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.

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