Recovering a datafile from backup in different server

Question

Hi All,
I usually take hot backup of datafiles to different server like this because i dont have enough space in same server. I
SQL> alter tablespace XXXX begin backup;
host scp /bu1/oradaTA/XXXXX/XXXXX [email protected]:/db1dw/oradata/backup/dec2010/XXXX
alter tablespace OPS end backup;
If i want to recover the datafile can i normally do the offline drop of that datafile and copy the datafile from backup which is in differnet server thorugh scp and make the datafile online??? and the database is in archivelog mode but i dont care abt the log files. i just need to recover the datafile as it was from last backup.
or do we need to use any recover datafile commands?? if need to use any recover datafile command from where it will recover the datafile??
i dont have any scripts for backup or recovery , i just take manual scp of the datafiles.
Help plzz, thanks in advance.....

Answer 1

SQL> alter tablespace XXXX begin backup;
host scp /bu1/oradaTA/XXXXX/XXXXX [email protected]:/db1dw/oradata/backup/dec2010/XXXX
alter tablespace OPS end backup;What is the version you are using? is it 9i if not you can peform backup at database level instead of tablespace level.
If i want to recover the datafile can i normally do the offline drop of that datafile and copy the datafile from backup which is in differnet server thorugh scp and make the datafile online??? and the database is in archivelog mode but i dont care abt the log files. i just need to recover the datafile as it was from last backup.Why offline drop to recover? Are you sure what are you doing?
or do we need to use any recover datafile commands?? if need to use any recover datafile command from where it will recover the datafile??1) alter system switch logfile;
2) select max(sequence#) from v$archived_log;
For Ex:
Sequence -- 100
3) alter database begin backup;
4) copy all the datafiles to another server(bcoz you not have space in same server)
5) alter database end backup;
6) select max(sequence#) from v$archived_log;
For Ex:
Sequence -- 110
Then copy these generated 10 archives to new server also.