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Oracle® Database Backup and Recovery Reference
10g Release 2 (10.2)

Part Number B14194-03
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SEND

Syntax

send::=

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Purpose

To send a vendor-specific string to one or more channels supported by a media manager. Refer to your media management documentation to determine which commands are supported.

Restrictions and Usage Notes

Keywords and Parameters

Syntax Element Description
CHANNEL 'channel_id' Specifies which channel to use. If you do not specify DEVICE TYPE or CHANNEL, then RMAN uses all allocated channels. You must specify a case-sensitive channel ID, which is the name of the channel, after the CHANNEL keyword. the database uses the channel ID to report I/O errors.
DEVICE TYPE deviceSpecifier Specifies the type of storage device and sends the command to all channels of the specified type.

See Also: "deviceSpecifier"

'command' Specifies a vendor-specific media management command.

See Also: Your media management documentation to determine which commands are supported

PARMS = 'channel_parms' Parameters for the channel communicating with the media manager.

Example

Sending a String to the Media Manager: Example This example sends vendor-specific commands to a media manager:

RMAN> SEND 'VAR=a82';
sent command to channel: ORA_SBT_TAPE_1

RMAN> BACKUP DATAFILE 2;