RMAN Script: Backing up all the archivelog files

[call_arch_bkup.scp] (this scripts is calling the script arch_bkup.scp)

#!/bin/ksh

export ORACLE_HOME="/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0"

export ORACLE_SID="omr"

PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin

echo rman ARCHIVE backup for  CATDB started `date` >> /u07/catdb/rmanbkup.log

rman target sys/password@omr catalog rman/rman@catdb cmdfile='/u04/catdb/scripts/arch_bkup.scp'

echo rman ARCHIVE backup for CATDB ended `date` >> /u07/catdb/rmanbkup.log

exit

 [arch_bkup.scp]

run

{

allocate channel c1 type disk;

backup

format '/u10/catdb/backup/arch_%d_%s_%p_%t'

(archivelog all);

release channel c1;

# deleting archive logs older than 8 days

allocate channel c2 type disk;

delete archivelog until time 'SYSDATE-5';

release channel c2;

}