About RMAN Compatibility

Table B-1 describes the components of an RMAN environment. Each component has a release number associated with it.

Table B-1 Components of an RMAN Environment

Component	Release Number Refers to ...
RMAN client	Version of RMAN client (displayed when you start RMAN)
Recovery catalog database	Version of Oracle Database
Recovery catalog schema in recovery catalog database	Version of RMAN client used to create the recovery catalog
Target database	Version of Oracle Database
Auxiliary database	Version of Oracle Database

For example, you can use a release 9.0.1 RMAN client with:

A release 9.0.1 target database
A release 9.0.1 auxiliary database
A release 8.1.7 recovery catalog database whose catalog tables were created with RMAN release 9.0.1