Using RMAN REPORT NEED BACKUP with Different Retention Policies

Using RMAN REPORT NEED BACKUP with Different Retention Policies

You can specify different criteria for REPORT NEED BACKUP, using one of the following forms of the command:

• REPORT NEED BACKUP RECOVERY WINDOW OF n DAYS

  Displays objects requiring backup to satisfy a recovery window-based retention policy.

• REPORT NEED BACKUP REDUNDANCY n

  Displays objects requiring backup to satisfy a redundancy-based retention policy.

• REPORT NEED BACKUP DAYS n

  Displays files that require more than n days' worth of archived redo log files for recovery.

• REPORT NEED BACKUP INCREMENTAL n

  Displays files that require application of more than n incremental backups for recovery.