FROM AN OPERATING SYSTEM PROMPT, LAUNCH THE RMAN EXECUTABLE AND CONNECT TO THE TARGET DATABASE, IDENTIFIED BY THE ORACLE_SID ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE, USING OPERATING SYSTEM AUTHENTICATION

1. From an operating system prompt, launch the RMAN executable and connect

to the target database, identified by the ORACLE_SID environment variable,

using operating system authentication. The program is $ORACLE_HOME/

bin/rman on Unix, %ORACLE_HOME%\bin\rman.exe on Windows:

rman target /