Recovery catalog creation

HI,

I'm working with RMAN by having controlfile as Recovery catalog,but i want to work with RMAN by cerating a recovery catalog separately,can any one explain me how to do this.

Is it similar like creating a normal database & then creating a user with appropriate privileges to work with RMAN or can i make use of existing database for this purpose.

If i've to create a separate database for this purpose,

1) Do i've to create instance for this catalog database & open the database?

2) If it's so,what are the initialization parameters,i've to set?


can anyone explain it more briefly..

now seriously, did you read the backup and recovery guide about creating a catalog? its all documented clearly with examples of what you must do

http://download-west.oracle.com/docs...6566/part4.htm