How does oracle suggest the archive log

Hi All,
My question is about user managed backup and recovery.
For User managed hot database refreshes.
We create a new controlfile and do cancel based recovery.
How does oracle suggest the next archive to apply when we do "recover database using backup controlfile until cancel;"
I mean we created a new control file ..rt.
where is the information about the archivelogs stored.
Thanks,
Silver

In the controlfile.
The "using backup controlfile" means using a backed up controlfile, and you want to fool Oracle into thinking a point in time recovery will happen so don't use what would be the controlfiles current scn time to automatically say the recovery is complete. If you have created a new controlfile, all it can know about is where the logs should be and compare to what log sequences the datafile headers have. So it uses the init.ora parameters and what the data file headers have in them to figure it out. http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:3151992035532#36651366990046
If you backup controlfile to trace you can see log files that have the incarnation history. See "Recovering Through a RESETLOGS with a Created Control File" in Performing User-Managed Recovery: Advanced Scenarios

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Connect to target through rman
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My rman backups sometimes fails with below error, any idea the reason ?
run {
allocate channel t1 type 'SBT_TAPE';
backup
incremental level 0
format '/%d_%p_%t.%s/'
maxsetsize = 8G
(database);
backup
format '/%d_%p_%t_al.%s/'
(archivelog from time 'SYSDATE-2');
backup
format '/%d_%p_%t_al.%s/'
(archivelog until time 'SYSDATE-2' delete input);
release channel t1;
Starting backup at 2011-01-18 22:41:59
current log archived
channel t1: starting archive log backupset
channel t1: specifying archive log(s) in backup set
input archive log thread=1 sequence=7348 recid=6260 stamp=740682001
input archive log thread=1 sequence=7349 recid=6261 stamp=740702540
input archive log thread=1 sequence=7350 recid=6262 stamp=740739604
input archive log thread=1 sequence=7351 recid=6263 stamp=740746801
input archive log thread=1 sequence=7352 recid=6264 stamp=740757602
input archive log thread=1 sequence=7353 recid=6265 stamp=740768401
input archive log thread=1 sequence=7354 recid=6266 stamp=740788921
channel t1: starting piece 1 at 2011-01-18 22:42:04
channel t1: finished piece 1 at 2011-01-18 22:42:29
channel t1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:26
Finished backup at 2011-01-18 22:42:29
Starting backup at 2011-01-18 22:42:31
released channel: t1
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of backup command at 01/18/2011 22:42:31
RMAN-06004: ORACLE error from recovery catalog database: RMAN-20242: specification does not match any archive log in the recovery catalog
Recovery Manager complete.

Hi Ora 83,
What is the reason of this error ? The reason for the RMAN-20242 is there are no archivelogs which comply to the filter "until time 'SYSDATE-2'" at 18 Jan 22:42.
Probably you run a purge command more frequent because the oldest logsequence available for backup was created at:
2011 JAN 17 17 00 01 (=sequence=7348)
and the latest at:
2011 JAN 18 22 42 01 (=sequence=7354)
according to your output.
So for some reason the archivelogs created before 16th Jan 22:42 are not on the system as well as the archivelogs created between 16th Jan 22:42 and 17 Jan 17:00.
Maybe there are none (you can check in the alertlog and let us know)?
Regards,
Tycho

Pecification does not match any archive log in the recovery catalog

MAN> list archivelog all;
pecification does not match any archive log in the recovery catalog
RMAN> list backup of archivelog all
BS Key Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
671197 5.17M DISK 00:00:03 29-MAY-11
BP Key: 671200 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110529T180030
Piece Name: F:\OSSTDBY_BACKUP\ARCH\OSONDEMA_ARC_20110529_FVMDIGPU_S25087_P1
List of Archived Logs in backup set 671197
Thrd Seq Low SCN Low Time Next SCN Next Time
1 44836 503663671 29-MAY-11 503675934 29-MAY-11
2 22517 503663669 29-MAY-11 503675932 29-MAY-11
BS Key Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
671232 5.12M DISK 00:00:02 29-MAY-11
BP Key: 671235 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110529T200050
Piece Name: F:\OSSTDBY_BACKUP\ARCH\OSONDEMA_ARC_20110529_G1MDINRJ_S25089_P1
List of Archived Logs in backup set 671232
Thrd Seq Low SCN Low Time Next SCN Next Time
1 44837 503675934 29-MAY-11 503688661 29-MAY-11
2 22518 503675932 29-MAY-11 503688659 29-MAY-11
BS Key Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
671267 5.14M DISK 00:00:03 29-MAY-11
BP Key: 671270 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110529T220036
Piece Name: F:\OSSTDBY_BACKUP\ARCH\OSONDEMA_ARC_20110529_G3MDIUS4_S25091_P1
List of Archived Logs in backup set 671267
Thrd Seq Low SCN Low Time Next SCN Next Time
1 44838 503688661 29-MAY-11 503701009 29-MAY-11
2 22519 503688659 29-MAY-11 503701007 29-MAY-11
BS Key Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
671302 16.55M DISK 00:00:05 30-MAY-11
BP Key: 671305 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110530T000048
Piece Name: F:\OSSTDBY_BACKUP\ARCH\OSONDEMA_ARC_20110530_G5MDJ5TG_S25093_P1
List of Archived Logs in backup set 671302
Thrd Seq Low SCN Low Time Next SCN Next Time
1 44839 503701009 29-MAY-11 503716961 30-MAY-11
2 22520 503701007 29-MAY-11 503716959 30-MAY-11
BS Key Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
671337 5.13M DISK 00:00:02 30-MAY-11
BP Key: 671340 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110530T020121
Piece Name: F:\OSSTDBY_BACKUP\ARCH\OSONDEMA_ARC_20110530_G7MDJCVI_S25095_P1
List of Archived Logs in backup set 671337
Thrd Seq Low SCN Low Time Next SCN Next Time
1 44840 503716961 30-MAY-11 503729544 30-MAY-11
2 22521 503716959 30-MAY-11 503729542 30-MAY-11
BS Key Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
671372 5.25M DISK 00:00:03 30-MAY-11
BP Key: 671375 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110530T040055
Piece Name: F:\OSSTDBY_BACKUP\ARCH\OSONDEMA_ARC_20110530_G9MDJJVN_S25097_P1
the archives are in the location of
F:\OSSTDBY_BACKUP\ARCH\OSONDEMA_ARC_20110529_G1MDINRJ_S25089_P1
when it is not specified in catalog how can i delete archives from f location i.e
F:\OSSTDBY_BACKUP\ARCH\OSONDEMA_ARC_20110529_G1MDINRJ_S25089_P1
please let me know from rman how can i delete archives from f location...........................
do i need to register with catalog?
i have used Delete archivelog all completed before 'SYSDATE-10';
but no use
out put is
MAN> Delete archivelog all completed before 'SYSDATE-10';
eleased channel: ORA_DISK_1
llocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
hannel ORA_DISK_1: sid=311 devtype=DISK
pecification does not match any archive log in the recovery catalog
MAN> crosscheck backup archivelog all;
please send me the query which i can delete ......................thanks
cheers
mahesh

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