Hi DBA's, I'll provide some information about our Oracle 8.0.5 instance, to help in formulating your opinions. Alter database backup control file to trace: Dump file e:\orant\rdbms80\trace\ORA00216.TRC Wed Jul 25 14:53:48 2001 ORACLE V8.0.5.0.0 - Production vsnsta=0 vsnsql=c vsnxtr=3 Windows NT V4.0, OS V5.101, CPU type 586 Oracle8 Enterprise Edition Release 8.0.5.0.0 - Production PL/SQL Release 8.0.5.0.0 - Production Windows NT V4.0, OS V5.101, CPU type 586 Instance name: prod Redo thread mounted by this instance: 1 Oracle process number: 36 pid: d8 *** SESSION ID:(21.435) 2001.07.25.14.53.48.934 *** 2001.07.25.14.53.48.934 # The following commands will create a new control file and use it # to open the database. # Data used by the recovery manager will be lost. Additional logs may # be required for media recovery of offline data files. Use this # only if the current version of all online logs are available. STARTUP NOMOUNT CREATE CONTROLFILE REUSE DATABASE "ORCL" NORESETLOGS ARCHIVELOG MAXLOGFILES 32 MAXLOGMEMBERS 2 MAXDATAFILES 254 MAXINSTANCES 1 MAXLOGHISTORY 618 LOGFILE GROUP 1 'E:\ORANT\DATABASE\LOGPROD1.ORA' SIZE 1M, GROUP 2 'E:\ORANT\DATABASE\LOGPROD2.ORA' SIZE 1M DATAFILE 'E:\ORANT\DATABASE\SYS1PROD.ORA', 'E:\ORANT\DATABASE\RBS1PROD.ORA', 'E:\ORANT\DATABASE\USR1PROD.ORA', 'E:\ORANT\DATABASE\TMP1PROD.ORA', 'E:\ORANT\DATABASE\INDX1PROD.ORA', 'E:\ORANT\DATABASE\IRDBASEPROD.ORA', 'E:\ORANT\DATABASE\ROLL1PROD.ORA' ; # Recovery is required if any of the datafiles are restored backups, # or if the last shutdown was not normal or immediate. RECOVER DATABASE # All logs need archiving and a log switch is needed. ALTER SYSTEM ARCHIVE LOG ALL; # Database can now be opened normally. ALTER DATABASE OPEN; Orant\database\initPROD.ora: db_name = orcl db_files = 1020 control_files = ("e:\orant\database\ctl1prod.ora", "e:\orant\database\ctl2prod.ora") db_file_multiblock_read_count = 16 db_block_buffers = 1000 shared_pool_size = 16000000 log_checkpoint_interval = 8000 processes = 100 dml_locks = 200 log_buffer = 32768 sequence_cache_entries = 30 sequence_cache_hash_buckets = 23 #audit_trail = none timed_statistics = true background_dump_dest = e:\orant\rdbms80\trace user_dump_dest = e:\orant\rdbms80\trace db_block_size =2048 compatible = 8.0.5.0.0 sort_area_size = 65536 log_checkpoint_timeout = 0 remote_login_passwordfile = shared max_dump_file_size = 10240 max_enabled_roles=40 open_cursors=400 log_archive_start=TRUE Initialization Parameters: NAME VALUE ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------- spin_count 2000 processes 100 sessions 115 timed_statistics TRUE timed_os_statistics 0 resource_limit FALSE license_max_sessions 0 license_sessions_warning 0 lm_procs 96 lm_ress 6000 lm_locks 12000 ogms_home parallel_transaction_resource_timeout 300 cpu_count 2 instance_groups event shared_pool_size 16000000 shared_pool_reserved_size 800000 shared_pool_reserved_min_alloc 5K large_pool_size 0 large_pool_min_alloc 16K NAME VALUE ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------- pre_page_sga FALSE shared_memory_address 0 hi_shared_memory_address 0 use_indirect_data_buffers FALSE use_ism TRUE lock_sga FALSE lock_sga_areas 0 instance_nodeset lock_name_space enqueue_resources 265 nls_language AMERICAN nls_territory AMERICA nls_sort nls_date_language nls_date_format nls_currency nls_numeric_characters nls_iso_currency nls_calendar disk_asynch_io TRUE tape_asynch_io TRUE NAME VALUE ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------- dbwr_io_slaves 0 lgwr_io_slaves 0 arch_io_slaves 0 backup_disk_io_slaves 0 backup_tape_io_slaves FALSE db_file_direct_io_count 64 control_files e:\orant\database\ctl1prod.o ra, e:\orant\database\ctl2pr od.ora db_file_name_convert log_file_name_convert db_block_buffers 1000 buffer_pool_keep buffer_pool_recycle db_block_checksum FALSE db_block_size 2048 db_block_checkpoint_batch 8 db_block_lru_statistics FALSE db_block_lru_extended_statistics 0 db_writer_processes 1 NAME VALUE ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------- db_block_lru_latches 1 db_block_max_dirty_target 4294967294 max_commit_propagation_delay 90000 compatible 8.0.5.0.0 compatible_no_recovery 0.0.0 log_archive_start TRUE log_archive_buffers 4 log_archive_buffer_size 127 log_archive_dest %RDBMS80%\ log_archive_duplex_dest log_archive_min_succeed_dest 1 log_archive_format ARC%s.%t log_buffer 32768 log_checkpoint_interval 8000 log_checkpoint_timeout 0 log_block_checksum FALSE log_small_entry_max_size 80 log_simultaneous_copies 2 db_files 1020 db_file_simultaneous_writes 4 db_file_multiblock_read_count 16 NAME VALUE ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------- log_files 255 read_only_open_delayed FALSE parallel_server FALSE gc_lck_procs 1 gc_latches 4 gc_releasable_locks 0 gc_rollback_locks gc_files_to_locks gc_defer_time 10 thread 0 freeze_DB_for_fast_instance_recovery FALSE log_checkpoints_to_alert FALSE recovery_parallelism 0 control_file_record_keep_time 7 temporary_table_locks 115 dml_locks 200 row_locking always serializable FALSE replication_dependency_tracking TRUE delayed_logging_block_cleanouts TRUE instance_number 0 NAME VALUE ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------- max_rollback_segments 30 transactions 126 transactions_per_rollback_segment 11 rollback_segments cleanup_rollback_entries 20 transaction_auditing TRUE discrete_transactions_enabled FALSE sequence_cache_entries 30 sequence_cache_hash_buckets 23 row_cache_cursors 10 os_roles FALSE max_enabled_roles 40 remote_os_authent FALSE remote_os_roles FALSE O7_DICTIONARY_ACCESSIBILITY TRUE remote_login_passwordfile SHARED dblink_encrypt_login FALSE license_max_users 0 db_domain WORLD global_names FALSE distributed_lock_timeout 60 NAME VALUE ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------- distributed_transactions 31 max_transaction_branches 8 distributed_recovery_connection_hold_tim 200 e commit_point_strength 1 mts_service orcl mts_rate_log_size mts_rate_scale mts_dispatchers mts_servers 0 mts_max_servers 20 mts_max_dispatchers 5 local_listener mts_listener_address mts_multiple_listeners FALSE open_links 4 open_links_per_instance 4 close_cached_open_cursors FALSE optimizer_features_enable 8.0.0 fixed_date NAME VALUE ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------- audit_trail NONE sort_area_size 65536 sort_area_retained_size 0 sort_direct_writes AUTO sort_write_buffers 2 sort_write_buffer_size 32768 sort_spacemap_size 512 sort_read_fac 20 db_name orcl open_cursors 400 ifile sql_trace FALSE os_authent_prefix OPS$ optimizer_mode CHOOSE sql92_security FALSE blank_trimming FALSE always_anti_join NESTED_LOOPS partition_view_enabled FALSE b_tree_bitmap_plans FALSE star_transformation_enabled FALSE complex_view_merging FALSE NAME VALUE ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------- push_join_predicate FALSE fast_full_scan_enabled FALSE parallel_broadcast_enabled FALSE parallel_adaptive_multi_user FALSE always_semi_join STANDARD optimizer_max_permutations 80000 optimizer_index_cost_adj 100 optimizer_index_caching 0 serial_reuse DISABLE cursor_space_for_time FALSE session_cached_cursors 0 text_enable FALSE remote_dependencies_mode TIMESTAMP utl_file_dir plsql_v2_compatibility FALSE job_queue_processes 0 job_queue_interval 60 job_queue_keep_connections FALSE snapshot_refresh_processes 0 snapshot_refresh_interval 60 snapshot_refresh_keep_connections FALSE NAME VALUE ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------- optimizer_percent_parallel 0 optimizer_search_limit 5 parallel_min_percent 0 parallel_default_max_instances 0 cache_size_threshold 100 create_bitmap_area_size 8388608 bitmap_merge_area_size 1048576 parallel_min_servers 0 parallel_max_servers 5 parallel_server_idle_time 5 allow_partial_sn_results FALSE parallel_instance_group ops_admin_group parallel_execution_message_size 2148 parallel_min_message_pool 64440 hash_join_enabled TRUE hash_area_size 0 hash_multiblock_io_count 1 background_dump_dest e:\orant\rdbms80\trace user_dump_dest e:\orant\rdbms80\trace max_dump_file_size 10240 NAME VALUE ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------- oracle_trace_enable FALSE oracle_trace_facility_path %OTRACE80%\ADMIN\FDF\ oracle_trace_collection_path %OTRACE80%\ADMIN\CDF\ oracle_trace_facility_name oracled oracle_trace_collection_name oracle_trace_collection_size 5242880 object_cache_optimal_size 102400 object_cache_max_size_percent 10 session_max_open_files 0 aq_tm_processes 0 215 rows selected. Free Space in Tablespaces: TABLESPACE_NAME MAX_BLOCKS COUNT_BLOCKS SUM_FREE_BLOCKS PCT_FREE -------------------- ---------- ------------ --------------- -------- IRD_BASE 728 1 728 71.09 IRD_DATA_LARGE 12235 6 12395 19.30 IRD_TEMP 15649 192 25199 98.43 RBS 19549 122 22574 88.18 ROLLBACKSPACE1 7449 1 7449 29.10 SYSTEM 38896 6 42941 64.51 6 rows selected. Create Tablespaces schema: -- --CREATE TABLESPACES -- CREATE TABLESPACE IRD_BASE DATAFILE 'E:\ORANT\DATABASE\IRDBASEPROD.ORA' SIZE 2048K AUTOEXTEND OFF LOGGING DEFAULT STORAGE(INITIAL 6K NEXT 10K MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 121 PCTINCREASE 30) ONLINE PERMANENT / CREATE TABLESPACE IRD_DATA_LARGE DATAFILE 'E:\ORANT\DATABASE\USR1PROD.ORA' SIZE 128472K AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 2K MAXSIZE UNLIMITED LOGGING DEFAULT STORAGE(INITIAL 100K NEXT 100K MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 121 PCTINCREASE 1) ONLINE PERMANENT / CREATE TABLESPACE IRD_INDEXES DATAFILE 'E:\ORANT\DATABASE\INDX1PROD.ORA' SIZE 87466K AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 2K MAXSIZE UNLIMITED LOGGING DEFAULT STORAGE(INITIAL 50K NEXT 50K MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 121 PCTINCREASE 1) ONLINE PERMANENT / CREATE TABLESPACE IRD_TEMP DATAFILE 'E:\ORANT\DATABASE\TMP1PROD.ORA' SIZE 51200K AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 2K MAXSIZE UNLIMITED LOGGING DEFAULT STORAGE(INITIAL 1M NEXT 100K MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 999 PCTINCREASE 0) ONLINE TEMPORARY / CREATE TABLESPACE RBS DATAFILE 'E:\ORANT\DATABASE\RBS1PROD.ORA' SIZE 51200K AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 2K MAXSIZE UNLIMITED LOGGING DEFAULT STORAGE(INITIAL 1M NEXT 1M MINEXTENTS 2 MAXEXTENTS 121 PCTINCREASE 0) ONLINE PERMANENT / CREATE TABLESPACE ROLLBACKSPACE1 DATAFILE 'E:\ORANT\DATABASE\ROLL1PROD.ORA' SIZE 51200K AUTOEXTEND OFF LOGGING DEFAULT STORAGE(INITIAL 100K NEXT 100K MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 121 PCTINCREASE 50) ONLINE PERMANENT Total System Global Area 19939328 bytes Fixed Size 49152 bytes Variable Size 17768448 bytes Database Buffers 2048000 bytes Redo Buffers 73728 bytes What is the function of the Online/offline REDO Logs? We are using TCP/IP over ethernet LANs and WAN with 256Kb fiber backbone and 100Mb NICs. Thanks in advance for your time, Denmark Weatherburne ==================================================== >From: "Blizzard, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: 'Denmark Weatherburne' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Question from Denmark W. in Belize >Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 14:16:50 -0400 > >Well, I would start by backing up your archive logs. What is the >structure >of the database. Do you have mirrored redo logs?, How big is the database >, When was the last export done. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Denmark Weatherburne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 1:59 PM >To: LazyDBA.com Discussion >Subject: RE: Question from Denmark W. in Belize > >Hi KD etal., > >I'd like to ask you a technical question regarding Oracle database >recovery. >I wil take on the DBA role for an Oracle 8.0.5 database running on NT 4.0 >with SP 6. My previous experience with Oracle has been with version 6.x on >sunOS, since then I worked as a DBA with Informix on Solaris. >I've started to review the configuration and of course backup and recovery >is an important issue. >Currently no tested recovery procedures exist. The current backup strategy >are as follows: >All physical files are being backed up to 4mm tape using ArcServeIT 6.61 >for > >NT and the Oracle agent for ArcServeIT. The NT registry is also being >backed > >up to tape. >The database is running in archivelog mode, but the ARC* logs are not being >up. They are still on the hard disk. The NT Server is running RAID level 5. >What are my Oracle recovery options in this scenario? > >Thanks in advance for your advice, > >Denmark Weatherburne >"Knowledge is power, but it is only useful if it is shared!" _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Denmark Weatherburne INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). 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