powerful Data Recovery Advisor feature

• simpler backup and recovery commands
• automatically manages the backup files without DBA intervention.
• automatically deletes unnecessary backup datafiles and archived REDO log files both from disk and tape.
• provides you with detailed REPORTING of backup actions
• Easy to duplicate a database or create standby database.
• Without actually restoring data, you can test whether you will be able to do it or not
• Incremental backup! only RMAN can do that.
• Active Duplication! (11G new feature), you can perform database duplication without backups by using the network enabled database duplication feature
• automatically detects corrupt data blocks during backups
• Data block LEVEL recovery possible in case only few DB blocks are corrupt
• Encrypted backups possible
• Use RMAN with a variety of third-party storage systems easily

With so many benefits, RMAN SHOLD be used as primary backup-recovery tool.

 powerful Data Recovery Advisor feature

With so many benefits, RMAN shold be used as primary backup-recovery tool.