If you are testing.. and want to try it again.. Backup CONTROL FILE at the end.. i.e. even after the archive logs are backed up.
----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 09:35 AM > 1) RMAN on Oracle 8.1.7 > > 2) Create a latest backupset using: > > rman nocatalog > > run > { > allocate channel ch1 type disk; > backup database; > backup current controlfile; > backup archivelog all; > } > > 3) Delete all *.dbf, control and archive log files (simulate a > catastrophic database loss). > > 4) Restore controlfile from the lastest rman backupset using the > pl/sql script available in the Oracle 8i Recovery Manager User Guide > and Reference. > > 5) Now controlfile is restored and I startup the database nomount. > > 6) Attempting to restore database using rman results in rman saying > that the latest backup set in unavailable. > > 7) This is because I used the controlfile as the rman repository. And > when I back-uped the controlfile, the controlfile did not yet have the > updated backupset information. > > 8) How do you solve this problem? > > Thanks. > > -- > Lyndon Tiu > > > > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Lyndon Tiu > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Nikunj Gupta INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).