•The Disable RMAN backup button is displayed if the archive mode is currently enabled. Select this option if and only if you always shut down the management server prior to a backup. With the database running in no-archive mode, you can only cold back up your database. Changing the database to no-archive mode resets the logs SCN (System Change Number), sets the archiver parameter in the database parameter file, and disables the RMAN backup scheduler. See ”Running a Cold Backup” on page 241 for more information. Be sure to export the database after switching to no-archive mode. See ”Exporting the Database” on page 236.

4.Enter the SYS password in the SYS Password box.

5.Click Change Settings.

Restore RMAN Backup

The Database Admin Utility lets you restore the management server database from a previously scheduled (hot) RMAN backup, which is stored in the following directories by default: backup1, backup2, and current. You may not have a previously scheduled (hot) RMAN backup if you selected Disable Database Archive Mode and RMAN Backup.

To restore the database:

1.Access the Database Admin Utility as described in ”Accessing the Database Admin Utility” on page 233.

2.Click Restore RMAN Backup in the left pane.

3.Select one of the following directories to restore:

•Current - The last restore from when the Database Server Backup button on the Database tab was clicked.

•Backup1*

•Backup2*

*Information from the automatic backup (alternating weeks). See ”About the Database Admin Utility” on page 232 for more information about the automatic backup.

4.Type the SYS password in the SYS Password box.

5.Click Restore RMAN Backup.

The Database Admin Utility restores the selected database.

Running a Cold Backup

If you are running the database in no-archival mode, you should perform a cold backup frequently. The backup is referred to as being “cold” because the management server is not running during the backup.

NOTE: The cold backup does not run if archive mode, which runs an RMAN backup periodically, is enabled. See ”About the Database Admin Utility” on page 232 and ”Changing the Archive Mode” on page 240 for more information.

The following data is saved during a cold RMAN backup:

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