Oracle RMAN for Absolute Beginners is a gentle introduction to the use
of Oracle's Recovery Manager software to make backups of an Oracle
database, and to restore all or part of a database in the event that
data loss occurs. It is often said that a database administrator's #1
job responsibility is to be able to recover from data loss. If you're
new to the Oracle platform, or you're new to database administration in
general, you can hardly go wrong by making it your first priority to
learn to backup and recover the database that has been entrusted into
your hands.
This book is short and sweet at just 200 pages. Focus lies on the
mainstream use cases. Recovery Manager, or RMAN as it is called, is a
powerful and complex tool that can be intimidating at first. Author Darl
Kuhn understands the need to focus on the core use cases, building your
confidence in the tool, and in your ability to recover from lost
database files, and even to recover your entire database should that
become necessary.
Oracle RMAN for Absolute Beginners shows how to backup your database.
That's the first job. You'll learn to backup the entire database, and to
create incremental backups that in turn can speed restore and recovery
operations. Then you'll learn to recover from lost data files, lost redo
log files, lost control files, and even to restore the entire database
from scratch. You'll even learn how to clone a database for development
and test purposes by backing the database up on one system and restoring
it onto another.
Author Darl Kuhn has a decade and a half of experience in writing about,
and teaching Oracle Database backup and recovery. If you are newly
responsible for an Oracle Database, you can hardly do better than to
pick up a copy of Oracle RMAN for Absolute Beginners.
