Cold Oracle EBS backup and restore doesn't work

Question

Hi,
I did a backup using tar while the database was open and not in archive mode ( archivelog disabled ) and restored it on another machine.
OS = AIX 5.3
Oracle EBS 11.5.9
Database 9i
When i started the database I got errors.
Is there a metalink document which will help me recover the database ?
I followed the following metalinks:
Database Startup Fails with ORA-01113, ORA-01110 errors [ID 146039.1]
Common Causes and Solutions on ORA-1113 Error Found in Backup & Recovery [ID 183367.1]
However, I would like to point out that the above is applicable in case of archivelogs = enabled
My case: archivelogs = disabled
SQL> startup mount pfile=/oracle/proddb/9.2.0/dbs/initPROD.ora
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 615482512 bytes
Fixed Size 742544 bytes
Variable Size 436207616 bytes
Database Buffers 167772160 bytes
Redo Buffers 10760192 bytes
Database mounted.
SQL> SELECT V1.FILE#, NAME
FROM V$BACKUP V1, V$DATAFILE V2
WHERE V1.STATUS = 'ACTIVE' AND V1.FILE# = V2.FILE# ; 2 3
no rows selected
SQL> recover database using backup controlfile until cancel;
ORA-00279: change 3368247542 generated at 02/10/2013 03:07:21 needed for thread
1
ORA-00289: suggestion : /oracle/proddb/9.2.0/dbs/arch1_637.dbf
ORA-00280: change 3368247542 for thread 1 is in sequence #637
Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}
cancel
ORA-01547: warning: RECOVER succeeded but OPEN RESETLOGS would get error below
ORA-01194: file 1 needs more recovery to be consistent
ORA-01110: data file 1: '/oracle/proddata/system01.dbf'
ORA-01112: media recovery not started
SQL> recover database using backup controlfile until cancel;
ORA-00279: change 3368247542 generated at 02/10/2013 03:07:21 needed for thread
1
ORA-00289: suggestion : /oracle/proddb/9.2.0/dbs/arch1_637.dbf
ORA-00280: change 3368247542 for thread 1 is in sequence #637
Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}
ORA-00308: cannot open archived log '/oracle/proddb/9.2.0/dbs/arch1_637.dbf'
ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
IBM AIX RISC System/6000 Error: 2: No such file or directory
Additional information: 3
ORA-01547: warning: RECOVER succeeded but OPEN RESETLOGS would get error below
ORA-01194: file 1 needs more recovery to be consistent
ORA-01110: data file 1: '/oracle/proddata/system01.dbf'
SQL> alter database open resetlogs;
alter database open resetlogs
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01194: file 1 needs more recovery to be consistent
ORA-01110: data file 1: '/oracle/proddata/system01.dbf'
SQL> select HXFIL File_num,substr(HXFNM,1,40) File_name,FHTYP Type,HXERR Validity,
FHSCN SCN, FHTNM TABLESPACE_NAME,FHSTA status ,FHRBA_SEQ Sequence
from X$KCVFH;
419 rows selected.

Answer 1

981553 wrote:
I understand that Hot backups cannot be done with noarchivelog and data will be inconsistent.
However, shouldn't the Database be able to recover whatever data is in there in the datafiles and startup normally. From where should it be recoverd, only if we store the data changes in a separate files. These files are called archive logs. The archive logs will be generated when you enable archive log.
This is my question and concern. I searched for Metalink and couldn't find anything on it.
I want to startup the database with whatever Data is present there after the backup. Any solutions for such a scenario ?
ORA-00279: change 3368247542 generated at 02/10/2013 03:07:21 needed for thread
1
ORA-00289: suggestion : /oracle/proddb/9.2.0/dbs/arch1_637.dbf
ORA-00280: change 3368247542 for thread 1 is in sequence #637
Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}When it asks for change number "637" and if you are lucky enough that the redo log file with this sequence is not over written then that redo log file can be given as input when it asks as above.
But again, all these tries are for nothing. At the end of the day if your database is in no archive log mode the reliable backup is only the one taken using cold backup method. i.e. by shutting down the database.
Thanks