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Oracle® Database Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide
10g Release 2 (10.2)

Part Number B14191-01
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Database Duplication with RMAN

Use the RMAN DUPLICATE command to create a copy of the target database in another location. The command restores backups of the primary database files and creates a new database.

As part of the duplication, RMAN manages the following:

Note the following features of RMAN duplication. You can:

Figure 3-3 illustrates a case of database duplication. In this example, RMAN creates two duplicate database by using one set of datafile backups: one database on the local host and one database on a remote host.

Figure 3-3 Creating a Duplicate Database from Backups

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The method you use to duplicate your database depends on whether you are creating your duplicate database on the same or a different host and whether the duplicate directory structure is the same as your target database directory structure. For example, in some cases you can keep the same directory structure and filenames in your duplicate database, while other times you must rename the files.


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