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Consider this RMAN command: RMAN> CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY CLEAR; What is the effect of this command?

  1. Backups will never expire.

  2. It removes any retention policy.

  3. The DELETE OBSOLETE command will fail with an error.

  4. It sets the retention policy to the default of REDUNDANCY 1.
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Explanation

CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY CLEAR resets the retention policy to the default, which is REDUNDANCY 1 (keeps one copy of each backup). It doesn't remove retention policies or make backups never expire. The DELETE OBSOLETE command will continue to work normally after clearing. CLEAR restores the Oracle default, not a no-policy state.

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