A partial backup is a SQL Server backup that is taken of only a portion of the database. Partial backups are useful for backing up specific parts of the database, such as the transaction log or a specific table, without having to back up the entire database.
To create a partial backup, you must use the BACKUP DATABASE statement. The following example creates a partial backup of the AdventureWorks2012 database that includes the transaction log and the table HumanResources.Employee:
BACKUP …
Oracle’s Recovery Manager (RMAN) provides an efficient, comprehensive backup and restore solution for Oracle databases. This article provides a step-by-step guide to using RMAN to restore a database from backup.
Before you can restore a database from backup, you must first create a recovery catalog. The recovery catalog is a repository for information about the backups and restores that have been performed on the database. To create a recovery catalog, run the following command:
RMANCREATE CATALOG RECOVERY_CATALOG_NAME;
where RECOVERY_CATALOG_NAME …
Oracle Backup and Recovery is a process of backing up and recovering data from an Oracle database. A backup is a copy of all or part of an Oracle database that you can use to restore the database if it is damaged. A recovery is the process of restoring an Oracle database from a backup.
Backing up an Oracle database is important because it protects your data from accidental deletion, corruption, or other types of damage. Recovery is important because …
