Archive in Rescure and Recovery 4.3

My original backup is located in the 2nd HD attached in the ultrabase of X201T. Because it is near full, I want to transfer the backups to NAS (\\N5500\Backup\X201T\TVTRR\). I find a thread (http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkVantage-Technologies/Rescue-and-recovery-woes/td-p/200531).
When I try to "rrcmd.exe copy location=N", it returns "There is no backup files to archive".
When I try to "Copy backup ..." in R&R's GUI, it returns a warning that means backup file must locate in the local HD, and then copy to another place.
How can I transfer my old backup files to new network place? Thanks!

Herik wrote:
... You only remarked, that you have used also other RnR version. Could you describe it a bit more.
My computer is ThinkPad T61 which comes with Windows Vista RTM (no service pack). I updated the Rescure and Recovery to 4.21 and then backed up. After Windows 7 officially sold, I bought it and then did a clean install in my computer.
Herik wrote:
Add 2:
The other partition, that you can view in the WIndows might be only a virtual partiion, that might be created using Rescue and Recovery, once it gets installed. This virtual partition can be seen only in case you are in Windows, or you open the currently installed RnR version and try to restore....
So I must delete another partition which has the backup from previous version of RnR in order to view the current backup?

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Failed to update ThinkVantage Rescure and Recovery due to a missing file "spmtr.exe"

Today I tried to update my ThinkVantage System, but the laptop was accidently restarted when ThinkVantage Rescure and Recovery was being updated. After the laptop was restarted, I ran the update program again and the ThinkVantage Rescure and Recovery couldn't be updated when the progress went to 91%. The following error was displayed on the screen:
"Windows cannot find 'C:\Users\hooklee\AppData\Local\Temp\{7E4C16BB-8F76-4940-8505-98E93C00B...\spmtr.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again."
I restarted my laptop and re-executed the update program several times, but the same problem alwasy occured. Probably due to the failure of ThinkVantage Rescure and Recovery, now my ThinkVantage Productivity Center cannot run, either.
I looked into the directory "C:\Users\hooklee\AppData\Local\Temp" and noticed that there was no such a sub-directory at all. I searched the Internet on google with the keyword "spmtr.exe", but only two Chinese pages about the same problem (without solution) were found.
Does anybody know how to solve this problem or provide some clues about a possible solution? Thanks in advance for your help.
Message Edited by hooklee on 08-25-2008 10:42 PM
Message Edited by hooklee on 08-25-2008 10:43 PM

I had the same problem occur.
hooklee wrote:
Today I tried to update my ThinkVantage System, but the laptop was accidently restarted when ThinkVantage Rescure and Recovery was being updated. After the laptop was restarted, I ran the update program again and the ThinkVantage Rescure and Recovery couldn't be updated when the progress went to 91%. The following error was displayed on the screen:
"Windows cannot find 'C:\Users\hooklee\AppData\Local\Temp\{7E4C16BB-8F76-4940-8505-98E93C00B...\spmtr.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again."
I restarted my laptop and re-executed the update program several times, but the same problem alwasy occured. Probably due to the failure of ThinkVantage Rescure and Recovery, now my ThinkVantage Productivity Center cannot run, either.
I looked into the directory "C:\Users\hooklee\AppData\Local\Temp" and noticed that there was no such a sub-directory at all. I searched the Internet on google with the keyword "spmtr.exe", but only two Chinese pages about the same problem (without solution) were found.
Does anybody know how to solve this problem or provide some clues about a possible solution? Thanks in advance for your help.
Message Edited by hooklee on 08-25-2008 10:42 PM
Message Edited by hooklee on 08-25-2008 10:43 PM

After installing all lenovo updates for n500 I cant access the boot rescure and recovery anymore!!!

hi,
i´ve just installed all actual updates for the n500, including a bios update. since then I cant get into the boot up utilities(I think its called thinkvantage) anymore with the lenovo button when booting up (instead, I get a menu where I can choose where to boot from!!!!)... when pressing f8 on bootup there used to be something like "repair system" in the menu, its gone too...
also, rescure and recovery in vista basic does not load anymore, the gui process is running but nothing happens... please help!!!
what can I do??? I didn't touch any partitions or delete anything... before the updates, it did work. installing the newest bios from the website did not solve the problem too...
Message Edited by herbun on 06-19-2009 04:53 AM

I am beginning to love lenovo. and vista. I´ve used the boot disk found at http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-54483
(vista version), made a disc with it, "fixed" my mbr... and now vista stops booting all together. something about a missing bootmanager. I love it. really. both. lenovo, and vista.
edit: lucky me, I had a dart cd to repair the boot manager. so I can at least boot again. but, still no solution to my problem... any ideas?
edit 2: I tried again. this time, no error. but still, I have the same problem with a not working thinkvantage. any ideas?
edit 3: seems like the only solution left after reviewing all hints and tips is installing rescue and recovery, but has anyone installed it on a N500 yet? does it work? does it damage the pc? which version should I install, if it works?
Message Edited by herbun on 06-19-2009 06:17 AM
Message Edited by herbun on 06-19-2009 06:33 AM
Message Edited by herbun on 06-19-2009 06:40 AM

How to undo Rescue and Recovery

Hi, I have a Lenovo X61 notebook. My harddisk was divided into two partitions: OS and data. Recently, i found that my Windows was no longer able to start. I managed to reinstall Windows 7 in the OS partition. All my files in the second partition was preserved. My laptop was working fine then. I realised subsequently however that the Lenovo drivers were no longer there (for eg: fingerprint recognition, which was not necessary, but good to have). So upon digging the box where my notebook was packed, I found the "Rescure and Recovery" CDs. So I plugged it in and restarted, thinking that it will just install the necessary drivers back. But then not only did it delete the Windows 7 that i just reinstalled, but it destroyed the partitions and deleted all my data in the second partition. Is there any way I can restore the partition configuration and all the data I had? Thanks in advance.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Hi guys,
my probem is almost the same, with a small difference,
i have a T410S, two partions, one lenovo recovery, 2nd crypted by drivecrypt.
Accidently i was pressing the blue thinkvantage button, lenovo recovery started for about 20seconds, after it i removed the battery. If i reboot, it always restart recovery now.
The final question:
Does anybody know what rescue and recovery is doing for the first 20-30seconds during startup ?
Is it useing the format, quickformat ect.. ? Iam sure he didnt start to copy any files first, because before he do
he have to format or something like this,
thanks for your help guys !
tim

Rescue and Recovery and the Hidden Service Partition

When I got my G41 ThinkPad in November 2004 it had a Hidden Service Partition
of size 693 Mb. I'm a fan of Rescue and Recovery and upgraded it successfully
up through version 4.0, but when I tried to upgrade to 4.1 and later to 4.2 I got
an error that said there was not enough free space. After I learned that the error
was referring to free space in the Hidden Service Partition I had my hard drive
repartitioned so the Service Partition was 4 Gb. R & R 4.2 then installed, and I'm
now on version 4.21.0016.00.
The other day I noticed that my free space on C:\ had dramatically increased, and
on further investigation I found that my Hidden Service Partition was again 693 Mb.
I don't know how this happened, unless it was the result of my starting to rejuvinate
my system and then later cancelling out of that processs and doing a full restore. I
still get the 4.2 Rescure and Recovery menu on hitting the blue Access IBM button
when I boot, and it seems to work as expected.
My question is: Should I have my HDD repartitioned again to make a 4 GB Hidden
Partition?
Bob Stockler
G41 - 2886-5TU - Mobile Pentium 4 532 - 3.06 Gh
2 Gb RAM - 80 Gb Toshiba 5400rpm HDD - Win XP Pro

Hi,
I think your laptop is not set to boot from the DVD-rom. You have to 1st go to bios and set the 1st boot device to be the dvd-rom. After that, insert the recovery startup disc and it should take you to the recovery menu.
BTW, you should be able to recover from the service partition as long as you have not deleted it, even if windows is screwed up. Make sure you press the blue Thinkvantage button or the F11 key at startup and only then will it take you to the recovery menu.
Hope it works.
Message Edited by zachareth on 04-23-2009 11:08 AM

Backup and Recovery from Archive Log

Dear all,
I implemented hot backup with oracle9i and
Can anybody suggest me how to backup and recovery archive log ?
Thanks for advance.
Chara

assuming you are using RMAN for backup -
backup ( archivelog all );
backup ( archivelog all delete input ); - to delete from file system.
If you are not using RMAN but backup using a script which puts the tablespaces in hot backup mode then you just need to backup archive log directory.
The archive logs are required when you need to do a database recovery. You don't recover archive log files.
rgds

Changing the location of archive log from flash recovery area PLZ HELP!!!

Hi All,
My archive log is being stored in flash memory area which got full and the production server went down.
alert log file details.....
ORA-19809: limit exceeded for recovery files
ORA-19804: cannot reclaim 43432960 bytes disk space from 2147483648 limit
*** 2010-04-25 14:22:49.777 62692 kcrr.c
ARCH: Error 19809 Creating archive log file to
'/oracle/product/10.2.0/flash_rec
overy_area/EDWREP/archivelog/2010_04_25/o1_mf_1_232_%u_.arc'
*** 2010-04-25 14:22:49.777 60970 kcrr.c
kcrrfail: dest:10 err:19809 force:0 blast:1I removed the files and started the database,
Can someone kindly tell me as to how to avoid this problem in future by keeping archive log destination in flash recovery area.
I want to change the location of archive log files, can someone please guide me as to hiow to do that
I changed the size of flash recovery area for the time being, but i am afraid it will be full again!!
SQL> select * from v$flash_recovery_area_usage;
FILE_TYPE    PERCENT_SPACE_USED PERCENT_SPACE_RECLAIMABLE NUMBER_OF_FILES
CONTROLFILE                   0                         0               0
ONLINELOG                     0                         0               0
ARCHIVELOG                99.44                         0              57
BACKUPPIECE                   0                         0               0
IMAGECOPY                     0                         0               0
FLASHBACKLOG                  0                         0               0
6 rows selected.
SQL> alter system set DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST_SIZE = 4G ;
System altered.
SQL> select * from v$flash_recovery_area_usage;
FILE_TYPE    PERCENT_SPACE_USED PERCENT_SPACE_RECLAIMABLE NUMBER_OF_FILES
CONTROLFILE                   0                         0               0
ONLINELOG                     0                         0               0
ARCHIVELOG                49.72                         0              57
BACKUPPIECE                   0                         0               0
IMAGECOPY                     0                         0               0
FLASHBACKLOG                  0                         0               0
6 rows selected.regards,
Edited by: user10243788 on Apr 25, 2010 6:12 AM

user10243788 wrote:
Hi All,
My archive log is being stored in flash memory area which got full and the production server went down.
alert log file details.....
ORA-19809: limit exceeded for recovery files
ORA-19804: cannot reclaim 43432960 bytes disk space from 2147483648 limit
*** 2010-04-25 14:22:49.777 62692 kcrr.c
ARCH: Error 19809 Creating archive log file to
'/oracle/product/10.2.0/flash_rec
overy_area/EDWREP/archivelog/2010_04_25/o1_mf_1_232_%u_.arc'
*** 2010-04-25 14:22:49.777 60970 kcrr.c
kcrrfail: dest:10 err:19809 force:0 blast:1I removed the files and started the database,
Can someone kindly tell me as to how to avoid this problem in future by keeping archive log destination in flash recovery area.
I want to change the location of archive log files, can someone please guide me as to hiow to do that
I changed the size of flash recovery area for the time being, but i am afraid it will be full again!!
SQL> select * from v$flash_recovery_area_usage;
FILE_TYPE    PERCENT_SPACE_USED PERCENT_SPACE_RECLAIMABLE NUMBER_OF_FILES
CONTROLFILE                   0                         0               0
ONLINELOG                     0                         0               0
ARCHIVELOG                99.44                         0              57
BACKUPPIECE                   0                         0               0
IMAGECOPY                     0                         0               0
FLASHBACKLOG                  0                         0               0
6 rows selected.
SQL> alter system set DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST_SIZE = 4G ;
System altered.
SQL> select * from v$flash_recovery_area_usage;
FILE_TYPE    PERCENT_SPACE_USED PERCENT_SPACE_RECLAIMABLE NUMBER_OF_FILES
CONTROLFILE                   0                         0               0
ONLINELOG                     0                         0               0
ARCHIVELOG                49.72                         0              57
BACKUPPIECE                   0                         0               0
IMAGECOPY                     0                         0               0
FLASHBACKLOG                  0                         0               0
6 rows selected.regards,
Edited by: user10243788 on Apr 25, 2010 6:12 AMPointing the archive log dest (and/or the FRA) to a new location, or enlarging them, will do no good if you are not performing regular housekeeping on the archivelogs. You will just keep knocking down the same problem over and over.
If you simply delete the archivelogs at the OS level, the database will never know about it and it will continue to think the destination is full, based on records kept in the control file.
For regular housekeeping, you need to be doing something similar to this in rman:
run {
backup archivelog all not backed up 1 times tag='bkup_vlnxora1_arch';
delete noprompt archivelog all backed up 1 times to device type disk;
run {
delete noprompt obsolete;
crosscheck archivelog all;
delete noprompt expired archivelog all;

Problem with Rescue and Recovery after installing Norton Internet Security 2010

Hi all.
It's my first time in this forum.
I have a problem, with Rescue and Recovery, after installing Norton Internet Security 2010 on my T43.
The message I get it:
"Rescue and Recovery is unable to back up the file 'C:\Documents and settings\all Users\Application Data\ Norton\ 00000082\00000109\000003c1\cltMLS1.bat' Because the file is either corrupted or being used by another application. Please close any application that could be using the file.
I tried to close the Norton but I couldn't find how.
Tanks
Doron71

Hi and welcome to the forum,
the reason for this situation is, that the antivir files are protected from being modified.
This is the reason, why this file cannot be backed up. I assume, that you would get much more such messages, as there are surelly multiple files files, that are protected like this.
So the solution is to block folders from being archived. Please start RnR application and in the configuration set this folder as the excluded one.
This will skip the backup of this file and will fix your situation.
Please let me know, if you have covered this.
Cheers

What's the difference between redundancy and recovery window for retention?

Hello all,
I'm still trying to get a grip on this concept for RMAN backup planning.
I recently ran into a situation as follows.
I have the backups set to a redundancy of 1.
I have instance1, which had GRID jobs to run RMAN backups as follows
Incremental database level=0 weekly at Wed at 2:30am
I have daily backups, incremental level=1 each evening
I have archive log backups through the day.
What happened, was that apparently on a Tues some time, the development team deleted data from almost every table in their schema.
The didn't discover this till midday or so on Wednesday.
I went to try to restore...and RMAN couldn't do it. I had found a SCN for early the Tues they did it...but I got the following error:
RMAN> RUN
2> {
3> SET UNTIL SCN 4590383198282;
4> RESTORE DATABASE;
5> RECOVER DATABASE;
6> }
executing command: SET until clause
Starting restore at 28-APR-10
allocated channel: ORA_SBT_TAPE_1
channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_1: SID=639 device type=SBT_TAPE
channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_1: NMO v4.5.0.0
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: SID=638 device type=DISK
creating datafile file number=1 name=+DATADG/instance1/datafile/system.284.697137287
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of restore command at 04/28/2010 15:53:00
ORA-01180: can not create datafile 1
ORA-01110: data file 1: '+DATADG/instance1/datafile/system.284.697137287'
From what research I did...it appears that since I did not have a level=0 incremental from before, it could not reset the database back in time. The previous one had been deleted since, I guess I had a redundancy of 1.
So, I thought I had a week backup they way I have it set..but that assumes that errors are found pretty quickly before the next level=0 backup.
I want at least 1 to 1.5 weeks worth of backups. I do have the problem that we do not have many tapes in rotation, so I cannot go for too long...may 2x weeks tops.
I'm trying to rethink my strategy, but I'm confused as I read as to the difference between setting RMAN retention with redundancy vs recovery window.
Can someone give me an explanation how you understand it? I'm reading on the web and in oracle books, and for some reason, it just isn't clear to me what is the best way to go....especially when I see that redundancy and recovery window might both be set??
Thank you in advance,
cayenne

Dear Cayenne
AFAIK RMAN doesn't claim that "you haven't enough backup". Please read the error you got carefully
ORA-01180: can not create datafile 1
ORA-01110: data file 1: '+DATADG/instance1/datafile/system.284.697137287'
and check the following link:
ORA-01180: Cannot create datafile 1 when doing RMAN restore onto 2nd server
Moreover, could you please use LIST BACKUP command and see whether you have enough backups?
Read "Redundancy Based Backup Retention Policy" from the following link:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/backup.102/b14192/strategy003.htm#sthref139

Need clarification for cold backup and recovery

Hello Everyone ..
I have much confusion on cold backup and recovery topic.
Already i posted a scanario regarding this and i want to know some clarity points to understand.
1. I had cold backup two days before
2. I am creating an object *(EMP)* and inserting some records then issue log switch continiously.
3. Manually i removed all physical files (datafiles , control files , log files , redolog files ...)
4. then i issued STARTUP FORCE MOUNT;
5. here i am getting error identifying control file.
6. cold backup two days before all files restored
6. then i issue recover database using backup controlfile until cancel;
7. i am trying to issue select * from emp; i am getting error
select * from emp
*ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00942: table or view does not existMy QUESTION IS
After cold backup finished , i created emp table ..
when restoring old back " There is no emp table"
*- then , can i recover emp table ? - If so , please explain about this ..*
Note : REF - LINK https://forums.oracle.com/forums/message.jspa?messageID=11056341#11056341
- Above link says what i did ? . In this thread i am asking concept & logic ..
please do NOT consider as "*DUPLICATE*"

When you recover the database using backup controlfile until cancel, you have to apply archived logs. Did you apply all of them?
If the create command was in the online redo, not yet archived, and you lost the online redo, then you won't have it. This is why you want to have redo multiplexed, it is a critical piece.
In some recovery scenarios, if you haven't lost the online redo, you need to specify those files as if they were archives.
It is normally easier to just be sure you have the latest controlfiles and let Oracle figure it out automatically (which is why you want to use online RMAN backups rather than cold backups). But yes, it is important to understand what is going on for different scenarios. I used to have manual standbys, and one of the disaster instruction sets explained to try to get online redo over to the standby to lose as few transactions as possible. That could still be useful for some snapshot hardware type scenarios, assuming the business is too cheap to do proper failovers.

BACKUP AND RECOVERY USING RMAN

제품 : ORACLE SERVER
작성날짜 : 2003-08-04
BACKUP AND RECOVERY USING RMAN
==============================
1. Backup Method
1.1 backing up in noarchivelog mode
SVRMGR> shutdown;
SVRMGR> startup mount
rman을 가동시킨 후 다음을 수행
run {
# backup the database to disk
allocate channel dev1 type disk;
backup (database format '/oracle/backups/bp_%s_%p'); }
1.2 Backing up databases and tablespaces in archivelog mode >
- database 단위 backup script
run {
allocate channel dev1 type 'sbt_tape';
backup skip offline (database format '/oracle/backups/%d_%u');
release channel dev1;
- tablespace 단위 backup script
run {
allocate channel dev1 type disk;
backup
(tablespace system,tbs_1,tbs_2,tbs_3,tbs_4,tbs_5
format '/oracle/backups/bp_%s_%p');
- datafile 단위 backup script
run {
allocate channel dev1 type disk;
backup
(datafile '?/dbs/t_dbs1.f'
format '/oracle/backups/%d_%u');
- control file backup script
control file은 system datafile의 첫번째 화일을 백업받을 때 백업되며 다음과
같은 방법으로도 백업받을 수 있다.
run {
allocate channel dev1 type 'sbt_tape';
backup
(tablespace tbs_5 include current controlfile
format '%d_%u');
- archived logs backup script
NLS_LANG=american
NLS_DATE_FORMAT='Mon DD YYYY HH24:MI:SS'
run {
allocate channel dev1 type 'sbt_tape';
backup
(archivelog from time 'Nov 13 1996 20:57:13'
until time 'Nov 13 1996 21:06:05'
all
format '%d_%u');
run {
allocate channel dev1 type 'sbt_tape';
backup
(archivelog low logseq 288 high logseq 301 thread 1
all delete input
format '%d_%u');
- copying datafiles
run {
allocate channel dev1 type disk;
copy datafile '?/dbs/tbs_01.f/dbs/tbs_01.f' to '?/copy/temp3.f';
- incremental backups
새로운 데이타화일이 추가되거나 테이블스페이스가 추가된다면 level 0의 backup을
반드시 수행한다.
run {
allocate channel dev1 type 'sbt_tape';
backup incremental level 0
(database
format '%d_%u');
run {
allocate channel dev1 type 'sbt_tape';
backup incremental level 1
(database
format '&d_%u');
2. Recovery Method
- tablespace recovery
run {
allocate channel dev1 type disk;
allocate channel dev2 type 'sbt_tape';
sql "alter tablespace tbs_1 offline immediate" ;
set newname for datafile 'disk7/oracle/tbs11.f'
to 'disk9/oracle/tbs11.f' ;
restore (tablespace tbs_1) ;
switch datafile all ;
recover tablespace tbs_1 ;
sql "alter tablespace tbs_1 online" ;
release channel dev1;
release channel dev2;
- point-in-time recovery
TBS_1 테이블스페이스는 두 개의 데이타 화일 소유. TEMP1은 백업이 없으나 user
data는 없는 temporary segemnt만 가지고 있음.
NLS_LANG=american
NLS_DATE_FORMAT='Mon DD YYYY HH24:MI:SS'
SVRMGR> shutdown abort;
SVRMGR> startup nomount;
run {
# recover database until 3pm after restoring tbs_1 to a new location
allocate channel dev1 type disk;
allocate channel dev2 type 'sbt_tape';
set until time 'Nov 15 1996 15:00:00'
set newname for datafile '/vobs/oracle/dbs/tbs_11.f'
to '?/dbs/temp1.f' ;
set newname for datafile '?/dbs/tbs_12.f'
to '?/dbs/temp2.f' ;
restore controlfile to '/vobs/oracle/dbs/cf1.f' ;
replicate controlfile from '/vobs/oracle/dbs/cf1.f';
sql "alter database mount" ;
restore database skip tablespace temp1;
switch datafile all;
recover database skip tablespace temp1;
sql "alter database open resetlogs";
sql "drop tablespace temp1";
sql "create tablespace temp1 datafile '/vobs/oracle/dbs/temp1.f' size 10M";
release channel dev1;
release channel dev2;
- 전체 데이타베이스를 복구하려 할때
current redologfile이 존재할때 다음과 같은 작업으로 전체 데이타베이스를 복구할
수 있다.
replace script restore_recover_db_cf {
execute script restore_cf;
sql 'alter database mount';
execute script restore_db;
execute script recover_db;
sql 'alter database open resetlogs';
replace script alloc_1_disk {
allocate channel d1 type disk;
setlimit channel d1 kbytes 2097150 maxopenfiles 32 readrate 200;
replace script rel_1_disk {
release channel d1;
replace script restore_cf {
execute script alloc_1_disk;
restore
controlfile to '/private/db_files/twih/dbf/ctrl_twih_1.ctl';
replicate
controlfile from '/private/db_files/twih/dbf/ctrl_twih_1.ctl';
execute script rel_1_disk;
replace script restore_db {
execute script alloc_1_disk;
restore
(database);
execute script rel_1_disk;
replace script recover_db {
execute script alloc_1_disk;
recover
database;
execute script rel_1_disk;
Reference Documents
<Note:104796.1>

Hi Alok,
why there is a need for standby here? you mean to say standby db?
what i exactly need is , whether i will be making use of archivelogs which are all archived during that backup period (in mount stage) after some days, if i face any problem with the PRODUCTION Database..

Backup and Recovery in different mode

We have a database in noarchivelog mode.
Currently we convert it to archivelog mode before monthly full database RMAN backup.
And after backup,we again back it to noarchivelog mode.
Now my question is that, in case of failure can we recover this database(any how) with that backup?
Please advice and if possible give the recovery steps.
Thanks & Regards
Quazi Abdur Rab

Hi,
It's not good to switch from Archive Log Mode and No Archive Log Mode as your wish.
See, As Khurram had explained you the thing. Point in time recovery before crash is quite not possible but only last the restore point applicable for your DB. Rest of the things can be recovered. Why are the implications you are facing if the DB is in Archive Mode. ?? I Suggest do peform and maintain Archive Log which is good for your DB.
- Pavan Kumar N

Which one is the Best Backup and Recovery Method in your point of view?

Friends,
Currently we are taking hot backup with archive mode.
we have backup script to copy the datafile and we will copy the archive files in a separate folder.
alter tablespace system begin backup;
host cp /u01/app/oracle/oradata/livedb/system.dbf /u02/online_backup
alter tablespace system end backup;
like the above script we will copy all the other data files.
then in the test environment. we will copy the datafile and archive file.
we will be recovering by using the below statement.
sql>recover database until cancel using backup controlfile.
currently no problem in backup and recovery.
What i want is......
is there any other sophisticated and safe way to take a backup and restore it to another server?
if yes, can anybody point out the steps or link.
I have heard about......
DataGuard
RMAN
EXP/IMP
but i never used the above.
Thanks
sathyguy

DataGuard
RMAN
EXP/IMP ...
The only real backup/recovery method here is RMAN, Oracle's integrated backup/recovery tool, which I prefer. As an example for a fully functional RMAN command see 'backup database plus archivelog delete all input'. This statement provides a complete hot database backup including archivelogs and deletes at the successful end all archivelogs in all destinations . Compare this statement with all the steps necessary to do the same job manually. Don't worry you have many ways to finetune your backup.
For more informations there's a quick start guide:
http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/backup.102/b14193/toc.htm
Dataguard is a high availibility tool, which provides a kind of backup in terms of having a logical or physical standby database. When primary side fails you can switch to this standby database. Such a constellation does not mean, database backups are no longer necessary.
Export/Import is a logical backup, still often used to recover from human errors (you accidentally dropped a table for example). Don't use it as a replacement for physical backups, especially hot backups,in case of media failures you always will have loss of data, because changes made afterwards the export are not captured.
Once again I recommend you seriously should consider RMAN.
Werner

RMAN-20242: specification does not match any archive log in the recovery ca

Hi,
I'm working with an 9i Oracle RAC (yes, I know this version is out of support...). I'm launching my backup from node 1 with this script
run {
sql 'alter system switch logfile'
sql 'alter system archive log current'
allocate channel TSM1 type 'sbt_tape' connect *
parms='ENV=(TDPO_OPTFILE=/home/adsmadm/rman_INF01T01/opt/tdpo.opt)'
allocate channel TSM2 type 'sbt_tape' connect *
parms='ENV=(TDPO_OPTFILE=/home/adsmadm/rman_INF01T01/opt/tdpo.opt)'
backup
format 'brman_arch_%s_%p'
(archivelog like '/logs/bbdd/oracle/INF01T01/archiver/%' channel TSM1 delete input )
(archivelog like '/logs/bbdd/oracle/INF01T03/archiver/%' channel TSM2 delete input )
release channel TSM2
release channel TSM1
And fail with this error:
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of backup command at 08/13/2012 22:36:43
RMAN-06004: ORACLE error from recovery catalog database: RMAN-20242: specification does not match any archive log in the recovery catalog
I've take a look to the archives directories and both nodes have archives:
ora10g:/opt/ora10g > ls -lrt /logs/bbdd/oracle/INF01T01/archiver
total 97896
-rw-r----- 1 ora10g dba 2048 Aug 13 22:36 T0001S00000061440648489222.ARC
-rw-rw---- 1 ora10g dba 38132224 Aug 13 22:36 T0001S00000061430648489222.ARC
-rw-r----- 1 ora10g dba 11984896 Aug 13 22:36 T0002S00000044040648489222.ARC
ora10g:/opt/ora10g > ls -lrt /logs/bbdd/oracle/INF01T03/archiver
total 392984
-rw-r----- 1 ora10g dba 49364992 Mar 24 2009 T0002S00000007020648489222.ARC
-rw-r----- 1 ora10g dba 49364992 Mar 25 2009 T0002S00000007030648489222.ARC
-rw-rw---- 1 ora10g dba 19314688 Mar 25 2009 T0002S00000007040648489222.ARC
-rw-rw---- 1 ora10g dba 4733952 Mar 25 2009 T0002S00000007050648489222.ARC
-rw-rw---- 1 ora10g dba 4608 Apr 09 2009 T0002S00000007440648489222.ARC
-rw-rw---- 1 ora10g dba 2541056 Sep 26 2009 T0002S00000015420648489222.ARC
-rw-rw---- 1 ora10g dba 49373184 Sep 28 2009 T0002S00000015430648489222.ARC
-rw-rw---- 1 ora10g dba 3410432 Feb 11 2010 T0002S00000018680648489222.ARC
-rw-rw---- 1 ora10g dba 599552 Feb 12 2010 T0002S00000018710648489222.ARC
-rw-rw---- 1 ora10g dba 6574080 Mar 03 2010 T0002S00000019200648489222.ARC
-rw-rw---- 1 ora10g dba 1663488 Mar 08 2010 T0002S00000019340648489222.ARC
-rw-rw---- 1 ora10g dba 431104 Apr 07 2010 T0002S00000020160648489222.ARC
-rw-rw---- 1 ora10g dba 13811712 Apr 19 2010 T0002S00000020460648489222.ARC
I've tried to made a crosscheck but, only found node1 archives:
RMAN> change archivelog all crosscheck;
validation succeeded for archived log
archive log filename=/logs/bbdd/oracle/INF01T01/archiver/T0001S00000061430648489222.ARC recid=10685 stamp=791246196
validation succeeded for archived log
archive log filename=/logs/bbdd/oracle/INF01T01/archiver/T0001S00000061440648489222.ARC recid=10686 stamp=791246196
validation succeeded for archived log
archive log filename=/logs/bbdd/oracle/INF01T01/archiver/T0002S00000044040648489222.ARC recid=10687 stamp=791246197
Crosschecked 3 objects
Any idea about the way to solve it?
Thanks in advance!
dbajug

Hi,
Connect to target through rman
crosscheck archivelog all;
Then re run the backup. This will work if those two locations provided are archive log destinations.
In case the issue still persists then
Connect to target through rman
catalog start with '/logs/bbdd/oracle/INF01T01/archiver/';
catalog start with '/logs/bbdd/oracle/INF01T03/archiver/';
Then re run the backup.
Thanks,
Vivek
Edited by: 952807 on Aug 16, 2012 5:21 PM

OFFLINE datafile and Recovery

Gurus,
on 10Gr2, db is in archivelog mode, when I take empty datafile OFFLINE,
then at some point in the future(full backups were performed regurarly) I need to perform
recovery from last full backup, but archive log from the datafile OFFLINE operation way back is not available, I am not able to perform restore and recovery from full backup because of that OFFLINE datafile which needs to be recovered(why? it is offline). Is there any way to restore from the full backup and open the instance? Seems like the SET UNTIL scn/seq doesn't work either.
Thank you
D.

Daniel
I meant to ask you whether you used offline for drop or just offline command. Your posting answered my question.
Error message says that it can not identify datafile, which means it can't find datafile for restore, either from control file or from recovery catalog depending upon what you use.
I still don't understand issue here. Making a datafile offline should not prevent you from recovering it or restoring it.
Are you using rman to restore ? Are you doing full database restore ? Is the restore throwing this error ? or Is the recovery throwing this error ? During backup did you use any skip option ? Sorry for numerous questions, but trying to understand the issue clearly.
Do you have the offlined file in the file system ? If yes, you could just alter it to be online. That file shouldn't need recovery if the full backup was taken after the file was taken offline.
Thanks
Riyaj

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