RMAN script

[lemjoh01]

I have many Oracle instances (8i) that I back up with RMAN. Most of them are on unix. Each time a backup is finished, I send a email to let me know the backup is finished. So, I have about 30 emails each morning. I was wondering if there were a script somewhere already written to query the rman database directly (not the catalog) to retreive the information I want (like last backup of all my database with the exit status) so I would have only one email! If it does not exist yet, do you know wich tables we can query to get the exit status of the backup. The only information I have is the command list or report of the rman utility.

Thanks for the help.

[jodie]

Look at the RC Views in the recovery catalog.

Here is a script I use to check the backups for the last 14 days. I'm sure you can modify it to meet your needs.

BREAK ON DATABASE skip 1
col elapsed for 99,999.9
SELECT name "DataBase", bs_key, set_count, status,
        DECODE(backup_type,'D','DATABASE','L','ARCHIVE LOG','I','INCREMENTAL') TYPE,
        incremental_level "Level",
        TO_CHAR(start_time, 'MM/DD/YY-HH24:MI') "Start Time",
        elapsed_seconds/60 "Elapsed"
FROM rc_backup_set a, rc_database b
WHERE start_time > sysdate - 14
  AND name LIKE UPPER('&DataBase%')
  AND a.db_key = b.db_key
  AND elapsed_seconds BETWEEN 0 AND 86399
ORDER BY 1, 7
/

HTH
Jodie

[lemjoh01]

The command you sent tells me what backups were done on a database but does not tell me if the backup succeeded. For example, some of my database are on tape and sometimes, we get an error because of the tape. I was wondering if I can get the status from the database. Here is an example of one error I got :

RMAN-10035: exception raised in RPC: ORA-19506: failed to create sequential file, name="al_17894_1_537998539", parms=""
ORA-27028: skgfqcre: sbtbackup returned error
ORA-19511: sbtbackup: Failed to open for backup.
RMAN-10031: ORA-19624 occurred during call to DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE.BACKUPPIECECREATE
RMAN-10031: ORA-19624 occurred during call to DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE.BACKUPPIECECREATE

Recovery Manager complete.

[jodie]

Originally posted by lemjoh01
The command you sent tells me what backups were done on a database but does not tell me if the backup succeeded. For example, some of my database are on tape and sometimes, we get an error because of the tape. I was wondering if I can get the status from the database. Here is an example of one error I got :

RMAN-10035: exception raised in RPC: ORA-19506: failed to create sequential file, name="al_17894_1_537998539", parms=""
ORA-27028: skgfqcre: sbtbackup returned error
ORA-19511: sbtbackup: Failed to open for backup.
RMAN-10031: ORA-19624 occurred during call to DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE.BACKUPPIECECREATE
RMAN-10031: ORA-19624 occurred during call to DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE.BACKUPPIECECREATE

Recovery Manager complete.

If you get an error like that, you won't have an entry in the Catalog. Only successful backups are in the catalog. So, you can check for a backup, if there isn't one, you had a problem!

[stmontgo]

I tail my logs and then pipe them to a file and then have that file emailed to me so I can quickly glance through the last 10 lines of each log.

From my experience any sign of trouble will be so indicated in the last few lines of the logfile

[hacketta1]

What 3rd party backup software are you using for media management? If it's Netbackup then I have a script that you could make some changes to that would provide you with that one email. Let me know if you me to post it.

[lemjoh01]

Yes, It is with NetBackup! If you can post it, It would be great!