oracle 11g RMAN backup procedure

Oracle 11g RMAN Incremental Backup
DB should be backed up in ARCHIVELOG mode for Incremental Backup. 1. ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/11.0.1/db_1 export ORACLE_HOME ORACLE_SID=orcl1 export ORACLE_SID PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin 2. $ sqlplus / as sysdba SQL> Select log_mode From v$database; O/P -> Make sure the DB is in ARCHIVELOG mode SQL> exit 3. rman target=/ 4. RMAN> Backup incremental level 0 database plus archivelog delete input; 5. RMAN> exit 6. SQL to check the size of the Backup $ sqlplus / as sysdba SQL> Select a.set_count, a.start_time, a.completion_time, sum(b.blocks) From v$backup_set a, v$backup_datafile b Where a.set_count = b.set_countand to_char(a.start_time, 'mm/dd/yyyy hh24:mi:ss') = (Select to_char(max(start_time), 'mm/dd/yyyy hh24:mi:ss') From v$backup_set Where incremental_level = 0)

group by a.set_count, a.start_time, a.completion_time; --------To do a incremental level 1 backup 7. rman target=/ RMAN> Backup incremental level 1 database plus archivelog delete input; 8. RMAN> exit Note: To check the size of the incremental level 1 Backup use SQL in step 6 except use incremental_level = 1 in the inner Where clause. ----------------------------------------------------------