Recover a 10.2.0.3 database into a 10.2.0.4 database???

Hi,
i have a great problem. I have patched a 10.2.0.3 database to 10.2.0.4. Now i need a rman recover from the 10.2.0.3 database. How can i achieve this at best?
thanks a lot
Wolle

Hi,
Please see this metalink note related to this.
https://metalink2.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/f?p=130:14:3149620167174730236::::p14_database_id,p14_docid,p14_show_header,p14_show_help,p14_black_frame,p14_font:NOT,369644.1,1,0,1,helvetica
If not, you may need to create the 10.2.0.3 again or restore onto another server wtih 10.2.0.3 and same operating system.
Regards,
Vasu.

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And even if there was some theoretical reason why separate files might be better ... are they separate in the SAN's cache? No. Are they definitely located on separate stripes or separate physical disks? Of course not.
Oracle uses logical mappings (tables and tablespaces) and SANS use logical mappings so you, the DBA or developer, have no clue as to where anything physically is located.
PS: Ouija Boards don't work either.

Flashback database steps

SQL> select name from v$datafile;
NAME
E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\AGILE2\SYSTEM01.DBF
E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\AGILE2\UNDOTBS01.DBF
E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\AGILE2\SYSAUX01.DBF
E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\AGILE2\USERS01.DBF
E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\AGILE2\EXAMPLE01.DBF
E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\AGILE2\TEST.DBF
E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\AGILE2\SVSS.DBF
E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\AGILE2\SVSS01.DBF
E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\AGILE2\RMAN.DBF
E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\AGILE2\FLASH.DBF
10 rows selected.
SQL> create tablespace prod datafile 'e:\oracle\product\10.2.0\oradata\agile2\prod.dbf' size 50 m;
Tablespace created.
SQL> alter user flash1 default tablespace prod;
User altered.
SQL> connect flash1
Enter password: ******
Connected.
SQL> select * from tab;
no rows selected
SQL> create table flash(id number(23));
Table created.
SQL> insert into flash values(32);
1 row created.
SQL> commit
2 ;
Commit complete.
SQL> set time on;
14:20:54 SQL> connect /as sysdba
Connected.
14:21:03 SQL> select name from v$datafile;
14:21:11 SQL> drop tablespace prod including contents;
Tablespace dropped.
14:21:47 SQL> shu immediate;
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
14:22:22 SQL> startup mount
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 293601280 bytes
Fixed Size 1296332 bytes
Variable Size 104859700 bytes
Database Buffers 180355072 bytes
Redo Buffers 7090176 bytes
Database mounted.
14:23:29 SQL> flashback database to timestamp to_timestamp('2012-05-16 14:21:11','yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss');
flashback database to timestamp to_timestamp('2012-05-16 14:21:11','yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss')
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-38795: warning: FLASHBACK succeeded but OPEN RESETLOGS would get error
below
ORA-01245: offline file 11 will be lost if RESETLOGS is done
ORA-01111: name for data file 11 is unknown - rename to correct file
ORA-01110: data file 11: 'E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\DB_1\DATABASE\UNNAMED00011'
14:23:47 SQL> alter database rename file 'E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\DB_1\DATABASE\UNNAMED00011' to 'e:\oracle\product\10.2.0\oradata\agile2\prod.dbf';
Database altered.
14:24:40 SQL> flashback database to timestamp to_timestamp('2012-05-16 14:21:11','yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss');
flashback database to timestamp to_timestamp('2012-05-16 14:21:11','yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss')
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-38795: warning: FLASHBACK succeeded but OPEN RESETLOGS would get error
below
ORA-01245: offline file 11 will be lost if RESETLOGS is done
ORA-01110: data file 11: 'E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\AGILE2\PROD.DBF'
14:25:05 SQL>
iam not able to recover the dropped tablespace using flashback database,,,iam tried this many times some time iam able to recover ,most of time iam getting above error only.
anyone help me,,
pl share ideas.
Thanks in advance;

See flashback limitation
You cannot use Flashback Database alone to retrieve a dropped data file. If you flash back a database to a time when a dropped data file existed in the database, only the data file entry is added to the control file. You can only recover the dropped data file by using RMAN to fully restore and recover the data file.
so after dropping tablespace,you can't perform flashback.
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/backup.112/e10642/flashdb.htm#CFHFIBGH
What Do All 10g Flashback Features Rely on and what are their Limitations ? [ID 435998.1]
Edited by: Kuljeet Pal Singh on May 16, 2012 2:57 PM

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