SHOW

Syntax

show::=

Text description of show

Purpose

To display the current CONFIGURE command settings. The output of SHOW consists of the CONFIGURE commands used to set the configuration. RMAN default configurations are suffixed with #default.

Restrictions and Usage Notes

• Execute this command at the RMAN prompt, not in a RUN block.
• If SHOW ALL is executed when connected to a target database, only node-specific configurations and database configurations are displayed. Thus, in a standby configuration, SHOW ALL on the primary database or the standby database shows the node-specific configuration for the primary or standby databases, for all values except retention policy, tablespace exclude and auxiliary names.

Keywords and Parameters

Syntax Element	Description
ALL	Displays all user-entered CONFIGURE commands as well as default configurations.
ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES	Shows the currently configured degree of duplexing for archived redo log backups.
ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY	Shows the currently configured archived redo log deletion policy.
AUXNAME	Displays the CONFIGURE AUXNAME settings.
BACKUP OPTIMIZATION	Displays the CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION settings: ON or OFF (default).
[AUXILIARY] CHANNEL	Displays the CONFIGURE CHANNEL settings. You can specify a normal channel or an AUXILIARY channel.
FOR DEVICE TYPE deviceSpecifier	Specifies the device type of the channel. For example, SHOW CHANNEL FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK displays only channel settings for disk channels.
CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP	Displays the CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP settings: ON or OFF.
FORMAT	Displays the format for the control file autobackup file for configured devices.
{DATAFILE | ARCHIVELOG} BACKUP COPIES	Displays the CONFIGURE ... BACKUP COPIES setting for datafiles and archived redo logs: 1, 2, 3, or 4.
[DEFAULT] DEVICE TYPE	Displays the configured device types and parallelism settings. If DEFAULT is specified, then SHOW displays the default device type and settings.
EXCLUDE	Displays only the tablespaces that you have specified should be excluded.
MAXSETSIZE	Displays the CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE settings.
RETENTION POLICY	Displays the settings for CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY for the current target database.
SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME	Displays the CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE settings.

Examples

Showing Channel Configurations: Example

This example shows commands relevant for displaying automatic channel configurations:

RMAN> SHOW CHANNEL;
RMAN> SHOW DEVICE TYPE;
RMAN> SHOW DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE;
RMAN> SHOW MAXSETSIZE;

Showing All Configurations: Example

This example shows all persistent configurations for the target database (and includes sample output):

RMAN> SHOW ALL;

RMAN configuration parameters are:
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO REDUNDANCY 1; # default
CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION ON;
CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK; # default
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE "SBT" PARALLELISM 1;
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK PARALLELISM 1; # default
CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DISK TO 2;
CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR SBT TO 1; #default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR SBT TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE TO 2097152K;
CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO '/oracle/dbs/cf_snap.f';