Database Recovery using Archive files

Dears,
Due to some issue our database get crashed.
We have saturday night offline backup and archive backup till yesterday night.
We have restored offline backup and system is Up but it is on saturday night state.
We want to apply these archive files to make the system state to current.
In restore our control file also get replace with our saturday night control file status.
We have copied our archive files in oraarch directory.
Now when using brtools I am applying archive files:
Command executing in brtools:
recover from '/oracle/<SID>/oraarch' database
it shows
unknow command beginning
No recovery required
On sqlplus also when I execute
sql>recover database;
It shows no recovery required.
When I give command:
sql>recover database using backup control file;
it ask for some {file name| AUTO | CANCEL}
I give first file name of oraarch it shows "Can not access the file".
File permissions are ok.
I give AUTO, It also then do not do anything.
Please suggest the correct method to make my system in latest current date.
Shivam

Hi Shivam,
This is absolutely normal that during the restore your control files will be replaced by the old one which were backed up during database backup.
Logic is that you can not apply the redolgs which are having the timestamps older than your restored datafile's / controlfile's timestamp.
If your DB is not yet opened, you can check the status of your database using below command which will tell you, till what timestamp your data is restored or currently available.
select to_char(CHECKPOINT_TIME,'yyyy-mm-dd:hh24:mi:ss') from v$datafile where file#=1;
>
> From command I want to know "from backup control file"....Do SAP take backup of control file as in system only old is
>
> available.
> Shivam
>
recover database using backup controlfile..... this command does not backup the controlfile . this will make use of old controlfile only which came along with the restore and start the recovery using this controlfile only.
Its just make use of available controlfile ..No backup will be triggered.
Please make a note that after DB restore; ..recovery is possible only in case database is not yet opened in OPEN state.
Cheers !!!
Ashish

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