Contents of a PSE 8 Catalog backup
I am running PSE 8 on a Dell Studio XPS 9000 with Windows 7 64bit.
When I converted several PSE 6 catalogues made on a different computer to PSE 8 on my new computer I got different results. This did not become apparent until I made new backups for them.
In one case the backup consisted of 2402 photo files, 2402 XML files, and one file each of type BUC, TLY, PREF and DAT.
In the other case the backup consisted of 248 photo files, no XML files and only the BUC, TLY and PREF files. It was lacking the XML files and the DAT file.
Which is correct and why would I get different results? As far as I am aware, I used the same method for both catalogs.
I converted them by restoring PSE 6 backups that I had on my hard drive.
Thank you very much for this information about XML files and Auto-Analyzer and Face Recognition. Unfortunately I have removed the catalogue with the XML files so I won't be able to see the information that you mentioned in the Help>System Info.
I had run Auto-Analyzer on that catalogue as an experiment and thought nothing more of it. I decided I didn't want to use it again and set the preferences so it wouldn't happen automatically.
I reconverted the catalogue in question. The new backup that I made does not have any XML files. Now I can make some sense of it.
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Can anyone demystify the PSE Organizer catalog backup options?
I need to backup my catalog--preferably just my catalog, not all my pictures (the picture files themselves are already backed up). More accurately, I would like my automated online backup service (Carbonite) to back up my PSE Organizer catalog for me, just as it has already backed up my pictures. But the catalog is in some caddywompus location that Carbonite doesn't back up by default. I think I can manually override Carbonite's default settings and tell it to back that location up anyway, if I only knew where and what files to look for.
If I click on Help > System Info..., PSE tells me my catalog is located in C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Elements Organizer\Catalogs\clayscatalog. It doesn't go all the way to the file level, just down to that last folder, which shares the name of my catalog. But I have no idea which file inside of that folder is my catalog, or what to backup. Inside that folder called clayscatalog, there are the following items:
BreezeData(folder)
CAXMPFiles(folder)
syncdb(folder)
backupCt.dat
catalog.pse9db
collstatus.dat
face.thumb.9.cache
itemData.mk4
rmf.3.cache
tagstatus.dat
thumb.5.cache
watch.2.cache
Which of these files/folders should I be targeting for backup, all of them? And which would I browse to find in order to restore my catalog if my computer ever crashed and I needed to do a restore? Assuming all my photos are backed up and able to be restored to the same folder hierarchy, I assume one of these files/folders is going to have that information and be able to restore everything easily, preserving all my photo ratings, captions, tags, etc., right?
It would seem to make sense for the PSE to offer the option when you choose Backup from the file menu to back up all your catalog data only, as opposed to only having the option to backup everything, including all the picture files. Because I'm sure many people, like me, already have their picture files backed up and don't have need for that. Any guidance on this would be much appreciated.
ClayFirst, short answer : the catalog consists in the whole folder you found. All those files are used in the organizer, but the .cache files which may have a big size will be regenerated by the organizer if they are deleted. The problem is this operation may be very long, so you will be better if you save everything;
If you use the backup and restore feature in the Organizer, you'll only have only to tell the restore process where your backup (of everything, files and folders) is located.
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshop-elements-faq.htm#_Backing_up_your -
PSE 11 catalog backup does not complete
I am having a problew with my first full backup after importing 27000 photos.My catalog organizer in psa 11 also shows over a 1000 movies from adobe premier elements software which seems to have a common thread between them. The backup stops at 44% the 3 times I have tried. Just a beginner with both software.
Message title was edited by: Brett NStart with following the steps listed here:
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PSE 12 catalog backup fails repeatedly??
I have tried numerous times to back up the catalog and photos to an external hard drive. All goes well until the last minute and then a message appears: "Error encountered while writing files C:\Program Data . . . ."
WickG0ld98 wrote:
Yes, I still have the PSE 10 backup available, and plan to try the restore again but don't have much hope. I'm stymied as to the files missing from the hard drive. Is the PSE backup procedure typically THAT invasive that it DELETES files on the hard drive during the backup?!?
I have never seen the backup process delete anything.
What I have seen is that the backup itself must be done on a separate folder, which you create normally in the backup dialog definition. Sometimes, users are not careful and specify an already existing folder : the root folder or a previous backup folder. They can overwrite preexisting files and create catastrophe...
Check that your backup folder, wherever it is, contains a lot of files starting with 'B00...' and a 'catalog.buc' and 'backup.tly' files. If so, you are fine.
About the restore process. You want to restore to another location than before : you have to tell the restore dialog that you want to restore on 'custom location' and speficy that location : drive and master folder. Additionally, you may want to keep the folder structure (arborescence). Of course, if you specify an already existing folder substructure as the destination you'll overwrite existing files.
Also, beware of the external drive letter in Windows. It can be changed by Windows if you insert another component before the external drive; that's why it's a good idea to assign a letter in the end of the alphabet, like R,S... rather than E:. -
Had pse 8 on a Windows 7 PC with a catalog backup on an external drive. Now have a Mac with OS Mavericks. If install pse 12 or Lightroom on the Mac will I be able to use the old catalog backup or must I start from scratch.
If you made a full catalog backup using the organizer's backup command, and you did it to a removable drive, yes, you can restore it to the mac. A backup made on discs will not work, though.
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PSE 7 catalog error when restoring backup from PSE 5
I am attempting to move from PSE5 on XP to PSE7 on Vista using the backup-restore method, . Catalog is about 75 MB, data set is 56 GB, all stored on external USB drive. Tried restoring in new folder using both with and without restoring folder arrangement.
On PSE 5, most images were online, scattered across E: partition and external USB disk. Restoring to PSE7, files are all restored to a new directory OK, but new catalog lists all files in E: as offline. Let me repeat... the images are moved into a new folder on the new system, but are shown in the organizer as still on a non-existent E: drive on the new computer.
I am left with thousands of untagged images, all of them ther newest and most important in my system.Mahlon,
First, some additional questions:
1. Did you do File > Catalog > Recover and File > Catalog > Reconnect before doing the backup? Thats very important.
2. On the old computer, was E: a partition on an internal drive, an external USB drive, or a network drive?
3. In the restored PSE 7 catalog, are the suspect thumbnails shown with a yellow question icon in their corner or a red circle icon with a line through it (like the international power symbol)?
4. When you say files are still recorded in the catalog as being on the E: drive, is that as shown in Folder Location view in the left-hand folder heirarchy pane, in the center Folder Location pane, in the Properties pane, or all three? (Check all three, because sometimes PSE will show different drive letters.)
> This will take a dozen hours on the old system, and I'm skeptical that it will work. PSE7 already converts the PSE5 database in or out of the restore. But it can't correct the pathname on the old system to indicate that the files are local and not offline.
Recovering the PSE 5 catalog, reconnecting missing files, installing PSE 7, and converting the catalog to PSE 7 on the old computer should take about 30-45 minutes (doing a second backup will take much longer).
Converting the catalog on the old computer is different than converting it on the new computer. PSE 7 has a different catalog format than PSE 5 PSE 5 uses drive letters to identify hard drives, whereas PSE 7 relies on serial numbers, and the internal database format is completely different. When you restore to the new computer and try to convert the catalog at the same time, the conversion needs to both update the new paths of all the files
and convert from the old catalog format to the new one, changing drive letters to serial numbers. But when you convert to PSE 7 on the old computer, the locations of files and drives havent changed its just changing the database format. So its entirely possible that conversion will go correctly. Then when you backup the PSE 7 catalog and restore it on the new computer, backup/restore is just changing the paths of files, not converting from drive letters to serial numbers or changing database formats.
So thats why its quite possible (though not at all guaranteed) that converting to PSE 7 on the old computer and then doing backup/restore could produce different results different process, different results.
You have two other options, both of which might lose tags or other catalog information:
1. On your new computer in its current state, reconnect all the files in the catalog to their new locations. Because they are marked as offline (assuming they actually are offline, based on the answers to my questions above), the Reconnect command will tell there is nothing to reconnect. However, you can force PSE to reconnect offline files using a trick described in step 4 of this FAQ:
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshopelements-6-7-faq.htm#_Quickly_reconnecting_la rge
This may or may not work, because its likely that the buggy conversion process has left your catalog in an inconsistent, unknown state, and there may be other problems still lurking. Also, persuading PSE to quickly reconnect whole folder hierarchies of files takes some patience (as youll see in the FAQ).
2. You can merge the PSE 5 catalog into a fresh PSE 7 catalog using this procedure: In PSE 5, save the tag definitions to a file, use File > Write Keyword Tag to write the keyword tags to the photos, copy the tag-definitions file and all the photos to the new computer using Windows Explorer, import the tag definitions into a fresh PSE 7 catalog, import the copied photos, and finally have PSE 7 automatically stack photos that used to be in version sets into stacks. These steps are described in detail in this FAQ:
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshopelements-6-7-faq.htm#_Merging_Catalogs
This FAQ is written assuming the source catalog is in PSE 6 or 7, but I think it should also apply to a source catalog in PSE 5.
There are a number of problems with this. First, its time consuming. Second, youll lose version sets, stacks of photos that are *not* visually very similar or taken close together in time, collections (albums), and projects. The PSE File > Write Keyword Tag command has numerous bugs (in all versions), and youll most likely lose at least some, and perhaps much, of your tags, star ratings, captions, notes, dates/times, and GPS/map locations. If you have raw files in particular, youll very likely lose much or all of the metadata, but depending on the source of your JPGs and other file formats, those files could lose much information too. See the end of this FAQ for more details on the known bugs:
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Problem converting pse 6 catalog to pse 7
I am a longtime pse user, I started with Album. I have photos from a trip that I had in pse 6 on my laptop that I want to get into pse 7 on my desktop. I have not found a lossless way to merge catalogs in pse so I have three catalogs. I successfully converted my desktop catalog from pse 5 to pse 7 with no problems. I backed up two catalogs under pse 6 on my laptop and restored them to my desktop system. I tried to covert each one but the conversion failed. I found that I had two eSATA drives with the same volume ID so I backed up my desktop catalog (the photos resided on one of the drives) and reformatted one drive. Pse was still confused so I reformatted the other drive as well. Pse 7 now runs fine for my former pse 5 desktop catalog which I’ll call catalog A. I restored the first of my pse laptop catalogs, I’ll call it catalog B, and after multiple attempts got it to convert by restoring it with pse 7, the automatic conversion after the restore was successful. I did the same with the remaining pse 6 backup file, call it catalog C, restoring it with pse 7 but the conversion failed. I did catalog repair but it found no errors, did ‘repair anyway’. Convert failed again. I optimized it, convert failed again. I checked the convert log and it says the catalog copy failed. The log showed that pse tried to copy the catalog to the location of my photos for catalog A to a file named the same as my catalog C name. The last line in the log is - caught exception "catalog copy failed". This implies to me that it never got far enough to encounter a ‘poison file’.
I have run out of ideas and any help would be appreciated. My last choice option is to use ‘get photos’ to get the catalog C photos into catalog B to get everything running under pse 7 rather than under multiple products.
I am going to make another forum entry but it may matter here that the catalogs of catalog B and C are in the same directories that I restored their photos to and are only found when I ask to find ‘custom location’ directories. The psedbtool program never sees them.I created a new folder ‘Black Sea and Spitsbergen CATALOG’ and moved the catalog and thumbnail files to it. Pse 6 opened it and displayed the thumbnails faster than usual. When I do the catalog option Black Sea and Spitsbergen CATALOG shows as the current catalog. I did the reconnect all missing files and got the no missing files message. Did the repair catalog and got the no errors message did repair anyway. No errors found, I did the reconnect again, no missing files. I closed pse 6. Opened pse 7 file>catalog>convert>find more catalogs and pointed to the folder ‘Black Sea and Spitsbergen CATALOG’.
Pse found the catalog, I highlighted it and clicked on convert. I got the conversion completed successfully message! Clicked OK>done>open and the converted catalog opens. Catalog manager now shows both catalogs under the Custom Location radio button, fantastic! I did a reconnect and got the no missing files message.
Ok; so I think I learned the following:
1) The current catalog name is determined by the name of the folder it resides in.
2) The catalog and thumbnail files need to be in the same folder.
3) It works better if the catalog and thumbnail files are in a separate folder from the pictures. I suspect performance is improved because it finds the thumbnail file faster; I have 21,000 photos in the catalog.
I suspect this could also solve my catalog move problem because pse may be moving the contents of the folder where the catalog resides. I am going to try it, will post the result under that discussion.
If you would be kind enough to confirm the above three points I would appreciate it. I will keep this open for your reply.
Thank you again, it seems simple now that I understand a bit more, thanks for your time and for sharing your knowledge. -
Import PSE 3 catalog into PSE 13?
I have an old PSE 3 catalog (.psa file) that I need to open in PSE 13. I downloaded, installed, and ran Adobe's dedicated converter, per Adobe's instructions and obtained a "successful conversion" message upon completion. However, when I open the resulting catalog in PSE 13 thumbnails for the "first" images display, but when I attempt to scroll down, or "Ctrl End" to the end of the catalog (there are more than 12,000 images in the catalog), PSE 13 hangs and "stops responding". Of course, what I care about is the tags attached to the images, and used to sort them in PSE 3. How do I recover/preserve/access this tag info? or, how do I "fix" the, obviously failed, conversion so that I create a catalog from my original .psa file that PSE 13 can correctly open?
On the new computer, in PSE9, select File->Restore Catalog, and point it to the backup you made from PSE3. You will be given several options about restoring the photos, including one that is to original directory location.
More details are here: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/402/kb402894.html (which was written for PSE6, but applies to later versions of PSE as well) -
Consolidating catalogs & backups
I gather by reading some of the posts in this forum that should be possible to merge old catalogs, into one new one as to consolidate picture locations into one.
If this is correct can I do the following without problems. I have Version 11 waiting to install. I have reorganized my PC & have some old catalogs,sometimes on different drives,as well as possible some stray pictures on them as well.
I was thinking of installing the new software & create a new catalog from scratch. I could then refer setup to the most recent version 10 catalog & have it import & upgrade it to 11. Once this done I could refer the program to older catalogs, & import them one at a time.
Can one if necessary restore a backup in lieu of a catalogue as well if necessary? If the program can update from these catalogs & backups as well will it create duplicates or just refer to the pictures being in the catalog already?
Can the program then do a search to find any other pictures that aren't in any catalog & add them in as well?
If I then end up with one consolidated catalogue that contains all pictures everywhere I think that a new backup might be in order. Any catalogue created this way would still result with pictures scattered across drives? I have lots of space available so backups aren't a problem. Do I move all files onto one drive first or would it be better to do so from the consolidated catalog & then move all pictures to one location?
Thanks in advanceFrom what you have written in other posts, I suppose you practically did not use tagging or other organization features like albums or stacks ?
If that is the case, in my opinion, you don't need to bother with old catalogs or backups. Your migration should be able to :
1 - create a new catalog in the PSE11 format from your current main catalog : it's the conversion process which does not change anything to your present older PSE version. No picture files are copied or moved, only a new different catalog is created. You keep both PSE versions and both catalog versions.
2 - import all pictures not included in your present catalog, even if they are on different drives.
Can the program then do a search to find any other pictures that aren't in any catalog & add them in as well?
Yes, of course. With the current catalog active, you use the menu 'get files from files or folders'. You can get files from external drives (USB, CD, DVDs...) You have the choice to do so in PSE11 after the conversion, or before in your previous PSE version.
If I then end up with one consolidated catalogue that contains all pictures everywhere I think that a new backup might be in order. Any catalogue created this way would still result with pictures scattered across drives? I have lots of space available so backups aren't a problem. Do I move all files onto one drive first or would it be better to do so from the consolidated catalog & then move all pictures to one location?
Absolutely : do a backup when the catalog is up to date.
You can move pictures to a single drive before or after the above job provided you move your folders from the organizer in folder view. Since the PSE11 interface has been changed a lot, you should be more at ease by doing so before the above conversion process.
The additional advantage of a full backup is that you can restore it easily to another computer or drive. If you choose the option to restore to 'custom' location, stating a master folder, various drives will be copied as new folders in the new drive. In that case, you don't need to move the files from the external drive. The restore puts them on the destination drive, with different drives showing as different folder trees. -
I have lost access to my PSE 8 Catalog. When I opened PSE 8 the other day I received the error: The catalog could not be opened. It is either corrupt or the version is out of date and can not be updated.
I have called Adobe twice and they have not been able to help.
I do have a directory and file with the catalog name on my hard drive and it seems to have the correct date.
I have created a new catalog under a new name and reimported all of my photos, and while it did import some existing keywords, the structure of what I had initially created is not there.
What other info can I provide and what else can I do to try to restore this. (Shame on me for not having a good backup!!!!!)I was able to open your catalog file in my PSE 8. My utility "psedbtool" was also able to read it, and I was able to browse around in it using SQLite Database Browser. Nothing appears amiss.
I wonder if it's not your catalog file but rather the thumbnail cache or another file in the catalog folder that's corrupted. Try this:
1. In Windows Explorer, make a copy of your catalog folder and call it "Test".
2. In the Test folder, delete all the files except for catalog.pse8db and the two subfolders of photos that should be there, "2009 12 13" and "2009 12 15".
3. In the Test folder, double-click catalog.pse8db. -
I have a student that is currently using PSE 5. She bought PSE 7, but before installing it and converting her PSE 5 catalog, she wanted to do a complete Backup.
When using the Backup command it fails at 29% with the error message, "Error encountered while writing file". She tried the Recover command, but the Backup command fails at the same point.
She does not want to convert the catalog to PSE 7 and propagate the problem.
Has anyone experienced similar problems with PSE 5?
By the way, I forgot to ask, but I am assuming that she is backing up to an external hard drive and that her PC is not displaying any other problems.
John Rolf Ellis - Is this the type of situation that your psedbtool program could help with.
Thanks in advance.
Don S.Thanks John.
I had forgotten about the switch from an Access based data base when PSE 6 came along.
I was thinking about suggesting the same thing to her, had not yet. Thanks for for confirming that is worth a try. I also will check and see if she has a relatively recent PSE 5 full backup available if the conversion does not go well.
P.S. My catalogs seem to be behaving, and I have gotten my photos along with the Catalog onto my second internal drive. Thanks again for your help with that.
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PSE 10 Catalog Conversion (from PSE 6) fails
Installed 10, prompted to convert catalog from previous version. All is well so far. Process starts, gets to 34% and hangs. Eventually times out and says conversion failed, that the catalog should be repaired in original app. I repaired in PSE 6 (though it did not say it needed to, did anyway). Then went back to PSE 10. Selected PSE 6 catalog and it completed conversion in 2 seconds 16, 227 photos, I don't think so!) Sure enough no photos came over to PSE 10.
I am now in a state where I can only get to my photos from PSE 10 and can not get the catalog to PSE 10. Please help??There may be several reasons for this conversion failure, especially from version 6. I had two main catalogs and several smaller ones for projects for friends. Before trying the conversions, I did just like you, a repair and optimize before converting. In most cases, no problems. However I met two different failures.
One was due to the fact I had a couple of pictures in jpeg2000 format. The jpeg2000 format plugin was present in PSE6, not in PSE10.
In that case, instead of asking PSE10 to convert, I did a backup in PSE6 and a restore from PSE10 : bingo, I got a message showing the offending files. So my advice is to use the backup/restore way which does an automatic conversion with less problems.
The second case was on one of my main catalogs, which showed its age, with a lot of transfers between computers via backups on various external disks. I simply used psedbtools to check if something was wrong with my PSE6 catalog. (http://johnrellis.best.vwh.net/psedbtool/).
The result was 4 types of drives errors in the catalog from the 7 shown by John R Ellis... The organizer did handle that perfectly withi PSE6 : I never noticed errors in backup/restore. But as stated in the help documentation, those errors can be very problematic when upgrading to versions above 6.
So my advice now : first try the backup/restore way, then if not successful, install and run psedbtool and report back for more help. -
Catalog backup (only catalog) question
I have been using PSE 9 on Win7 64-bit for more than a year, but just recently I have started using Organizer. Actually, I haven't started using it, but I have been experimenting with it using a test catalog that only has about 25 photos in it. Before I start really using Organizer for all my photos and spend lots of time adding keywords and assigning star ratings to my photos going back years I want to make sure that I will be able to keep all of this work in the future when I change computers or buy a newer version of PSE/Organizer.
Organizer has a catalog backup/restore function, but it also backs up all the photos, not just the catalog so I won't use it. I currently have about 500gb of photos (raw from various cameras, jpegs from various cameras, and film scans). I have 3 complete copies of the photos on 3 1tb external hard disks. Of course, when I back up the catalog I do not want to also back up all my photos since I carefully back those up already and have 3 copies so I want to only backup the catalog. The Organizer catalog is stored here:
All Users: C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Elements Organizer\Catalogs\Catalog Name
Current User: C:\Users\Your User Name\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Elements Organizer\Catalogs\Catalog Name
If I back up the Organizer catalog (the above folder) myself (without using the Organizer backup function) is that all that needs to be done? For example, I have my photos on an external hard disk and those photos have been imported into Organizer, I add keywords/star ratings, and then I copy the Organizer catalog to a folder on the external hard disk to back it up. I then replace my computer with a new one. I install PSE 9/Organizer on the new computer. I connect the external hard disk and copy the catalog from there to the proper folder on my new conputer. When I start Organizer on the new computer will it use the catalog and everything will be as it was on the old computer? I just want to make sure that copying that catalog is all that is required (along with having the photos in the same place on the same external hard disk -- same drive letter as when photos were imported).
By the way, if I had an extra computer I would try this myself, but I only have the one I am using right now. I hope someone knows the answer. Thanks!Yes that should work provided you get the files all back in the same structure. People trying that method have had problems with differing file structures e.g. moving from XP (Documents & Settings/My Picture/Folder) compared with Windows 7 (User/Pictures/Folder) but if you are always using an external hard drive, you simply have to make sure the port on the new computer uses the exact same file path.
If you right click on any thumbnail in organizer and choose show properties you can see the file path for each individual file.
It could be something like F:\Vacation Photos\IMG_1234.jpg
So you need to maintain consistency and always keep the external hard drive connected to the same port that corresponds with the drive letter F. Never swap the USB or connector around.
The file you need to back up is catalog.pse9db
If you buy a new version of PSE at the same time as a new computer you would need to install PSE9 first, then install the new version and upgrade the catalog.
P.S. if you are gradually building your organizer catalog it will help in the future if you embed metadata as you go along. I suggest when you import a batch of photos that you tag them and create your albums etc. Then press Ctrl+A to select all and on the top menu click File à Write Keyword & Photo information to files. If for any reason your backup fails you can still import again with all your tags etc intact. it’s a good housekeeping habit to get into. -
The DB version is 11.1.0.7.
The "CATALOG START WITH" not only catalog backup set that are not in the RMAN catalog, but also catalog a second copy for files that are already in the catalog.
Files are not a second copy; they are the same file in the same directory.
Having two copies in the catalog, through an error when deleting explicitly the backups.
We have to add the force clause to avoid the error.
RMAN> delete FORCE backup tag 'offsite-1';
The force clause ignores any I/O error.
The delete is part of our scheduled offsite backup script, which returns a false positive error when the force clause is ommited.
I don't want the force clause, in order to be notify if the backup set that are expected to be on disk are no more there, e.g., if someone had deleted files manually at the OS level bypassing rman.
Is there a way to only catalog backup set not in the catalog?
or May be remove the copy #2 entry from the catalog?
Find bellow a test case example:
RMAN> list backup summary TAG 'OFFSITE-1';
List of Backups
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Key TY LV S Device Type Completion Time #Pieces #Copies Compressed Tag
12 B F A DISK 11-JUN-13 09:41:45 1 1 NO OFFSITE-1
13 B F A DISK 11-JUN-13 09:43:31 1 1 NO OFFSITE-1
14 B A A DISK 11-JUN-13 09:43:33 1 1 NO OFFSITE-1
15 B F A DISK 11-JUN-13 09:43:34 1 1 NO OFFSITE-1
RMAN> CATALOG START WITH 'C:\backups\offsite_disk\IBISdatabase\scheduled_offsite';
searching for all files that match the pattern C:\backups\offsite_disk\IBISdatabase\scheduled_offsite
cataloging done
List of Cataloged Files
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File Name: C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\scheduled_offsite\06OBTJEP_1_1
File Name: C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\scheduled_offsite\07OBTJI3_1_1
File Name: C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\scheduled_offsite\08OBTJI5_1_1
File Name: C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\scheduled_offsite\09OBTJI6_1_1
RMAN> list backup summary TAG 'OFFSITE-1';
List of Backups
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Key TY LV S Device Type Completion Time #Pieces #Copies Compressed Tag
12 B F A DISK 11-JUN-13 09:41:45 1 2 NO OFFSITE-1
13 B F A DISK 11-JUN-13 09:43:31 1 2 NO OFFSITE-1
14 B A A DISK 11-JUN-13 09:43:33 1 2 NO OFFSITE-1
15 B F A DISK 11-JUN-13 09:43:34 1 2 NO OFFSITE-1
RMAN> DELETE BACKUP TAG 'OFFSITE-1';
List of Backup Pieces
BP Key BS Key Pc# Cp# Status Device Type Piece Name
24 18 1 1 AVAILABLE DISK C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\06OBTJEP_1_1 <<--- same file
30 18 1 2 AVAILABLE DISK C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\06OBTJEP_1_1 <<--- same file
25 19 1 1 AVAILABLE DISK C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\07OBTJI3_1_1
31 19 1 2 AVAILABLE DISK C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\07OBTJI3_1_1
26 20 1 1 AVAILABLE DISK C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\08OBTJI5_1_1
32 20 1 2 AVAILABLE DISK C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\08OBTJI5_1_1
27 21 1 1 AVAILABLE DISK C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\09OBTJI6_1_1
33 21 1 2 AVAILABLE DISK C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\09OBTJI6_1_1
deleted backup piece
backup piece handle=C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\06OBTJEP_1_1 RECID=24 STAMP=821470356
deleted backup piece
backup piece handle=C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\07OBTJI3_1_1 RECID=25 STAMP=821470356
deleted backup piece
backup piece handle=C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\08OBTJI5_1_1 RECID=26 STAMP=821470356
deleted backup piece
backup piece handle=C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\09OBTJI6_1_1 RECID=27 STAMP=821470357
Deleted 6 objects
RMAN-06207: WARNING: 4 objects could not be deleted for DISK channel(s) due
RMAN-06208: to mismatched status. Use CROSSCHECK command to fix status
RMAN-06210: List of Mismatched objects
RMAN-06211: ==========================
RMAN-06212: Object Type Filename/Handle
RMAN-06213: --------------- ---------------------------------------------------
RMAN-06214: Backup Piece C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\06OBTJEP_1_1
RMAN-06214: Backup Piece C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\07OBTJI3_1_1
RMAN-06214: Backup Piece C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\08OBTJI5_1_1
RMAN-06214: Backup Piece C:\BACKUPS\OFFSITE_DISK\IBISDATABASE\SCHEDULED_OFFSITE\09OBTJI6_1_1Hi JM,
Your demo with Oracle 10.2.0.5
At line 36 you answered "No" to "Do you really want to catalog the above files (enter YES or NO)?".
Just repeate your demo and answer Yes.
Even if he might have replied with "YES" then also, the RMAN search for the files which it can recognize as a valid rman backup file. Else it would show the list of files which are not recognized by RMAN as a valid file.
RMAN> catalog start with '/home/oracle/scripts';
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
searching for all files that match the pattern /home/oracle/scripts
List of Files Unknown to the Database
=====================================
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/RMAN_BACKUP.sh
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/rman_clone.log
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/Db_Refresh.sh
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/rman_erp.scr
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/RMAN_14FEB.log
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/nid.sh
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/Full_Clone.sh
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/rman_staging.scr
Do you really want to catalog the above files (enter YES or NO)? yes
cataloging files...
no files cataloged
List of Files Which Where Not Cataloged
=======================================
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/RMAN_BACKUP.sh
RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/rman_clone.log
RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/Db_Refresh.sh
RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/rman_erp.scr
RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/RMAN_14FEB.log
RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/nid.sh
RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/Full_Clone.sh
RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
File Name: /home/oracle/scripts/rman_staging.scr
RMAN-07517: Reason: The file header is corrupted
About the RMAN catalog, it will not catalog the same file twice. It will only catalog the files which are not known to the database.
See this demo. (/backup/RMAN/STAGING/ is the location where all the backup pieces are.)
RMAN> catalog start with '/backup/RMAN/STAGING/';
searching for all files that match the pattern /backup/RMAN/STAGING/
no files found to be unknown to the database
This was the location based test, Another demo showing piece by piece catalogging .
RMAN> list backuppiece '/backup/RMAN/STAGING/ERP_CNTRL_c-13949842-20130724-00';
List of Backup Pieces
BP Key BS Key Pc# Cp# Status Device Type Piece Name
1323 1321 1 1 AVAILABLE DISK /backup/RMAN/STAGING/ERP_CNTRL_c-13949842-20130724-00
RMAN> catalog backuppiece '/backup/RMAN/STAGING/ERP_CNTRL_c-13949842-20130724-00';
cataloged backup piece
backup piece handle=/backup/RMAN/STAGING/ERP_CNTRL_c-13949842-20130724-00 RECID=1324 STAMP=821717283
RMAN> list backuppiece '/backup/RMAN/STAGING/ERP_CNTRL_c-13949842-20130724-00';
List of Backup Pieces
BP Key BS Key Pc# Cp# Status Device Type Piece Name
1324 1321 1 1 AVAILABLE DISK /backup/RMAN/STAGING/ERP_CNTRL_c-13949842-20130724-00
Hope its understandable, if any query please revert.
Happy to Help.
Thanks and Regards,
Prashant -
Reinstall PSE 8 catalog on windows 7
I needed to buy a new Windows 7 based laptop and successfully reinstalled PSE 8 on it. I have also successfully duplicated all applications and tranfered the data across to my new laptop incuding the pictures which formed the basis of my PSE 8 catalog. Already saved on an external hard drive are copies of my photos with caption embedded using PSE 8.
How do I load my photos including captions into the PSE 8 application on my new laptop?
Thanks
ShoopaHello Andaleeb
Sorry for my delay in communicating and yes my reinstall of PSE 8 catalog on Windows 7 appears to be successful. I am currently ‘Getting my photos from File’ and both the photos (.jpg) and captions are successfully loading into my catalog which I am storing into their original albums.
Regards
Shoopa
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