Backing Up from the Fast Recovery Area (FRA) to Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service

You can back up image copies and backup sets from the fast recovery area (FRA) to Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service.

Prerequisites

See Prerequisites for Backups and Restores with Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service for prerequisites.

Procedure

To back up image copies from FRA to Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service, use these commands:

RMAN> BACKUP RECOVERY AREA;
RMAN> BACKUP DEVICE TYPE sbt COPY OF DATABASE;
RMAN> BACKUP RECOVERY FILES;
RMAN> BACKUP RECOVERY FILE DESTINATION;

To back up backup sets from FRA to Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service, use this command:

RMAN> BACKUP DEVICE TYPE sbt BACKUPSET ALL;

For information about restoring and recovering backups, see Restoring Backups from Oracle Database Backup Cloud Service.