Cloning 10g Database in archive mode - How add new created archive files

Question

Deat all
I want to clone oracle 10g database using hot backup. database in archive mode.
Database is running user data entry contifue, during hot backup there are aproximatly 3 to 5 new archive log created. Please guide me how add these new created archive log in cloning process.
Thanks
Alter system switch logfile;
SQL> select max(first_change#) scn from v$archived_log;
SCN
8592924
alter tablespace tablespace1 begin backup;
alter tablespace tablespace2 begin backup;
alter tablespace tablespace3 begin backup;
alter tablespace tablespace1 end backup;
alter tablespace tablespace2 end backup;
alter tablespace tablespace3 end backup;
select name from v$archived_log where first_change# >= 8592924 order by name
NAME
F:\ARCHIVELOGS\ARC00390_0664080689.001
F:\ARCHIVELOGS\ARC00391_0664080689.001
F:\ARCHIVELOGS\ARC00392_0664080689.001
create pfile='init<new database sid>.ora' from spfile;
alter database backup controlfile to trace as '/home/oracle/cr_<new sid>.sql'
STARTUP NOMOUNT
CREATE CONTROLFILE SET DATABASE "ORCL" RESETLOGS FORCE LOGGING NOARCHIVELOG
MAXLOGFILES 50
MAXLOGMEMBERS 5
MAXDATAFILES 100
MAXINSTANCES 1
MAXLOGHISTORY 453
LOGFILE
GROUP 1 'E:\oracle/oradata/dg9a/redo01.log' SIZE 100M,
DATAFILE
Edited by: Naeem Sheeraz on Nov 15, 2008 12:54 PM

Answer 1

When you attempt to startup the cloned database on the new server you will find that it needs recovery -- because it was taken in hot backup mode.
That is why you need to copy the archivelogs that are generated from the first archivelog after the first "alter tablespace begin backup" to the first archivelog after the last "alter tablespace end backup".
I see that you are also including a CREATE CONTROLFILE script.
You would run that at the cloned environment.
Then you would issue the RECOVER DATABASE USING BACKUP CONTROLFILE UNTIL CANCEL command to make the clone consistent.
You can, of course, use the same method to copy these archivelogs as you use to copy database files -- tar, cpio, tape, etc.