OCP Backup And Recovery Practice Question
Which TWO RMAN settings significantly improve performance during backup operations on an Exadata system?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION ON;
Backup optimization and parallelism settings directly impact throughput on high-performance storage.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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CONFIGURE CHANNEL ... RATE 10M;
Why it's wrong here
This would throttle performance.
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CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE UNLIMITED;
Why it's wrong here
This is a default setting.
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CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION ON;
Why this is correct
Skips files that haven't changed.
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CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK BACKUP TYPE TO COMPRESSED BACKUPSET;
Why this is correct
Reduces I/O load by compressing data.
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CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP OFF;
Why it's wrong here
This is a safety risk.
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