Recovery from Online backup

Hai All,
I regularly take hot backup via a script. In script copy all datafiles and archivelogs to the backup destination. One conrolfile is created using 'alter database backup control file to c:/backup.ctl' . Thus controlfile is also generated.
I copy the backup files (includes datafiles and controlfiles) to a test machine . In test machine I created a database with the same name of production database. I replace the present files with the hot backup files (keep existing redo log files). When I open the database, recovery asked... I apply the backup archive log files. Even when reach the maximum archive files in my hand. recvery not stop... . This is the problem .. How It happened ? How to open the database with the backup files in my hand only.
I copy the remaining archive log files and redo log files from production database and apply. then I open the database with resetlogs . It works fine......
How to resolve the mentioning problem in second paragraph?
Please help?
Shiju

How do you backup your database? Do you using RMAN to backup your database? or you use ALTER TABLESPACE BEGING BCKUP method to backup your database?
Which version of Oracle are you using? Is there anything wrong configure autobackup of controlfile to avoid explicitly taking controlefile bakup?
If you want to test your bakcup or wanted to create another copy (clone) of the database using your valid backup, why did you create the second database and did the other fuss?
You can simply, bring up the instance, restore and recovery using your backups.
I guess, the problem was with redo log files. You have overwritten all the datafiles, controlfile, but not redo log files, may be the redo log sequence mismatch cuased this behaviour.
Jaffar

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<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
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<Provider Name="MSExchangeRepl" />
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<Level>3</Level>
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<EventRecordID>261645</EventRecordID>
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Task Category: Exchange VSS Writer
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3 NOT ACTIVE 0
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6 NOT ACTIVE 0
7 NOT ACTIVE 0
8 NOT ACTIVE 0
9 NOT ACTIVE 0
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4 NOT ACTIVE           0
5 NOT ACTIVE           0
6 NOT ACTIVE      0
7 NOT ACTIVE           0
8 NOT ACTIVE           0
9 NOT ACTIVE           0
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RajkumarOnly require fridays archivelogs

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