In a real time, we will not take Oracle database backup manually everyday. Some of the tasks can be automated like RMAN backups. In this post, we will see how to automate RMAN backup using shellscript and I personally use shellscript for import/export, rman backup and for monitoring alerts. • Create Backup directory • Create RMAN backup script file .sh • Schedule Backup Under Crontab # Example of job definition: # .---------------- minute (0 - 59) # | .------------- hour (0 - 23) # | | .---------- day of month (1 - 31) # | | | .------- month (1 - 12) OR jan,feb,mar,apr ... # | | | | .---- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0 or 7) OR sun,mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat # | | | | | # * * * * * user-name command to be executed # Example of job definition: # . ---------------- minute ( 0 - 59 ) # | . ------------- hour ( 0 - 23 ) # | | . ---------- day of month ( 1 - 31 ) # | | | . ------- month ( 1 - 12 ) OR jan , feb , mar , apr .....