Oracle AppsDBAs World: Creating recovery catalog in remote database

Server A - Target database (PROD)
Server B - Recovery Catalog database (catdb)

General settings:
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1. RDBMS version and OS version should be same in Server A
and Server B.
2. Server A and B should ping each other. Check each other
entries in /etc/hosts file.
3. Copy the tnsname.ora entry (server A) add it in server B
tnsname.ora entry and vice versa. Then check tnsping is happening to each other.

Step -1: Create password file on target DB (server A)
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$orapwd file=orapwORACLE_SID (filename) password=password
Eg: - $orapwd file=orapwPROD password=rolta2k
(oracle password file default file location is
$ORACLE_HOME/dbs)
Then,
Add parameter remote_login_passwordfile=EXCLUSIVE in
server A initSID.ora
And bounce the database once.

After done this settings you should be able to connect
server A from server B vice versa through sqlplus.

Eg: - From Server B just execute,
$sqlplus sys/sys@PROD as sysdba
vice versa from server A also,

Step -2: Create tablespace for recovery catalog to store
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the target database information in catdb(server B).

Connect to catalog DB (Server B) where you we need to
configure the recovery catalog.
$sqlplus “/as sysdba”

sql>CREATE TABLESPACE rman
DATAFILE '/u02/app/oradata/rman/rman01.dbf' size 500m;

Step -3: Create the Recovery Catalog Owner in the new
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database(CATDB)

Sql>CREATE USER rman IDENTIFIED BY rman
DEFAULT TABLESPACE rman
QUOTA UNLIMITED ON rman;

Step –4:Grant the necessary privileges to the schema owner
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sql> GRANT connect, resource, recovery_catalog_owner TO rman;

Here the role \"RECOVERY_CATALOG_OWNER\" provides the user
with all privileges required to maintain and query the
recovery catalog.

Step –5:Creating the Recovery Catalog
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Connect to the Server -B which will contain the catalog as
the catalog owner.
$ rman catalog rman/passwd@catdb

Eg: - $rman catalog rman/rman@UAT04

Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.2.0 - Production
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.

Connected to recovery catalog database

Step –6:Run the CREATE CATALOG command to create the catalog
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RMAN> CREATE CATALOG;

recovery catalog created

Step – 7: Registering Target Database in the Recovery Catalog
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Connect to the target(Server A) database and recovery
catalog database(Server B). Execute this in catdb(server B)

$ rman target sys/passwd@prod catalog rman/passwd@catdb

Eg: - $rman target sys/sys@NPROD catalog rman/rman@UAT04

Then, register the target database in recovery catalog
RMAN> REGISTER DATABASE;
Then, to identify whether has registered properly, execute
the below command

RMAN> REPORT SCHEMA;

It will show the target database (Server A) datafile paths.

For additional reference:
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http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/backup.102/
b14194/rcmsynta045.htm#sthref722

http://www.dbapool.com/articles/04110701.html

http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/9i/RecoveryManager9i.php

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Subject: Oracle10g - Getting Started with Recovery Manager(RMAN)

posted by Senthil Kumaran @ 11:57 PM

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