Back Up a multiple Oracle Databases Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c

A faster, more efficient alternative to Unix shell scripting and cron jobs.

Oracle has long supplied a powerful utility, Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN), along with the database software install, which is used to backup and recover Oracle databases, either as a complete or incremental backup. The scripts are placed in a shell script wrapper at the Unix level, and then scheduled using the Unix cron job facility. These scripts need to be tested, verified and maintained.

While this task is manageable for one or two databases, the same task must be repeated with every new database or every new database server that is provisioned-and the time spent on setting up such backups increases correspondingly.

Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c this task can be made completely automated.  With the Enterprise Manager approach, you can set up and schedule database backups without writing any script.  Enterprise Manager will create the RMAN script and schedule it-and without using the Unix cron job utility. This results in time and cost savings due to increased productivity and automation of the entire approach.

Please have a look at this technical article from Oracle which shows how to implement this solution : http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/oem/havewala-rman-em12c-2104270.html

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