Keywords and Parameters
Syntax Element
Description
ALL
Displays all user-entered
CONFIGURE commands as well as default configurations.
ARCHIVELOG BACKUP
COPIES
Shows the currently configured
degree of duplexing for archived redo log backups.
ARCHIVELOG DELETION
POLICY
Shows the currently configured
archived redo log deletion policy.
AUXNAME
Displays the CONFIGURE
AUXNAME settings.
BACKUP
OPTIMIZATION
Displays the CONFIGURE
BACKUP OPTIMIZATION settings: ON or
OFF (default).
[AUXILIARY]
CHANNEL
Displays the CONFIGURE
CHANNEL settings. You can specify a normal channel or an
AUXILIARY channel.
FOR
DEVICE TYPE deviceSpecifier
Specifies the device type of the
channel. For example, SHOW CHANNEL FOR
DEVICE TYPE DISK displays only channel
settings for disk channels.
CONTROLFILE
AUTOBACKUP
Displays the CONFIGURE
CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP settings: ON or
OFF.
FORMAT
Displays the format for the
control file autobackup file for configured devices.
{DATAFILE | ARCHIVELOG}
BACKUP COPIES
Displays the
CONFIGURE ... BACKUP COPIES
setting for datafiles and archived redo logs: 1, 2,
3, or 4.
[DEFAULT]
DEVICE TYPE
Displays the configured device
types and parallelism settings. If DEFAULT is specified, then
SHOW displays the default device type and settings.
ENCRYPTION
Shows currently configured
encryption settings for the database or tablespaces within the database, when
used with ALGORITHM or FOR {DATABASE
|TABLESPACE }.
ALGORITHM
Displays the configured default
algorithm to use for encryption, when writing encrypted backup sets. Possible
values are listed in V$RMAN_ENCRYPTION_ALGORITHMS.
FOR
{ DATABASE |TABLESPACE }
Displays current encryption
settings for the database or for each tablespace.
EXCLUDE
Displays only the tablespaces that
you have specified should be excluded.
MAXSETSIZE
Displays the
CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE settings.
RETENTION
POLICY
Displays the settings for
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY for the
current target database.
SNAPSHOT
CONTROLFILE NAME
Displays the
CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE
settings.
Examples
Showing Channel Configurations: ExampleThis
example shows commands relevant for displaying automatic channel
configurations:RMAN> SHOW CHANNEL;
RMAN> SHOW DEVICE TYPE;
RMAN> SHOW DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE;
RMAN> SHOW MAXSETSIZE;
Showing All Configurations: ExampleThis example
shows all persistent configurations for the target database (and includes sample
output):RMAN> SHOW ALL;
RMAN configuration parameters are:
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO REDUNDANCY 1; # default
CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION ON;
CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK; # default
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE "SBT" PARALLELISM 1;
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK PARALLELISM 1; # default
CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DISK TO 2;
CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR SBT TO 1; #default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR SBT TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE TO 2097152K;
CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO '/oracle/dbs/cf_snap.f';