Oracle Version: 11.2.0.3 x64
OS: Win 2008 server x64
Hi Experts.
We need to replicate a database on one of our boxes, with very limited space on disk. The database size is roughly 200gb, free space on disk is 250gb, and the RMAN backups are roughly 80gb.
The RMAN backup pieces have been cataloged with the following path:
CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT 'd:\rman\%d\bkup_%d_%U';
So, if we attempt a restore/replication on the local server, RMAN would look for backups on the local D drive, under D:\rman\<db_name>\
In the past we used to copy the RMAN backups on the local server where the replication is required, and perform the replication locally without any issues; however, with a very limited space that won't fit both the replicated instance and the RMAN copies, we're not quite sure how further proceed!?
Can we instruct the RMAN replication session to look for backups in a remote server?
We do keep 3 weeks of RMAN backups on disk, hence the 80GB RMAN backups size. As far as I remember a full backup has been performed last Sun. Can we only bring over Sun full backup (and any subsequent incremental backups)? or do we need to copy the whole thing across to the local server?
Any ideas please?
Thanks