Example Job Log

At the end of backup, data files, control file, and archive logs are cataloged in RMAN. The process is reported in the job log as follows:

Doing RMAN cataloging for database (orcl), cmd (
/ora1/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/bin/rman TARGET "sys/*@orcl" CMDFILE 
"'/opt/BackEx/logs/rmancmd_1224864495.orcl.txt'" LOG 
"'/opt/BackEx/logs/rmanlog_1224864495.orcl.txt'")

The following is an example of what displays in the RMAN Catalog for a backup job id 1224864495:

Note. For PDB database tablespace restore, run the rman command as:

rman target=sys@pdb1

For a non-PDB database, use:

rman target /

$ rman target /
Recovery Manager: Release 11.1.0.6.0 - Production on Fri Oct 24 12:23:16 2008
Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
connected to target database: ORCL (DBID=1178253731)
RMAN> list copy like '%1224864495%';
List of Datafile Copies
=======================
Key     File S Completion Time Ckp SCN    Ckp Time
------- ---- - --------------- ---------- ---------------
156     1    A 24-OCT-08       3806734    24-OCT-08
Name: /tmp/bexoracle_orcl_1224864495/akash/_ora1/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/system01.dbf
157     2    A 24-OCT-08       3806741    24-OCT-08
Name: /tmp/bexoracle_orcl_1224864495/akash/_ora1/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/sysaux01.dbf
154     3    A 24-OCT-08       3806719    24-OCT-08
Name: /tmp/bexoracle_orcl_1224864495/akash/_ora1/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/undotbs01.dbf
155     4    A 24-OCT-08       3806727    24-OCT-08
Name: /tmp/bexoracle_orcl_1224864495/akash/_ora1/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/users01.dbf
158     5    A 24-OCT-08       3806748    24-OCT-08
Name: /tmp/bexoracle_orcl_1224864495/akash/_ora1/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/example01.dbf
List of Control File Copies
===========================
Key     S Completion Time Ckp SCN    Ckp Time
------- - --------------- ---------- ---------------
153     A 24-OCT-08       3806925    24-OCT-08
Name: /tmp/bexoracle_orcl_1224864495/akash/control_file
Tag: TAG20081024T121036
List of Archived Log Copies for database with db_unique_name ORCL
=====================================================================
Key     Thrd Seq     S Low Time
------- ---- ------- - ---------
205     1    30      A 24-OCT-08
Name: /tmp/bexoracle_orcl_1224864495/akash/LOGS/1_30_668010235.dbf

The paths listed in the output do not exist after the backup. The backup is mapped on the machine, RMAN cataloging is done, and the mapping is undone. Even if these paths are in the RMAN Catalog, they cannot be used directly. To access the paths, perform a Quick Restore of the corresponding backup job. A Quick Restore recreates the paths so that the files are accessible and RMAN operations can be performed. No data transfer occurs through a Quick Restore.