Oracle RMAN Delete Obsolete Backups with Maintenance Channel Purpose The Oracle RMAN (Recovery Manager) commands shown in this script help database administrators manage backup storage by automatically removing old, unnecessary backup files. These commands allocate a maintenance channel for disk operations and delete …

Oracle RMAN Delete Expired Backup: Complete Guide to Repository Maintenance The DELETE EXPIRED BACKUP command in Oracle RMAN (Recovery Manager) removes expired backup records from the RMAN repository after they have been identified as inaccessible during a crosscheck operation. This command is essential for maintaining …

Oracle RMAN Restore Database Validate - Check Backup Integrity The RESTORE DATABASE VALIDATE command is one of the most critical proactive health check operations in Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) that allows database administrators to verify backup integrity without performing an actual restore operation. This command …

Oracle RMAN Report Obsolete Redundancy Command Guide Purpose The report obsolete redundancy = 2 command in Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) identifies database backups that are no longer necessary for recovery operations based on a redundancy-based retention policy. This command helps database administrators determine …

Oracle RMAN Crosscheck Archivelog - Fix RMAN-06059 Error Purpose The change archivelog all crosscheck command is an Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) utility that synchronizes the RMAN repository metadata with the physical reality of archived redo log files. This command specifically resolves the RMAN-06059 error, which …

Delete Archive Log Older Than 5 Days in Oracle RMAN Purpose The DELETE NOPROMPT ARCHIVELOG UNTIL TIME command removes old archive log files from your Oracle database to free up disk space and maintain storage efficiency. This RMAN (Recovery Manager) command automatically deletes archive logs that are older than a …

Oracle RMAN Crosscheck Backup Command - Verify Backup Availability Purpose The CROSSCHECK BACKUP command is an essential Oracle RMAN (Recovery Manager) tool that verifies whether backup files recorded in the RMAN repository still physically exist on storage media. This command synchronizes the logical records in your …

How to Stop Oracle Data Guard Broker Using ALTER SYSTEM Command Purpose The command ALTER SYSTEM SET dg_broker_start=false stops the Oracle Data Guard broker by shutting down the Data Guard monitor (DMON) background process. This command is essential when you need to disable broker management temporarily for …

How to Change Oracle AWR Retention Period to 14 Days using dbms_workload_repository.modify_snapshot_settings Purpose The Oracle code changes the Automatic Workload Repository (AWR) retention period from the default 8 days to 14 days (two weeks). This allows database administrators to store performance snapshots for a …

How to Uninstall Oracle Statspack Using the spdrop Script - Complete Guide Oracle Statspack uninstallation is accomplished using the @?/rdbms/admin/spdrop command, which completely removes the Statspack performance monitoring framework from your Oracle database. This command removes all associated objects including the …