I tend to put all my rman backup commands in rman scripts and then call them like set ORACLE_SID=%1 rman target / cmdfile=c:\scripts\backup\rman_cold_backup.rman log=c:\scripts\backup\cold_backup.log here rman_cold_backup.rman looks like ############### # cold_backup # # rman cold_backup script # # NB uses format specified in environment # ############### run { shutdown immediate; startup mount; backup database; sql 'alter database open'; } that is I've used the rman configure command to set global preferences - like where backups go. On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Bill Zakrzewski <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > All - > > I was just given a database to maintain on Windows, does anyone have a > basic RMAN backup script that I can alter to automate an RMAN backup on > Windows? I usually work on Linux or Unix and not really familiar with > scripting on a Windows server. Any advice on automating the script will be > helpful too. > > Oracle 10.2.0.4 > Windows Server 2003 SP2 > > Thanks in advance, > Bill-- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info