Restore Oracle XE database to another machine

Question

I have an oracle XE database on a Windows XP machine, and I want to copy it to a Windows 7 machine.
On the XP, I performed a backup through the "Backup Database" from the GUI (BACKUP.BAT). The Oracle backup created 3 new folders underneath C:\ORACLEXE\APP\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\XE\
ARCHIVELOG
AUTOBACKUP
BACKUPSET
I installed XE on the Windows 7 machine and it seems to work well.
Then I coped the 3 backup folders onto a jump drive and put them in the corresponding folder structure on the new Windows 7 machine. I ran the Restore from the GUI as an administrator (RESTORE.BAT). The restore failed, and I can't seem to figure out why. I'm not sure what the Sequence Numbers are all about.
Now I can't get into Apex or Apex_Admin
Thanks for taking a look at this.
The contents of the OXE_RESTORE file are as follows:
Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Sat Jan 8 18:33:11 2011
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Windows NT Version V6.1
CPU : 8 - type 586, 4 Physical Cores
Process Affinity : 0x00000000
Memory (Avail/Total): Ph:6031M/8183M, Ph+PgF:13737M/16364M, VA:1973M/2047M
Starting with debugging turned off
connected to target database: xe (not mounted)
RMAN> set echo on;
2> restore (spfile from autobackup db_recovery_file_dest='C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\flash_recovery_area\');
3> startup nomount force;
4> restore (controlfile from autobackup);
5> alter database mount;
6> configure controlfile autobackup off;
7> restore database;
8>
echo set on
Starting restore at 08-JAN-11
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=37 devtype=DISK
recovery area destination: C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\flash_recovery_area\
database name (or database unique name) used for search: XE
channel ORA_DISK_1: autobackup found in the recovery area
channel ORA_DISK_1: autobackup found: C:\ORACLEXE\APP\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\XE\AUTOBACKUP\2011_01_07\O1_MF_S_739828107_6LHF2W3X_.BKP
channel ORA_DISK_1: SPFILE restore from autobackup complete
Finished restore at 08-JAN-11
Oracle instance started
Total System Global Area 805306368 bytes
Fixed Size 1289996 bytes
Variable Size 239075572 bytes
Database Buffers 562036736 bytes
Redo Buffers 2904064 bytes
Starting restore at 08-JAN-11
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=36 devtype=DISK
recovery area destination: C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\flash_recovery_area
database name (or database unique name) used for search: XE
channel ORA_DISK_1: autobackup found in the recovery area
channel ORA_DISK_1: autobackup found: C:\ORACLEXE\APP\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\XE\AUTOBACKUP\2011_01_07\O1_MF_S_739828107_6LHF2W3X_.BKP
channel ORA_DISK_1: control file restore from autobackup complete
output filename=C:\ORACLEXE\ORADATA\XE\CONTROL.DBF
Finished restore at 08-JAN-11
database mounted
released channel: ORA_DISK_1
old RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP ON;
new RMAN configuration parameters:
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP OFF;
new RMAN configuration parameters are successfully stored
Starting restore at 08-JAN-11
Starting implicit crosscheck backup at 08-JAN-11
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=35 devtype=DISK
Crosschecked 1 objects
Finished implicit crosscheck backup at 08-JAN-11
Starting implicit crosscheck copy at 08-JAN-11
using channel ORA_DISK_1
Finished implicit crosscheck copy at 08-JAN-11
searching for all files in the recovery area
cataloging files...
cataloging done
List of Cataloged Files
=======================
File Name: C:\ORACLEXE\APP\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\XE\ARCHIVELOG\2011_01_07\O1_MF_1_375_6LHF31CQ_.ARC
File Name: C:\ORACLEXE\APP\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\XE\ARCHIVELOG\2011_01_07\O1_MF_1_376_6LHF3DCQ_.ARC
File Name: C:\ORACLEXE\APP\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\XE\AUTOBACKUP\2011_01_07\O1_MF_S_739828107_6LHF2W3X_.BKP
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile backupset restore
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) to restore from backup set
restoring datafile 00001 to C:\ORACLEXE\ORADATA\XE\SYSTEM.DBF
restoring datafile 00002 to C:\ORACLEXE\ORADATA\XE\UNDO.DBF
restoring datafile 00003 to C:\ORACLEXE\ORADATA\XE\SYSAUX.DBF
restoring datafile 00004 to C:\ORACLEXE\ORADATA\XE\USERS.DBF
restoring datafile 00005 to C:\ORACLEXE\ORADATA\XE\APEX_1244616068553754.DBF
channel ORA_DISK_1: reading from backup piece C:\ORACLEXE\APP\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\XE\BACKUPSET\2011_01_07\O1_MF_NNNDF_TAG20110107T194642_6LHDZM3X_.BKP
channel ORA_DISK_1: restored backup piece 1
piece handle=C:\ORACLEXE\APP\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\XE\BACKUPSET\2011_01_07\O1_MF_NNNDF_TAG20110107T194642_6LHDZM3X_.BKP tag=TAG20110107T194642
channel ORA_DISK_1: restore complete, elapsed time: 00:00:56
Finished restore at 08-JAN-11
Recovery Manager complete.
Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Sat Jan 8 18:34:37 2011
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Windows NT Version V6.1
CPU : 8 - type 586, 4 Physical Cores
Process Affinity : 0x00000000
Memory (Avail/Total): Ph:6021M/8183M, Ph+PgF:13238M/16364M, VA:1973M/2047M
Starting with debugging turned off
connected to target database: XE (DBID=2604800077, not open)
RMAN> set echo on;
2> recover database;
3> alter database open resetlogs;
4>
echo set on
Starting recover at 08-JAN-11
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=38 devtype=DISK
starting media recovery
archive log thread 1 sequence 375 is already on disk as file C:\ORACLEXE\APP\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\XE\ARCHIVELOG\2011_01_07\O1_MF_1_375_6LHF31CQ_.ARC
archive log thread 1 sequence 376 is already on disk as file C:\ORACLEXE\APP\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\XE\ARCHIVELOG\2011_01_07\O1_MF_1_376_6LHF3DCQ_.ARC
archive log filename=C:\ORACLEXE\APP\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\XE\ARCHIVELOG\2011_01_07\O1_MF_1_375_6LHF31CQ_.ARC thread=1 sequence=375
archive log filename=C:\ORACLEXE\APP\ORACLE\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\XE\ARCHIVELOG\2011_01_07\O1_MF_1_376_6LHF3DCQ_.ARC thread=1 sequence=376
unable to find archive log
archive log thread=1 sequence=377
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of recover command at 01/08/2011 18:34:47
RMAN-20000: abnormal termination of job step
RMAN-06054: media recovery requesting unknown log: thread 1 seq 377 lowscn 11715842
Recovery Manager complete.

Answer 1

After playing around a little bit I fixed the problem.
There are a total of four folders in \FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\XE\ I had only copied three of the four.
ARCHIVELOG
AUTOBACKUP
BACKUPSET
The Windows services keep the files in ONLINELOG open, so I had to shut down the services and then work with the folder. Therefore four folders have to be transported and copied onto the new machine:
ARCHIVELOG
AUTOBACKUP
BACKUPSET
ONLINELOG
If you run as an administrator "Backup" from the GUI, it executes BACKUP.BAT, a batch file which calls RMAN. Once that's done, copy the four folders to the same location on the target machine and then run as an administrator "Restore" (RESTORE.BAT).
In another forum someone said to be sure that the "Archive Logs" are copied. It should be interpreted to mean not just the "ARCHIVELOG" folder, but all four folders.
Edited by: PhilMan2 on Jan 11, 2011 11:28 AM