How to check RMAN backup status and timings

Hello friends, in this article we learn how to check RMAN backup status and timings on the target database.

Using the following command you will get the details about currently running RMAN and ARCHIVE backup. Click Here for YouTube

Query to check RMAN backup status

Using the below query you can the rman backup monitoring.

col STATUS format a10
col hrs format 999.99

select SESSION_KEY, INPUT_TYPE, STATUS,
to_char(START_TIME,'mm/dd/yy hh24:mi') start_time,
to_char(END_TIME,'mm/dd/yy hh24:mi') end_time,
elapsed_seconds/3600 hrs from V$RMAN_BACKUP_JOB_DETAILS
order by session_key;

Output:

Check RMAN historical backup details

Using the below query you can find old RMAN backup details.

set linesize 500 pagesize 2000
col Hours format 9999.99
col STATUS format a10
select SESSION_KEY, INPUT_TYPE, STATUS,
to_char(START_TIME,'mm-dd-yyyy hh24:mi:ss') as RMAN_Bkup_start_time,
to_char(END_TIME,'mm-dd-yyyy hh24:mi:ss') as RMAN_Bkup_end_time,
elapsed_seconds/3600 Hours from V$RMAN_BACKUP_JOB_DETAILS
order by session_key;

How To Determine RMAN Backup Size

Using the below query you can find out the RMAN Backup status on SQL prompt.

SELECT TO_CHAR(completion_time, 'YYYY-MON-DD') completion_time, type, round(sum(bytes)/1048576) MB, round(sum(elapsed_seconds)/60) min
FROM
(
SELECT
CASE
  WHEN s.backup_type='L' THEN 'ARCHIVELOG'
  WHEN s.controlfile_included='YES' THEN 'CONTROLFILE'
  WHEN s.backup_type='D' AND s.incremental_level=0 THEN 'LEVEL0'
  WHEN s.backup_type='I' AND s.incremental_level=1 THEN 'LEVEL1'
END type,
TRUNC(s.completion_time) completion_time, p.bytes, s.elapsed_seconds
FROM v$backup_piece p, v$backup_set s
WHERE p.status='A' AND p.recid=s.recid
UNION ALL
SELECT 'DATAFILECOPY' type, TRUNC(completion_time), output_bytes, 0 elapsed_seconds FROM v$backup_copy_details
)
GROUP BY TO_CHAR(completion_time, 'YYYY-MON-DD'), type
ORDER BY 1 ASC,2,3;

So this is the complete tutorial on how to check RMAN backup status and timings. You can use these command as rman backup monitoring script.

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