1.11. Summary

This chapter presented an overview of RMAN capabilities and components. We walked through starting, setting up, and configuring RMAN. The chapter used specific examples, which showed how to build the recovery catalog and establish connectivity using the recovery catalog and control file.

There was a demonstration using Enterprise Manager to configure RMAN settings. We discussed channel allocation and media management in conceptual format to show their importance to RMAN.

Throughout this chapter, we described the many new 10g features and capabilities that have been added to the existing RMAN functionality.