Title: Chapter 16 Performing Database Backups
Course: RITA MC - ORACLE ADMINISTRATION I > Section: Unit 3 - Database Administration I

Backups can be made with operating system utilities such as cp, tar, or cpio on Unix
or copy or winzip32.exe on Windows. Backups made in this fashion are known as
user-managed backups. Alternatively, backups can be made with RMAN, the Recovery
Manager. Backups made in this fashion are known as server-managed backups. When making a
database backup, you have three basic choices. Will the backup be

- Offline or online? Also known as: open or closed, hot or cold, and consistent or inconsistent. Will you make the backup while users are logged on and working, or is the database going to shut down while you make the backup?
- Whole or partial? A whole backup means the complete database: the entire set of datafiles and the controlfile. A partial backup is a subset of the database: one or more datafiles and/or the controlfile.
- Full or incremental? A full backup is complete, self-contained, and usable by itself. An incremental backup is those blocks changed since the last backup; it is useless unless you have the last backup too.

Chapter 16 Learning Outcomes:

- Ability to Create Consistent Database Backups
- Ability to Back Up Your Database Without Shutting It Down
- Ability to Create Incremental Backups
- Describe how to Automate Database Backups
- Describe how to Manage Backups, View Backup Reports, and Monitor the Flash Recovery Area

*Quizzes for Chapters 8 & Chapters 12 through 16 are all open until Exam 3 date.

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