Copy the files for the most recent backup from the backup server to the STA server. This includes the most recent full database dump file and all incremental backups created since then.

1. On the backup server, copy the backup files to the STA server.
   1. Open a terminal session on the backup server, and log in as the Oracle user. If you are only doing local backups, this is the STA server.
   2. Copy the complete set of one day's backup files to the STA server. Oracle recommends copying the files to the /tmp directory. For example:

      $ scp *20200123* staserver.mycompany.com:/tmp/.
      

      where:

      • *20200123* indicates to copy all files with this date stamp.
      • staserver.mycompany.com is the name of the STA server.
      • /tmp is the target directory.
2. On the STA server, verify and decompress the files.
   1. Open a terminal session on the STA server, and log in as the Oracle user.
   2. Change to the target directory and verify the compressed files were successfully copied.

      $ cd /tmp
      $ ls -l *20200123*
      

   3. Decompressed files.

      $ unzip *20200123*.gz
      $ ls -l *20200123*