Oracle RMAN (catalog) full backup script

Changes you need to make are highlighted in yellow. Database name, Oracle home location, user executing the script (oracle user here), and email to at the end. Optional RMAN configuration items such as filesperset, archive log files to keep, and tag name also highlighted.

#!/bin/sh
# ----------------------------------------------------
# Determine the user which is executing this script.
# ----------------------------------------------------

CUSER=`id |cut -d"(" -f2 | cut -d ")" -f1`

# Set begin time of script
c_begin_time_sec=`date +%s`

# ----------------------------------------------------
# Put output in .out. Change as desired.
# Note: output directory requires write permission.

# RMAN_LOG_FILE=${0}.out
RMAN_LOG_FILE=${0}.`date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S`.out

# ----------------------------------------------------
# You may want to delete the output file so that

# backup information does not accumulate.

#  If not, delete the following lines.
# ----------------------------------------------------

if [ -f "$RMAN_LOG_FILE" ]
then
        rm -f "$RMAN_LOG_FILE"
fi

# ----------------------------------------------------
# Initialize the log file.
# ----------------------------------------------------
set NLS_DATE_FORMAT="YYYY/MM/DD HH24:MI:SS"
set echo on
echo >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE
chmod 666 $RMAN_LOG_FILE

# ----------------------------------------------------
# Log the start of this script.
# ----------------------------------------------------

echo Script $0 >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE
echo ==== started on `date` ==== >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE
echo >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE

# ----------------------------------------------------
# Replace below, with the Oracle home path.
# ----------------------------------------------------

ORACLE_HOME=/oracle/app/
export ORACLE_HOME

# ----------------------------------------------------
# Replace below, with the Oracle SID of

# the target database.
# ----------------------------------------------------

ORACLE_SID=ORCL
export ORACLE_SID

# ----------------------------------------------------
# Replace below, with the Oracle DBA user id (account).
# -----------------------------------------------------

ORACLE_USER=oracle
# -----------------------------------------------------
# Set the target connect string.
# Replace "sys/manager", below,

# with the target connect string.
# -----------------------------------------------------

TARGET_CONNECT_STR=/
CATALOG_CONNECT_STR=catalog_login/password@sid_of_catalog;

# -----------------------------------------------------
# Set the Oracle Recovery Manager name.
# -----------------------------------------------------

RMAN=$ORACLE_HOME/bin/rman

# -----------------------------------------------------
# Print out the value of the variables set by this script.
# -----------------------------------------------------


echo >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE
echo   "RMAN: $RMAN" >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE
echo   "ORACLE_SID: $ORACLE_SID" >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE
echo   "ORACLE_USER: $ORACLE_USER" >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE
echo   "ORACLE_HOME: $ORACLE_HOME" >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE

# -----------------------------------------------------
# NOTE: This script assumes that the database

# is properly opened. If desired,
# this would be the place to verify that.
# -----------------------------------------------------

echo >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE

#     schedule type is                BACKUP_TYPE is
#     ----------------                --------------
# Automatic Full                     INCREMENTAL LEVEL=0
# Automatic Differential Incremental INCREMENTAL LEVEL=1
# Automatic Cumulative Incremental   INCREMENTAL LEVEL=1 CUMULATIVE
#
# Note that we use incremental level 0 to specify full backups.
# That is because, although they are identical in content, only
# the incremental level 0 backup can have incremental backups of
# level > 0 applied to it.
# ----------------------------------------------------

ORA_FULL=1;
ORA_INCR=0;
ORA_CINC=0;

if [ "$ORA_FULL" = "1" ]
then
    echo "Full backup requested" >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE
    BACKUP_TYPE="INCREMENTAL LEVEL=0"
elif [ "$ORA_INCR" = "1" ]
then
    echo "Differential incremental backup requested" >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE
    BACKUP_TYPE="INCREMENTAL LEVEL=1"

elif [ "$ORA_CINC" = "1" ]
then
    echo "Cumulative incremental backup requested" >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE
    BACKUP_TYPE="INCREMENTAL LEVEL=1 CUMULATIVE"

elif [ "$BACKUP_TYPE" = "" ]
then
    echo "Default - Full backup requested" >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE
    BACKUP_TYPE="INCREMENTAL LEVEL=0"
fi
# -------------------------------------------------
c_begin_time_sec=`date +%s`

CMD_STR="
ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_HOME
export ORACLE_HOME
ORACLE_SID=$ORACLE_SID
export ORACLE_SID
$RMAN target $TARGET_CONNECT_STR catalog $CATALOG_CONNECT_STR msgno append << EOF
RUN {
BACKUP
    $BACKUP_TYPE
    SKIP INACCESSIBLE
    TAG orcldb_full_db_bk
    FILESPERSET 8
    DATABASE;
   sql 'alter system archive log current';
# backup all archive logs and then delete them
BACKUP
    filesperset 8
    ARCHIVELOG ALL;
DELETE NOPROMPT ARCHIVELOG
    UNTIL TIME 'SYSDATE - 1';
}
EOF
"
# Initiate the command string
/bin/sh -c "$CMD_STR" >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE
RSTAT=$?


c_end_time_sec=`date +%s`
echo >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE
v_total_execution_time_sec=`expr ${c_end_time_sec} - ${c_begin_time_sec}`
echo "Script execution time is $((v_total_execution_time_sec / 60)) Minutes" >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE
# echo "Script execution time is $v_total_execution_time_sec" >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE
echo "Wow, that is really good time." >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE
echo >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE

# -----------------------------------------------------
# Log the completion of this script.
# -----------------------------------------------------
if [ "$RSTAT" = "0" ]
then
    LOGMSG="ended successfully"
else
    LOGMSG="ended in error"
fi

echo >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE
echo Script $0 >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE
echo ==== $LOGMSG on `date` ==== >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE
echo >> $RMAN_LOG_FILE

#
# Email log file and status to DBA
cat $RMAN_LOG_FILE | mailx -s "$((v_total_execution_time_sec / 60)) Mins. ${ORACLE_SID} on `uname -n` $BACKUP_TYPE $LOGMSG - EXIT Status = $RSTAT" yourname@company.com

exit $RSTAT