# Backing up a control file
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You can back up a control file using the Amazon RDS procedure `rdsadmin.rdsadmin_rman_util.backup_current_controlfile`.

This procedure uses the following common parameters for RMAN tasks:
+ `p_owner`
+ `p_directory_name`
+ `p_label`
+ `p_compress`
+ `p_rman_to_dbms_output`
+ `p_tag`

For more information, see [Common parameters for RMAN procedures](Appendix.Oracle.CommonDBATasks.CommonParameters.md).

This procedure is supported for the following Amazon RDS for Oracle DB engine versions:
+ Oracle Database 21c (21.0.0)
+ Oracle Database 19c (19.0.0)

The following example backs up a control file using the specified values for the parameters.

```
BEGIN
    rdsadmin.rdsadmin_rman_util.backup_current_controlfile(
        p_owner               => 'SYS', 
        p_directory_name      => 'MYDIRECTORY',
        p_tag                 => 'CONTROL_FILE_BACKUP',
        p_rman_to_dbms_output => FALSE);
END;
/
```