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Oracle Recovery Cases – Using RMAN

Rman Recovery Scenarios:-

Rman recovery scenarios require that the database is in archive log mode, and that backups of datafiles, control files and archived redolog files are made using Rman. Incremental Rman backups may be used also.

Rman can be used with the repository installed on the archivelog, or with a recovery catalog that may be installed in the same or other database.


Following are the maximum cases for RMAN based recovery.👇


1. Complete Closed Database Recovery. System tablespace is missing

2. Complete Open Database Recovery. Non system tablespace is missing

3. Complete Open Database Recovery (when the database is initially closed). Non

system tablespace is missing

4. Recovery of a Datafile that has no backups.

5. Restore and Recovery of a Datafile to a different location.

6. Control File Recovery

7. Incomplete Recovery, Until Time/Sequence/Cancel



RMAN Configuration and operation recommendations:


Set the parameter controlfile autobackup to ON to have with each backup a controlfile backup also:

configure controlfile autobackup on;


Set the parameter retention policy to the recovery window you want to have ie redundancy 2 will keep the last two backups available, after executing delete obsolete commands:

configure retention policy to redundancy 2;


Execute your full backups with the option ‘plus archivelogs’ to include your archivelogs with every backup:

backup database plus archivelog;


Perform daily maintenance routines to maintain on your backup directory the number of backups you need only:

crosscheck backup;

crosscheck archivelog all;

delete noprompt obsolete backup;



Creating RMAN Catalog

1. sqlplus /

2. create tablespace repcat;

3. create user rcuser identified by rcuser default tablespace repcat temporary tablespace temp;

4. grant connect, resource, recovery_catalog_owner to rcuser

5. exit

6. rman catalog rcuser/rcuser

# connect to rman catalog as the rcuser

7. create catalog

# create the catalog

8. connect target /


1. Complete Closed Database Recovery. System tablespace is missing


In this case complete recovery is performed, only the system tablespace is missing,

so the database can be opened without reseting

the redologs.

1. rman target /

2. startup mount;

3. restore database;

4. recover database;

5. alter database open;




2. Complete Open Database Recovery. Non system tablespace is missing, database is up


1. 1. rman target /

2. sql ‘alter tablespace <tablespace_name> offline immediate’;

3. restore datafile 3;

4. recover datafile 3;

5. sql ‘alter tablespace <tablespace_name> online’;





3. Complete Open Database Recovery (when the database is initially closed).


Non system tablespace is missing

A user datafile is reported missing when tryin to startup the database. The datafile can be turned offline and the database started up. Restore and recovery are performed using Rman. After recovery is performed the datafile can

be turned online again.

1. sqlplus /nolog

2. connect / as sysdba

3. startup mount

4. alter database datafile ‘<datafile_name>’ offline;

5. alter database open;

exit;

1. rman target /

2. restore datafile ‘<datafile_name>’;

3. recover datafile ‘<datafile_name>’;

4. sql ‘alter tablespace <tablespace_name> online’;





4. Recovery of a Datafile that has no backups (database is up).


If a non system datafile that was not backed up since the last backup is missing, recovery can be performed if all archived logs since the creation of the missing datafile exist. Since the database is up you can check the tablespace name and put it offline. The option offline immediate is used to avoid that the update of the datafile header.

Pre requisites: All relevant archived logs.

1. sqlplus ‘/ as sysdba’

2. alter tablespace <tablespace_name> offline immediate;

3. alter database create datafile ‘/user/oradata/u01/dbtst/newdata01.dbf;

exit

1. rman target /

2. recover tablespace <tablespace_name>;

3. sql ‘alter tablespace <tablespace_name> online’;

If the create datafile command needs to be executed to place the datafile on a location different than the original use:

SQL> alter database create datafile ‘/user/oradata/u01/dbtst/newdata01.dbf’ as ‘/user/oradata/u02/dbtst/newdata01.dbf’




5. Restore and Recovery of a Datafile to a different location. Database is up.


If a non system datafile is missing and its original location not available, restore can be made to a different location and recovery performed.

Pre requisites: All relevant archived logs, complete cold or hot backup.

Use OS commands to restore the missing or corrupted datafile to the new location, ie:


1. cp -p /user/backup/uman/user01.dbf /user/oradata/u02/dbtst/user01.dbf

2. alter tablespace <tablespace_name> offline immediate;

3. alter tablespace <tablespace_name> rename datafile ‘/user/oradata/u01/dbtst/user01.dbf’ to ‘/user/oradata/u02/dbtst/user01.dbf’;

4. rman target /

5. recover tablespace <tablespace_name>;

6. sql ‘alter tablespace <tablespace_name> online’;



6. Control File Recovery


Always multiplex your controlfiles. If you loose only one controlfile you can replace it with the one you have in place, and startup the Database. If both controlfiles are missing, the database will crash.

Pre requisites: A backup of your controlfile and all relevant archived logs. When using Rman alway set configuration parameter autobackup of controlfile to ON. You will need the dbid to restore the controlfile, get it from the name of the backed up controlfile. It is the number following the ‘c-‘ at the start of the name.


1. rman target /

2. set dbid <dbid#>

3. startup nomount;

4. restore controlfile from autobackup;

5. alter database mount;

6. recover database;

7. alter database open resetlogs;

make a new complete backup, as the database is open in a new incarnation and previous archived log are not relevant.



7. Incomplete Recovery, Until Time/Sequence/Cancel


Incomplete recovery may be necessaire when the database crash and needs to be recovered, and in the recovery process you find that an archived log is missing. In this case recovery can only be made until the sequence before the one that is missing.

Another scenario for incomplete recovery occurs when an important object was dropped or incorrect data was committed on it. In this case recovery needs to be performed until before the object was dropped.

Pre requisites: A full closed or open database backup and archived logs, the time or sequence that the ‘until’ recovery needs to be performed.


If the database is open, shutdown it to perform full restore.

1. rman target

2. startup mount;

3. restore database;

4. recover database until sequence 8 thread 1; # you must pass the thread, if a single instance will always be 1.

5. alter database open resetlogs;



make a new complete backup, as the database is open in a new incarnation and previous archived log are not relevant.

Alternatively you may use instead of until sequence, until time, ie: ‘2004-12- 28:01:01:10




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