Recovery catalog creation

[malru]

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..

[davey23uk]

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