官方文档B14194-03 Backup and Recovery Reference描述
FULL
Creates a backup of all blocks of datafiles included in the backup. FULL is the opposite of
INCREMENTAL.
RMAN makes full backups by default if neither FULL nor INCREMENTAL is specified.
A full backup has no effect on subsequent incremental backups, and is not considered a part of any
incremental backup strategy (though a full image copy backup can be incrementally updated by applying
incremental backups with the RECOVER command).
INCREMENTAL LEVEL [=]integer
Copies only those data blocks that have changed since the last incremental integer backup, where
integer is 0 or 1. An incremental backup at level 0 backs up all data blocks in datafiles being backed
up. An incremental backup at level 1 backs up only changed blocks. An incremental backup can be either differential or
cumulative.In a cumulative level 1 incremental backup, RMAN backs up all blocks changed since the most
recent level 0 backup. In a differential level 1 incremental backup, RMAN backs up blocks updated since the last level 0 or level 1 incremental backup. Incremental backups at level 0 can be either backup sets or image copies.
Incremental backups at level 1 can only be backup sets. A level 0 backup must exist as the base
backup for an incremental strategy.
An incremental backup at level 0 is identical in content to a full backup, but
unlike a full backup the level 0 backup is considered a part of the incremental
strategy. If no level 0 backup exists when you run a level 1 backup, then
RMAN makes a level 0 backup automatically.