-d|-device

This BRARCHIVE command option defines the backup device type.

-d|-device tape|disk|pipe|tape_auto|pipe_auto|tape_box|pipe_box|util_file|stage|rman_util|rman_disk|rman_stage

Default value: tape

Possible values:

tape: local tape device

Always archive offline redo log files finally to tape, if possible twice.
disk: local disk. normally only use the option for archiving to disk in exceptional cases, such as two-step archiving. See archive_copy_dir.
stage: remote disk
pipe: archiving on a tape device of a remote system (UNIX only)
tape_auto or pipe_auto: the BRARCHIVE program generally only uses one tape for archiving (exception: archiving with -ss or -ssd). No continuation tapes are created. Therefore, specifying tape_auto or pipe_auto has no effect.
tape_box or pipe_box: jukeboxes or autoloader tape devices that can be addressed locally or remotely. See Backup with Automatic Tape Changers.
util_file: archiving with BACKINT - see the corresponding option in -d|-device.
rman_util|rman_disk|rman_stage: archiving with Oracle Recover Manager (RMAN) and an external backup tool. See RMAN Backup with an External Backup Library and backup_dev_type.