6 Configuring Recovery Manager and Archiving

This chapter explains how to configure Recovery Manager (RMAN) for use in Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) environments. This chapter also provides procedures for using for archiving in Oracle RAC environments and discusses online redo log and archived redo log considerations.

The topics in this chapter include:

• Overview of Configuring RMAN for Oracle RAC

• Archiving Mode in Oracle RAC

• Configuring the RMAN Snapshot Control File Location

• Configuring RMAN to Automatically Backup the Control File and SPFILE

• Crosschecking on Multiple Oracle RAC Nodes

• Configuring Channels for RMAN in Oracle RAC

• Managing Archived Redo Logs Using RMAN in Oracle RAC

• Archived Redo Log File Conventions in Oracle RAC

• RMAN Archiving Configuration Scenarios

• Monitoring the Archiver Processes