Connecting to a Target Database and a Recovery Catalog

The following examples use the following sample connection data, and assume that a recovery catalog is being used.

Value	Description
`SYS`	User with `SYSDBA` privileges
`oracle`	The password for connecting as `SYSDBA` specified in the target database's password file
`trgt`	The net service name for the target database
`rman`	User that owns the recovery catalog schema. This is a user defined in the recovery catalog database that has been granted the `RECOVERY_CATALOG_OWNER` role.
`cat`	The password for connecting to the recovery catalog as user RMAN
`catdb`	The net service name for the recovery catalog database

Connecting to the Target Database and Recovery Catalog from the Command Line

You can specify either operating system or Oracle Net authentication information on the command line when you start the RMAN client.

This example shows how to use operating system authentication to connect to the target database and Oracle Net authentication for the recovery catalog:

% rman TARGET / CATALOG rman/cat@catdb

This example shows how to use Oracle Net authentication to connect to both the target database and the recovery catalog:

% rman TARGET SYS/oracle@trgt CATALOG rman/cat@catdb

Connecting to the Target Database and Recovery Catalog from the RMAN Prompt

You can also start RMAN and connect to the target database from the RMAN prompt. The following example uses operating system authentication for the target database and Oracle Net authentication for the recovery catalog:

% rman
RMAN> CONNECT TARGET /
RMAN> CONNECT CATALOG rman/cat@catdb

The following example uses Oracle Net password file authentication for the target database, which requires that the target database be using a password file, that defines the password for user SYS to be 'oracle'. Oracle Net authentication is also used for the recovery catalog.

% rman
RMAN> CONNECT TARGET SYS/oracle@trgt 
RMAN> CONNECT CATALOG rman/cat@catdb