<s>
RMAN	B-Application
(	O
Recovery	B-Application
Manager	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
backup	O
and	O
recovery	B-Application
manager	O
supplied	O
for	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
databases	I-General_Concept
(	O
from	O
version	O
8	O
)	O
created	O
by	O
the	B-Application
Oracle	I-Application
Corporation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
database	O
backup	O
,	O
restore	O
,	O
and	O
recovery	B-Application
capabilities	O
addressing	O
high	O
availability	O
and	O
disaster	O
recovery	B-Application
concerns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
recommends	O
RMAN	B-Application
as	O
its	O
preferred	O
method	O
for	O
backup	O
and	O
recovery	B-Application
and	O
has	O
written	O
command-line	B-Application
and	O
graphical	B-Application
(	O
via	O
Oracle	B-Operating_System
Enterprise	I-Operating_System
Manager	I-Operating_System
)	O
interfaces	O
for	O
the	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
designers	O
of	O
RMAN	B-Application
aimed	O
at	O
integration	O
with	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
servers	O
,	O
providing	O
block-level	O
corruption	O
detection	O
during	O
backup	O
and	O
restore	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RMAN	B-Application
optimizes	O
performance	O
and	O
space-consumption	O
during	O
backup	O
with	O
file	O
multiplexing	B-Architecture
and	O
backup-set	O
compression	O
;	O
it	O
integrates	O
with	O
Oracle	B-Application
Secure	O
Backup	O
and	O
with	O
third-party	O
media	O
management	O
products	O
for	O
tape	O
backup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
syntax	O
system	O
of	O
many	O
commands	O
and	O
options	O
allows	O
database	B-General_Concept
administrators	I-General_Concept
to	O
fine-tune	O
the	O
methods	O
and	O
performance	O
of	O
backups	O
and	O
restores	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Application
data	O
and	O
Oracle	B-Application
configuration	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Complete	O
recovery	B-Application
"	O
entails	O
restoring	O
all	O
available	O
consistent	O
information	O
to	O
the	O
most	O
current	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Incomplete	O
recovery	B-Application
"	O
options	O
allow	O
specifying	O
restoration	O
to	O
a	O
given	O
time	O
in	O
the	O
past	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
restore	O
a	O
specific	O
tablespace	B-General_Concept
(	O
group	O
of	O
database	O
objects	O
)	O
or	O
a	O
specific	O
table	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RMAN	B-Application
can	O
use	O
a	O
defined	O
"	O
fast	O
recovery	B-Application
area	O
"	O
(	O
originally	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
flash	O
recovery	B-Application
area	O
"	O
)	O
for	O
backup	O
and	O
recovery	B-Application
data	O
.	O
</s>
