oid

Description

The oid placeholder represents the catalog identifier of a volume, backup image section, or backup piece record. You can obtain an oid in the following ways:

  • Execute the lsvol command to display the volume ID (VOID) for a volume.

  • Execute the lsbu command to display the backup ID for a backup section.

  • Execute the lspiece command with the --long option to display the backup piece OID for a backup piece.

Syntax

oid::=
oid

Semantics

oid

Specifies the object identifier. Within the Oracle Secure Backup catalog, Oracle Secure Backup identifies each backup image section with a numerical backup ID. Oracle Secure Backup assigns backup IDs without regard to the time order of backups. For example, backup ID 25 can represent a Monday backup whereas backup ID 6 represents a backup on the following day.