Configuring Channels for RMAN in Oracle RAC

Learn how to configure channels for RMAN in Oracle RAC.

This section describes how to configure channels for RMAN. You can configure channels to use automatic load balancing or you can specify specific channels for specific instances as described in the following topics:

Configuring Channels to Use Automatic Load Balancing

Learn how to configure channels to use automatic load balancing.

To configure channels to use automatic load balancing, use the following syntax:

CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE [disk | sbt] PARALLELISM number_of_channels;
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Where number_of_channels is the number of channels that you want to use for the operation. After you complete this one-time configuration, you can run the BACKUP or RESTORE commands.