All technological notes.
RMAN - Configuration-- Sets the retention policy for backups to a recovery window of 7 days,
-- RMAN will retain backups from the last 7 days, allowing recovery to any point within this time frame.
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO RECOVERY WINDOW OF 7 DAYS;
-- Sets the default device type for backups to disk,
-- ensuring all backups without a specified device type default to disk for storage.
CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK;
-- Enables automatic backup of the control file,
-- creating a backup each time a backup is made or when structural changes occur.
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;
-- Configures the format for disk backups,
-- storing files in the specified directory and naming them with date, unique ID, session, and piece number.
CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT '/u03/backup/orcl/backup%d_DB_%u_%s_%p';
-- Configures the DISK device type to create backups as image copies,
-- which are exact copies of data files and control files, rather than backup sets.
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK BACKUP TYPE TO COPY;