Oracle 12c - incremental backup for DataGuard over network

If you have DataGuard or standby database in your organization you probably will love that new RMAN feature. Since 12c it is possible to catchup standby database using incremental backup using one command. Additional space and time need to run incremental backup, copy over to standby and restore can be limited to time required to run incremental backup over network.

See short example:

Stopping recovery on standby 

[oracle@ip-10-0-1-79 ~]$ sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 12.1.0.1.0 Production on Sun Jul 7 12:56:24 2013
Copyright (c) 1982, 2013, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

Connected to:
Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Advanced Analytics and Real Application Testing options

SQL>  ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE cancel;

Database altered.

SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Advanced Analytics and Real Application Testing options

Running incremental backup:

[oracle@ip-10-0-1-79 ~]$ rman target /
Recovery Manager: Release 12.1.0.1.0 - Production on Sun Jul 7 12:56:39 2013
Copyright (c) 1982, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.
connected to target database: TEST12C (DBID=1424547711, not open)

RMAN>  recover database from service test12c_b using compressed backupset;

Starting recover at 07-JUL-13
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: SID=35 device type=DISK
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting incremental datafile backup set restore
channel ORA_DISK_1: using compressed network backup set from service test12c_b
destination for restore of datafile 00001: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/test12c/system01.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: restore complete, elapsed time: 00:00:25
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting incremental datafile backup set restore
channel ORA_DISK_1: using compressed network backup set from service test12c_b
destination for restore of datafile 00002: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/test12c/sysaux01.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: restore complete, elapsed time: 00:00:35
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting incremental datafile backup set restore
channel ORA_DISK_1: using compressed network backup set from service test12c_b
destination for restore of datafile 00003: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/test12c/undotbs01.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: restore complete, elapsed time: 00:00:25
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting incremental datafile backup set restore
channel ORA_DISK_1: using compressed network backup set from service test12c_b
destination for restore of datafile 00004: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/test12c/users01.dbf
channel ORA_DISK_1: restore complete, elapsed time: 00:00:07

...

RMAN>; exit
Recovery Manager complete.

For anyone who spend night trying to catch up standby database above solution looks brilliant.

regards,
Marcin