A solid understanding of backup and recovery procedures is essential for every DBA but unfortunately these basics are often ignored and DBAs find themselves runningfor help. According to Symantec, the average SMBs only backs up 60% of customer data and doesn't even do that on a consistent schedule. This presentation provides comprehensive coverage of RMAN's backup and recovery capabilities. It walks attendees through various scenarios of database failures and addresses their solutions. Recovery procedures related to various important database files (parameter file, control file, different types of data files, and redo log files) will be discussed.
Asif Momen is a senior Oracle DBA at a leading bank and has more than 11 years of experience working with Oracle database and Oracle application tools. He received his M.S.from BITS-Pilani and his B.E. from BMS College of Engineering. He possesses Oracle certification, both in database administration (Oracle 10g) and in Application Developer (Forms 9i Developer). The areas which fascinate him most include Oracle database administration in a 24x7 environment and performance tuning. He blogs his experiences with the Oracle database here.
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