SQL> connect SYS as SYSDBA SQL> RECOVER DATABASE UNTIL TIME '2001-03-06:16:00:00' USING BACKUP CONTROLFILE;

RMAN> run { set until time to_date('04-Aug-2004 00:00:00', 'DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS');

restore database; recover database; }

SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL>

CONNECT sys AS SYSDBA STARTUP MOUNT EXCLUSIVE; ALTER DATABASE ARCHIVELOG; ARCHIVE LOG START; ALTER DATABASE OPEN;

log_archive_start log_archive_dest_1 log_archive_dest_state_1 log_archive_format

= = = =

TRUE 'LOCATION=/arch_dir_name' ENABLE %d_%t_%s.arc

_allow_resetlogs_corruption = true

select name from sys.v_$datafile; select member from sys.v_$logfile; select name from sys.v_$controlfile;

alter system checkpoint; shutdown abort startup restrict shutdown immediate

ALTER TABLESPACE xyz BEGIN BACKUP; ! cp xyzFile1 /backupDir/ ALTER TABLESPACE xyz END BACKUP;

ALTER SYSTEM SWITCH LOGFILE; -- Force log switch to update control file headers ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE TO '/backupDir/control.dbf';

ALTER DATABASE DATAFILE '/path/filename' END BACKUP;

ALTER DATABASE END BACKUP;

Argument Value Description ----------------------------------------------------------------------------target quoted-string connect-string for target database catalog quoted-string connect-string for recovery catalog nocatalog none if specified, then no recovery catalog cmdfile quoted-string name of input command file log quoted-string name of output message log file trace quoted-string name of output debugging message log file append none if specified, log is opened in append mode debug optional-args activate debugging msgno none show RMAN-nnnn prefix for all messages send quoted-string send a command to the media manager pipe string building block for pipe names timeout integer number of seconds to wait for pipe input -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

[oracle@localhost oracle]$ rman Recovery Manager: Release 10.1.0.2.0 - Production Copyright (c) 1995, 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved. RMAN> connect target; connected to target database: ORCL (DBID=1058957020) RMAN> backup database; ...

rman target sys/*** nocatalog run { allocate channel t1 type disk; backup format '/app/oracle/backup/%d_t%t_s%s_p%p' (database); release channel t1; }

rman target sys/*** nocatalog run { allocate channel t1 type disk; # set until time 'Aug 07 2000 :51'; restore tablespace users; recover tablespace users; release channel t1; }

RMAN> run { 2> allocate channel dev1 type disk; 3> backup 4> format '/app/oracle/archback/log_%t_%sp%p' 5> (archivelog all delete input); 6> release channel dev1; 7> }

RMAN> LIST BACKUP OF ARCHIVELOG FROM TIME 'sysdate-1';

RMAN> run { 2> allocate channel dev1 type disk; 3> restore (archivelog low logseq 78311 high logseq 78340 thread 1 all); 4> release channel dev1; 5> }

sqlplus sys SQL> create user rman identified by rman; SQL> alter user rman default tablespace tools temporary tablespace temp; SQL> alter user rman quota unlimited on tools; SQL> grant connect, resource, recovery_catalog_owner to rman; SQL> exit;

rman catalog rman/rman RMAN> create catalog tablespace tools; RMAN> exit;

rman catalog rman/rman target backdba/backdba RMAN> register database;

allocate channel t1 type 'SBT_TAPE'

PARMS='SBT_LIBRARY=/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/libobk.so.1';

allocate channel t1 type 'SBT_TAPE' send "NB_ORA_CLIENT=client_machine_name";

allocate channel t1 type 'SBT_TAPE' PARMS='SBT_LIBRARY= /opt/omni/lib/libob2oracle8_64bit.sl';

allocate channel 'dev_1' type 'sbt_tape' parms 'ENV=OB2BARTYPE=Oracle8,OB2APPNAME=orcl,OB2BARLIST=machinename_orcl_archlogs)';

connect target sys/secure@origdb connect catalog rman/rman@catdb connect auxiliary / run { set newname for datafile 1 to '/ORADATA/u01/system01.dbf';

set set set set

newname newname newname newname

for for for for

datafile datafile datafile datafile

2 3 4 5

to to to to

'/ORADATA/u02/undotbs01.dbf'; '/ORADATA/u03/users01.dbf'; '/ORADATA/u03/indx01.dbf'; '/ORADATA/u02/example01.dbf';

allocate auxiliary channel dupdb1 type disk; set until sequence 2 thread 1; duplicate target database to dupdb logfile GROUP 1 ('/ORADATA/u02/redo01.log') SIZE 200k REUSE, GROUP 2 ('/ORADATA/u03/redo02.log') SIZE 200k REUSE; }

$ rman target / nocatalog Recovery Manager: Release 10.1.0.2.0 - 64bit Production Copyright (c) 1995, 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved. connected to target database: ORCL (DBID=1046662649) using target database controlfile instead of recovery catalog RMAN> backup datafile 1; Starting backup at 20-AUG-04 allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1 channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=146 devtype=DISK channel ORA_DISK_1: starting full datafile backupset channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backupset input datafile fno=00001 name=/oradata/orcl/system01.dbf channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 20-AUG-04 channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 20-AUG-04 piece handle= /flash_recovery_area/ORCL/backupset/2004_08_20/o1_mf_nnndf_TAG20040820T153256_0lczd9tf_.bkp comment=NONE channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:45 channel ORA_DISK_1: starting full datafile backupset channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backupset including current controlfile in backupset including current SPFILE in backupset channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 20-AUG-04 channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 20-AUG-04 piece handle= /flash_recovery_area/ORCL/backupset/2004_08_20/o1_mf_ncsnf_TAG20040820T153256_0lczfrx8_.bkp comment=NONE channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:04 Finished backup at 20-AUG-04[/code]

SQL> show parameters CONTROL_FILES NAME TYPE VALUE ------------------------------------ ----------- -----------------------------control_files string /oradata/orcl/control01.ctl, /oradata/orcl/control02.ctl, /oradata/orcl/control03.ctl SQL> shutdown abort; ORACLE instance shut down. SQL> ! mv /oradata/orcl/control01.ctl /tmp/control01.ctl</pre>

SQL> startup NOMOUNT ORACLE instance started. Total System Global Area Fixed Size Variable Size Database Buffers Redo Buffers 289406976 1301536 262677472 25165824 262144 bytes bytes bytes bytes bytes</pre>

DECLARE v_devtype VARCHAR2(100); v_done BOOLEAN; v_maxPieces NUMBER; TYPE t_pieceName IS TABLE OF varchar2(255) INDEX BY binary_integer; v_pieceName t_pieceName; BEGIN -- Define the backup pieces... (names from the RMAN Log file) v_pieceName(1) := '/flash_recovery_area/ORCL/backupset/2004_08_20/o1_mf_ncsnf_TAG20040820T153256_0lczfrx8_.bkp'; v_pieceName(2) := '/flash_recovery_area/ORCL/backupset/2004_08_20/o1_mf_nnndf_TAG20040820T153256_0lczd9tf_.bkp'; v_maxPieces := 2; -- Allocate a channel... (Use type=>null for DISK, type=>'sbt_tape' for TAPE) v_devtype := DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE.deviceAllocate(type=>NULL, ident=>'d1'); -- Restore the first Control File... DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE.restoreSetDataFile; -- CFNAME mist be the exact path and filename of a controlfile taht was backed-up DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE.restoreControlFileTo(cfname=>'/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/control01.ctl'); dbms_output.put_line('Start restoring '||v_maxPieces||' pieces.'); FOR i IN 1..v_maxPieces LOOP dbms_output.put_line('Restoring from piece '||v_pieceName(i)); DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE.restoreBackupPiece(handle=>v_pieceName(i), done=>v_done, params=>null); exit when v_done; END LOOP; -- Deallocate the channel... DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE.deviceDeAllocate('d1'); EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE.deviceDeAllocate; RAISE; END; /

SQL> ! ls -l /oradata/orcl/control01.ctl -rw-r----1 oracle dba 3096576 Aug 20 16:45 /oradata/orcl/control01.ctl[/code]

SQL> ! cp /oradata/orcl/control01.ctl /oradata/orcl/control02.ctl SQL> ! cp /oradata/orcl/control01.ctl /oradata/orcl/control03.ctl SQL> alter database mount; SQL> recover database using backup controlfile; ORA-00279: change 7917452 generated at 08/20/2004 16:40:59 needed for thread 1 ORA-00289: suggestion : /flash_recovery_area/ORCL/archivelog/2004_08_20/o1_mf_1_671_%u_.arc ORA-00280: change 7917452 for thread 1 is in sequence #671 Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL} /oradata/orcl/redo02.log Log applied. Media recovery complete. Database altered. SQL> alter database open resetlogs;

Database altered.