The BRBACKUP and BRRESTORE functions for verifying backups are also supported for RMAN backups. RMAN verifies savesets with the command VALIDATE. They are verified as follows:

1. The savesets are imported from the backup medium. The readability of the backup is checked.
2. RMAN checks the internal consistency of the data in the savesets. No binary comparison is made with the originals.

BRBACKUP can verify online or offline RMAN backups immediately.

A delayed verification with BRRESTORE can only be done on the database host (as long as the database is mounted or open).

A verification with DB_VERIFY is not supported for RMAN backups, since the Oracle block consistency is checked when the backups are made.

SAP continues to make the same recommendations for the frequency of backup verifications: once a week, however at least once in each backup cycle.