Oracle 9i Database -- DBA Fundamentals II (7)

Configuring the Database Archiving Mode

• The V$DATABASE view provides the current archiving state of the database, whether it is in ARCHIVELOG or NO ARCHIVELOG mode.

Oracle Recovery Manager Overview and Configuration

• The incarnations of the database are reported by the LIST command.
• The CONFIGURE command include specifying the maximum size of the backup piece and size of the backup set, specifying the default device type such as disk and tape, and specifying the parameters of the default retention policy such as recovery window and redundancy.