Functionalities & Features

This chapter presents the built-in functionally and features of DMK_DBACKUP.

• Intelligent log file mining and alerting

• Alert mails with log file as attachment

• Personalized email title

• Lock Mechanism which prevent from running several backups of the same database simultaneously (obsolete with Oracle 11g)

• Easy compression of backup using a command-line parameter

• Proven RMAN rcv scripts

• Usage of external RMAN rcv scripts allowed

• Standardize log files

• Automatic RMAN tagging and file naming following a strict rule

• Possibility to easily use catalog or not thanks to the usecatalog option

• Flexible resource management

  • RMAN backup piece size

  • RMAN channel Parameters allocation

• Permits post-backup script execution

Almost the same features & functionalities are implemented into the dbi services DMK_DBBACKUP program for standard Oracle Data Pump Exports/Imports.