Database manage your backup files via the Flash Recovery Area </li> <li>Automate backup and recovery tasks by writing scripts </li> <li>Troubleshoot RMAN problems and optimize RMAN performance </li> <li>Interface with a Media Management Layer to manage your backup tape library </li> <li>Recover from the loss of a control file, loss of an online redo log, and other (hopefully!) unusual situations </li> </ul> <h3>Who this book is for</h3> <p> Oracle database administrators responsible for database backup and recovery operations. </p>