Backing up an Oracle Data Guard environment
Appendix C:
Useful Recovery Catalog Views/ V$ views
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Recovery Catalog View Corresponding V$ View Catalog View Describes ...
RC_ARCHIVED_LOG
V$ARCHIVED_LOG
Archived and unarchived redo
logs
RC_BACKUP_CONTROLFILE
V$BACKUP_DATAFILE
Control files in backup sets
RC_BACKUP_CORRUPTION
V$BACKUP_CORRUPTION
Corrupt block ranges in datafile
backups
RC_BACKUP_DATAFILE
V$BACKUP_DATAFILE
Datafiles in backup sets
RC_BACKUP_FILES
V$BACKUP_FILES
RMAN backups and copies
known to the repository.
RC_BACKUP_PIECE
V$BACKUP_PIECE
Backup pieces
RC_BACKUP_REDOLOG
V$BACKUP_REDOLOG
Archived redo logs in backup
sets
RC_BACKUP_SET
V$BACKUP_SET
Backup sets for all incarnations
of the database
RC_BACKUP_SPFILE
V$BACKUP_SPFILE
Server parameter files in
backups
RC_CHECKPOINT
Deprecated in favor of
RC_RESYNC
RC_CONTROLFILE_COPY
V$DATAFILE_COPY
Control file copies on disk
RC_COPY_CORRUPTION
V$COPY_CORRUPTION
Corrupt block ranges in datafile
copies
RC_DATABASE
V$DATABASE
Databases registered in the
recovery catalog
RC_DATABASE_BLOCK_CORRUPTI
ON
V$DATABASE_BLOCK_CORRU
PTION
Database blocks marked as
corrupted in the most recent
RMAN backup or copy
RC_DATABASE_INCARNATION
V$DATABASE_INCARNATION
Database incarnations
registered in the recovery
catalog
RC_DATAFILE
V$DATAFILE
Datafiles registered in the
recovery catalog
RC_DATAFILE_COPY
V$DATAFILE_COPY
Datafile copies on disk
RC_LOG_HISTORY
V$LOG_HISTORY
Online redo log history
indicating when log switches
occurred
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(taken from the RMAN reference guide)
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