Help - Recover db using SAN!

Question

Please help! My production database server stopped working and I must recover on another server called QA. The good news is I have all necessary up-to-date files on the SAN including the redo logs. The bad news is I don’t know what the I am doing! Please see if I am on track. Any comments would be helpful!!
I downed the QA server.
I am having the QA SAN disconnected and replaced with the PROD SAN as they have the same file structure and drive letters.
When the server is given back I am going to create folders to holds to hold the mutilplex redo and control file using the correct prod folder and name.
Then copy, paste and rename the SAN version or redo and control files to server.
Move spfile and password file to the Database folder
It would be great to hear I am on track so far?
Here is where I am really afraid to proceed !!!!!
How do I get this database recovered when the current sid is not the same?
BEST GUESS
*sql>signon as sys using QA password.
*sql>startup nomount using SPFILE=PROD
*sql>shutdown
Now I should be pointing to all the correct redo, spfile and control file
*dos> set oracle_sid = prod
*rman target/
*rman>startup nomount
*rman>recover database
*rman>alter database open resetlogs;
Any advice would be great! Is this close? Will the database now be called PROD and the passwords be the old PROD passwords?
Thanks for any help!
KL

Answer 1

Hello
the easiest way is , take a full backup by rman , be sure to backup the controlfile and spfile
restore your spfile and modify it according to the new layout
restore your controlfile
if your backups were copied in a different path in the new server
catalog them
proceed to recover the database
if the layout has been changed modify it according to your new setup ( a quicky way to see the original layout ) is
rman target /
report schema
check if the original setup is as same as the new one otherwise change it during the recovery
{ 2> allocate channel t1 device type sbt;
3> send'NSR_ENV=(NSR_SERVER=tyocmss8022,NSR_DATA_VOLUME_POOL=OracleDB,NSR_CLIENT=tyocmlx0110.jp.net.intra)';
4> set until time '26-OCT-2007 20:35';
5> set newname for datafile 1 to 'c:\oradata\DB\system01.dbf'; <= New location
6> set newname for datafile 2 to 'c:\oradata\DB\undotbs01.dbf'; <= New location
restore database;
switch datafile all;
recover database
After the recovery has completed
log into the database and run a select member from v$logfile
if their paths dont match rename each redolog
per example
SQL> alter database rename file '+DATA01DG/pttokyo/onlinelog/redo01.rdo' to '/u01/apps/backup_test/redo01.rdo';
Database altered.
once everything has been completed
open the database recreating the redo logs as follows
alter database open resetlogs
this is a quick overview , but i hope you grasp the action plan
Cheers