In this example, you want to delete a test database called
test1
that is registered in the recovery catalog. You start the RMAN client, connect to database test1
as TARGET
, and connect to the recovery catalog. You then run the following commands to delete the target database files, as well as all backups, copies, and archived logs associated with the database:RMAN> CONNECT TARGET SYS@test1
target database Password: password
connected to target database: TEST1 (DBID=3952556153453)
RMAN> STARTUP FORCE MOUNT
RMAN> SQL 'ALTER SYSTEM ENABLE RESTRICTED SESSION';
RMAN> DROP DATABASE INCLUDING BACKUPS NOPROMPT;