Scripting RMAN 8i for Windows 2000

hi johanntagle,
- i've wrote a step on how to schedule rman backup on Windows few week back. however kindly noted that, the script is for RMAN 10g therefore you should use your script instead. you might also need to chage the $Rman target syntax that i specify in the "YourDB.rcv" script:

- look for the step ID: 35509632 from thy link below:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/26986479/automated-backup.html

Was able to figure it out.  I moved the recipe into an .rcv file, then created a batch file that has

rman target sys/change_on_install@test catalog rman/rman@rcat cmdfile=e:\rman_scripts\full_backup.rcv

(obviously using a test database here so didn't bother mask passwords).

My follow-up question would be, is it a good practice, assuming that you have multiple target databases which are identical (i.e. same target location for backup files), to just have multiple lines on the batch file, i.e.

rman target sys/change_on_install@db1 catalog rman/rman@rcat cmdfile=e:\rman_scripts\full_backup.rcv
rman target sys/change_on_install@db2 catalog rman/rman@rcat cmdfile=e:\rman_scripts\full_backup.rcv
rman target sys/change_on_install@db3 catalog rman/rman@rcat cmdfile=e:\rman_scripts\full_backup.rcv

Thanks.

- i actually can't remember why i didn't run my rman backup all in one script but there must be reason for it that time that i cannot recall.

I'm getting a "could not start" message in scheduled tasks - it worked for my test instance on Windows XP, but on the Windows 2000 server I can't make it work.  What can I check?  Thanks.

this is from memory. i will confirmed this setting tomorrow at office. however you need to test the settings which work best on your environment:
- on Task tab, preferable that you set admin user. then checked the Enabled option
- on Settings, uncheck wake computer to run this task (due to uncertainty of windows, on another server i have to set it to wake)
- on Security, make sure that Full Control-Modify-Read&Execute-Read-Write is check for the user that you select to run the script.

: to understand more on task scheduler, read the doc: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb742547.aspx

Thanks OP!  Will try them out later.

Thanks again to OP and MrJoltCola!