DB_KEY

NUMBER

The primary key for this database in the recovery catalog. Use this column to join with almost any other catalog view.

DBINC_KEY

NUMBER

The primary key for the incarnation of the target database. Use this column to join with RC_DATABASE_INCARNATION.

DB_NAME

VARCHAR2(8)

The DB_NAME of the database incarnation to which this record belongs.

PDB_KEY

NUMBER

The primary key of the PDB in the recovery catalog. Use this column to identify the PDB that owns the backups.

BDF_KEY

NUMBER

The primary key of the data file backup in the recovery catalog. If you issue the LIST command while RMAN is connected to the recovery catalog, then this value appears in the KEY column of the output.

RECID

NUMBER

The backup data file RECID from V$BACKUP_DATAFILE. RECID and STAMP form a concatenated primary key that uniquely identifies this record in the target database control file.

STAMP

NUMBER

The backup data file stamp from V$BACKUP_DATAFILE. RECID and STAMP form a concatenated primary key that uniquely identifies this record in the target database control file.

BS_KEY

NUMBER

The primary key of the backup set to which this record belongs in the recovery catalog. Use this column to join with RC_BACKUP_SET or RC_BACKUP_PIECE.

SET_STAMP

NUMBER

The SET_STAMP value from V$BACKUP_SET. SET_STAMP and SET_COUNT form a concatenated key that uniquely identifies the backup set to which this record belongs in the target database control file.

SET_COUNT

NUMBER

The SET_COUNT value from V$BACKUP_SET. SET_STAMP and SET_COUNT form a concatenated key that uniquely identifies the backup set to which this record belongs in the target database control file.

BS_RECID

NUMBER

The RECID from V$BACKUP_SET.

BS_STAMP

NUMBER

The STAMP from V$BACKUP_SET.

BACKUP_TYPE

VARCHAR2(1)

The type of the backup: D (full or level 0 incremental) or I (incremental level 1).

INCREMENTAL_LEVEL

NUMBER

The level of the incremental backup: NULL, 0, or 1.

COMPLETION_TIME

DATE

The completion time of the backup.

FILE#

NUMBER

The absolute file number of the data file. When FILE#=0, the record refers to the control file. See the note following this table for special semantics of other columns when FILE#=0.

CREATION_CHANGE#

NUMBER

The creation SCN of the data file.

RESETLOGS_CHANGE#

NUMBER

The SCN of the most recent RESETLOGS in the data file header.

RESETLOGS_TIME

DATE

The time stamp of the most recent RESETLOGS in the data file header.

INCREMENTAL_CHANGE#

NUMBER

The SCN that determines whether a block is included in the incremental backup. A block is only included if the SCN in the block header is greater than or equal to INCREMENTAL_CHANGE#.

The range of redo covered by the incremental backup begins with INCREMENTAL_CHANGE# and ends with CHECKPOINT_CHANGE#.

CHECKPOINT_CHANGE#

NUMBER

The checkpoint SCN of this data file in this backup set.

CHECKPOINT_TIME

DATE

The time associated with CHECKPOINT_CHANGE#.

ABSOLUTE_FUZZY_CHANGE#

NUMBER

The absolute fuzzy SCN. See the note following this table for special semantics when FILE#=0.

DATAFILE_BLOCKS

NUMBER

The number of data blocks in the data file.

BLOCKS

NUMBER

The number of data blocks written to the backup. This value is often less than DATAFILE_BLOCKS because for full backups, blocks that have never been used are not included in the backup, and for incremental backups, blocks that have not changed are not included in the backup. This value is never greater than DATAFILE_BLOCKS.

BLOCK_SIZE

NUMBER

The size of the data blocks in bytes.

STATUS

VARCHAR2(1)

The status of the backup set: A (all pieces available), D (all pieces deleted), O (some pieces are available but others are not, so the backup set is unusable).

BS_LEVEL

NUMBER

The incremental level (NULL, 0, or 1) specified when this backup was created. This value can be different from the INCREMENTAL_LEVEL column because if you run, for example, a level 1 incremental backup, but no previous level 0 backup exists for some files, a level 0 backup is automatically taken for these files. In this case, BS_LEVEL is 1 and INCREMENTAL_LEVEL is 0.

PIECES

NUMBER

The number of backup pieces in the backup set that contains this backup data file.

BLOCKS_READ

NUMBER

Number of blocks that were scanned while taking this backup. If this was an incremental backup, and change tracking was used to optimize the backup, then the value of this column is smaller than DATAFILE_BLOCKS. Otherwise, the value of this column equals DATAFILE_BLOCKS. Even when change tracking data is used, the value of this column may be larger than BLOCKS, because the data read by change tracking is further refined during the process of creating an incremental backup.

CREATION_TIME

DATE

Creation timestamp of the data file.

MARKED_CORRUPT

NUMBER

Number of blocks marked corrupt.

USED_CHANGE_TRACKING

VARCHAR2(3)

Whether change tracking data was used to accelerate this incremental backup (YES) or was not used (NO).

USED_OPTIMIZATION

VARCHAR2(3)

Whether backup optimization was applied (YES) or not (NO).

PCT_NOTREAD

NUMBER

The percentage of the file that was skipped during this backup. For incremental backups, this value indicates the efficiency of the block change tracking file.

FOREIGN_DBID

NUMBER

Foreign DBID of the database from which this data file was transported. The value is 0 if the file backed up is not a foreign database file.

PLUGGED_READONLY

VARCHAR2(3)

YES if this is a backup of a transported read-only foreign file; otherwise NO.

PLUGIN_CHANGE#

NUMBER

SCN at which the foreign data file was transported into the database. The value is 0 if this file is not a foreign database file.

PLUGIN_RESETLOGS_CHANGE#

NUMBER

The SCN of the RESETLOGS operation for the incarnation into which this foreign file was transported. The value is 0 if this file is not a foreign database file.

PLUGIN_RESETLOGS_TIME

DATE

The time of the RESETLOGS operation for the incarnation into which this foreign file was transported. The value is 0 if this file is not a foreign database file.

SECTION_SIZE

NUMBER

Specifies the number of blocks in each section of a multisection backup. Value is 0 for whole file backups.

SPARSE_BACKUP

VARCHAR2(3)

Indicates if the backup is a sparse backup