Cold backup on New instance

Hi,
Our client has provided us with the cold Backup (the file system) of the pre-prod system which runs Oracle 9.2.0.8.0 on HP-Unix.
We want to restore this backup on Windows machine.
Can anybody provide help or some document which can guide us through the steps to setup new instance to restore the cold backup ?
Is this the same as creating standby system ?
Thanks a lot :)

>> we are trying to re-create the database to use the available backup. I think this is a somewhat like creating a standby database (without continuous synchronization)
In that case, you can not utilize your cold backup on Windows machine at all, Until and unless you have the same OS, you can not prepare the standby database.
Please read the below URL for requirements for deploying Standby.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96653/considerations.htm#52221
Regards,
Sabdar Syed.

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VipinK wrote:
Hi All,
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Yes.You can do these and restore/recover your database.First you need startup your ASM instance then create your ASM disk groups and do following:
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Restoring archive log after cold backup

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I performed a cold backup each sunday.
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Create a standby controlfile using cold backup

Hi All,
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Edited by: Kk on Feb 16, 2012 8:51 AM

Kk wrote:
Hi All,
We have to setup a DR for a production database.
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OS version solaris 10 , database version 11.2.0.1
Regards
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My version:
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BANNER
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
PL/SQL Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
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TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
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CURRENT
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2> {
3> allocate channel ch1 device type disk format 'c:\oracle\control%U.bkp';
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5> release channel ch1;
6> }
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channel ch1: SID=63 device type=DISK
Starting backup at 16-FEB-12
channel ch1: starting full datafile backup set
channel ch1: specifying datafile(s) in backup set
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channel ch1: starting piece 1 at 16-FEB-12
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SQL>
Some More information:-
Even if your database backup is old, still you can create a new standby controlfile and restore new controlfile and restore database. Later after starting MRP all will be synchronized. No issues
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CONTROL
CURRENT
SQL> alter database create standby controlfile as 'c:\oracle\control_stby.ctl';
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SQL> $dir c:\oracle\con*
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Volume Serial Number is 1853-3E21
Directory of c:\oracle
02/16/2012 11:41 PM         9,748,480 CONTROL_STBY.CTL
               1 File(s)     19,546,112 bytes
               0 Dir(s) 177,185,570,816 bytes free
SQL>Now Just restore database. You already have backup.
Or
If you have opportunity you can go ahead for Duplicate/Duplicate from active database
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