2012-11-18 11gR2 "Backup and Recovery User's Guide" page 151 - 202

 

 

 

User-Managed Image Copies -- CATALOG注册进RMAN并不保证以下两点
You can use the CATALOG command to inspect an existing image copy and enter its
metadata into the RMAN repository. However, the CATALOG command does not do
the following:
 -- Read all blocks in the datafile copy to ensure there are no corruptions -- 无坏块
 -- Guarantee that the image copy was correctly made in backup mode -- 正确的备份

 

You must notify RMAN when the copy is no longer available by using the
CHANGE ... UNCATALOG command.
-- 用CHNAGE .. UNCATALOG 从RMAN的REPOSITORY剔除此IMAGE COPY的备份

Purpose of Incremental Backups -- 增量备份的目的
 -- Possibility of recovering changes to objects created with the NOLOGGING option.
For example, direct load inserts do not create redo log entries, so their changes
cannot be reproduced with media recovery. Direct load inserts do change data
blocks, however, and these blocks are captured by incremental backups.
-- 有很多优点，但是这一点让我眼前一亮，有些具有NOLOGGING属性的在恢复时可以被增量备份CAPTURE

 

Synchronize a physical standby database with the primary database. You can use
the RMAN BACKUP INCREMENTAL FROM SCN command to create a backup on
the primary database that starts at the current SCN of the standby database, which
you can then use to roll forward the standby database. See Oracle Data Guard
Concepts and Administration to learn how to apply incremental backups to a
standby database.
-- 还有这一点，可以帮助同步DATA GUARD的日志应用，待实验...