Rman copies all blocks into the backup set image copy

• CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO disk;

• CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK BACKUP TYPE TO COPY;

the copy operation by: • Using the CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK PARALLELISM n, where n is the

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Full Backups

A full backup is different from a whole database backup. A full data file backup is a backup that includes every used data block in the file. RMAN copies all blocks into the backup set or image copy, skipping only data file blocks that have never been used. For a full image copy, the entire file contents are reproduced exactly. A full backup cannot be part of an incremental backup strategy; it cannot be the parent for a subsequent incremental backup.

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