This makes level 0 backup the first time you execute it, then subsequent runs will do a level 1, and will recover the incremental backups of SYSDATE – 1 run { RECOVER COPY OF DATABASE WITH TAG ‘IMG_COPY’ UNTIL TIME ‘SYSDATE – 1’; BACKUP INCREMENTAL LEVEL 1 FOR RECOVER OF COPY WITH TAG ‘IMG_COPY’ DATABASE PLUS ARCHIVELOG DELETE INPUT; } Then in case of emergency, you could... SWITCH DATABASE TO COPY; You could go to this blog for details.. http://oraclever.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html Alejandro Vargas also has the RMAN hands on document on his blog.. - Karl Arao http://karlarao.wordpress.com On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 9:27 PM, <TESTAJ3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Level 0 then level 1 backups > Sent from the crackberry, so please excuse the typos and terseness. > ------------------------------ > > * From: *"Goulet, Richard" [Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx] > * Sent: *06/04/2009 09:22 AM AST > * To: *"Oracle L" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > * Subject: *RMAN Incrementals > > All, > > I'm having one heck of a brain dropout recently. I know that > there is a way to take a full backup on say Sunday and then incrementals > throughout the week and apply those to the original full backup, I just > can't find it in the manuals. Could someone please dump me a pointer?? > > *Dick Goulet*** > Senior Oracle DBA > PAREXEL International > 900 Chelmsford St, Suite 310 > Lowell, MA 01821 > 978.614.2857 > *Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx* > > *The information transmitted in this communication is intended only for > the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential > and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or > other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by > persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you > received this in error, please destroy any copies, contact the sender and > delete the material from any computer.* > >