No autobackup of control file for rman

Question

This is what I used for a backup of database. I do not have controlfile autobackup set, I back it up using rman commands. Backup is made to a third party media manager.
I tried to restore and it cannot startup mount the database, it can only nomount the database. I am assumming this is because it cannot find the control file.
Is it possible to recover the controlfile if autobackup not on ? I did make a backup current controlfile with the rman script below .. Is it possible to get back the database at all ..
SQL> Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 1286066176 bytes
Fixed Size 2221160 bytes
Variable Size 805309336 bytes
Database Buffers 469762048 bytes
Redo Buffers 8773632 bytes
ORA-00205: error in identifying control file, check alert log for more info
This is the backup script.
rman target xxx/xxx nocatalog << eof
run {
allocate channel t1 type 'sbt_tape' parms
'ENV=(tdpo_optfile=xxxxxxxxxxxx)';
backup as compressed backupset database plus archivelog delete input;
release channel t1;
quit
eof
rman target xxxx/xxxx nocatalog << eof
run {
allocate channel t1 type 'sbt_tape' parms
'ENV=(tdpo_optfile=xxxxxxxxxxxxx)';
backup current controlfile;
release channel t1;
quit
eof
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP OFF; # default
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '%F'; # default

Answer 1

joecbc wrote:
I did find this in my ORACLE_HOME .. I was able to do the resrore controlfile command as below .. Not certain how the file named control02.ctl got there, maybe from my backup I did yesterday .. anyway the database is restored, thanks.
RMAN> restore controlfile from '$ORACLE_HOME/fast_recovery_area/RMANT/control02.ctl';
Starting restore at 05-OCT-12
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: SID=212 device type=DISK
channel ORA_DISK_1: copied control file copy
output file name=/data99/oradata/RMANT/control01.ctl
output file name=/u11/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/RMANT/control02.ctl
Finished restore at 05-OCT-12You have mutiplexed controlfile in two different location:
/data99/oradata/RMANT
/u11/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/RMANT
This controlfile "control02.ctl" was your current controlfile, you have controlfile in two different location "/data99/oradata/RMANT" and "/u11/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/RMANT"
So, be aware you have lost only this file "/data99/oradata/RMANT/control01.ctl" and the "control02.ctl" file is not a backup of controlfile, but is your current controlfile.
You restored control01.ctl from control02.ctl
Check it using command above
sqlplus / as sysdba
Select  name, status from v$controlfile.
or
show parameter controlEdited by: Levi Pereira on Oct 5, 2012 1:05 PM