What is RMAN (Recovery manager): I covered theoretical part of RMAN.the RMAN utility is performing backup, restore and recovery operation in oracle Database RMAN Features: Backup the database, tablespace, datafiles, control files and archive logs Store the frequently executed backup and recovery operations Its perform the incremental level backup Skip the unused blocks Types of connection in RMAN: There are three types of connection available in RMAN Target database: It is connected to target database with in SYSDBA privilege. Recovery catalog database: This is optional database which is configured for the RMAN repository Auxiliary database: Auxiliary database provide the three types of connection Duplicate database TSPITR instance Standby database This connection is using RMAN duplicate command or it may be a temporary database that is used during Tablespace point-in-time recovery (TSPITR) Standby db is a cop