Restore and Permissions Questions

I'm wondering what my restore options are going alllow me to do. Let me elaborate on my situation and it might reveal why I am posting a new topic.
I bought my macbook pro used, and it came with ilife and mac office installed. I used time machine to back up this OSX partition. The macbook pro is working perfectly, but small ghosts from the previous owner are bothering me.
When I received the macbook pro, I changed the user name and password. I logged out and came back in as my newly created identity to find that my home folder in finder was still the previous user account. It had created a new home folder for the user I created, but the "default" home folder was still set to the previous user. Looking in User Accounts, that previous user name isnt listed, yet I noticed in Activity Monitor that all the applications are being launched as that previous user account.
Its these ghosts that make me want to reformat for my piece of mind. My question is can I use Time Machine to preserve the software like ilife and mac office onto my new installation? Furthermore, will time machine handle reassigning the permissions from the old file system to the new? Or am I stuck with this previous owner's info?

I'm not sure what's going on, but if there's no "macpro" in the NetInfo database, then you've already changed something around when you tried renaming the accounts. Not being able to "see" what's there makes it difficult for me to know how to proceed. I'm not confident that what I may suggest will be correct without looking into these accounts which I can't really do under the circumstances.
The only sure thing I can recommend is erasing the drive and starting over from scratch, but I don't know if that's feasible for you to do. If not, then you could reinstall OS X doing an Archive and Install which doesn't require erasing the drive:
How to Perform an Archive and Install
1. Be sure to use Disk Utility first to repair the disk before performing the Archive and Install.
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.0 for Tiger) and/or TechTool Pro (4.5.2 for Tiger) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
2. Do not proceed with an Archive and Install if DU reports errors it cannot fix. In that case use Disk Warrior and/or TechTool Pro to repair the hard drive. If neither can repair the drive, then you will have to erase the drive and reinstall from scratch.
3. Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When you reach the screen to select a destination drive click once on the destination drive then click on the Option button. Select the Archive and Install option. You have an option to preserve users and network preferences. Only select this option if you are sure you have no corrupted files in your user accounts. Otherwise leave this option unchecked. Click on the OK button and continue with the OS X Installation.
4. Upon completion of the Archive and Install you will have a Previous System Folder in the root directory. You should retain the PSF until you are sure you do not need to manually transfer any items from the PSF to your newly installed system.
5. After moving any items you want to keep from the PSF you should delete it. You can back it up if you prefer, but you must delete it from the hard drive.
6. You can now download a Combo Updater directly from Apple's download site to update your new system to the desired version as well as install any security or other updates. You can also do this using Software Update.

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IPhone 4s: Backup, Restore, and updating questions??

So, over the course of the last couple weeks, my iPhone 4s has been lagging, freezing and some apps are crashing. I'm assuming I should do a restore on the phone. I've never done one before, so I'm a little nervous about it. So I have some questions before I get started.
1) If I restore my iPhone to factory settings and then restore my latest backup will the problems that I'm having still persist? I still have 6GB of empty space on my phone (I have the 32GB) so I don't think the lagging is caused by the phone being too full. I'm just wondering if I load from the backup will the issue that's causing the phone to lag/freeze/crash just be put back on the phone when I do the restore?
2) I haven't yet updated to iOS 8 because a few people I know did it with their phones and it essentially rendered their phones unusable. I was wondering if I HAVE to update to the new iOS when I do a restore? I've heard mixed reviews on the performance of iOS 8 on the 4s, and I don't want to make any problems worse.
3) If I do the reset to factory setting and then restore from my backup, will everything that's on my phone at the time of the backup be put right back on the phone? Will all of my photos, contacts, game data etc be transferred? Essentially, I just want to make sure that nothing at all is lost in the restore process.
Also, if anyone has any suggestions on how to make this as painless a process as possible I would appreciate any and all input.
Thank you in advance!

What can happen after doing an update is something doesn't go quite right - the phone will work fine, but you'll notice odd stuff, like it being slower than usual, locking up, etc. A restore usually resolves that.
If the phone seems to lock up in general (ie: not just in a certain app), then doing a restore is worth doing. If a particular app tends to lock up, the issue is likely with that app.
Wiping the phone and restoring re-installs the iOS from scratch, which will get rid of any issues that may have during an update.
You do have to install iOS 8 at this point - Apple will, for a very short time, continue to sign older versions of iOS after a new one is released, but that usually only lasts a few days, if that.
From what I've read, the 4S runs iOS 8 just fine. Initially, you may notice it running more slowly, but you shouldn't notice that after using it for a while.
As for what gets transferred back - I know from an iTunes backup, you get everything - essentially a mirror image of what your phone looks like when you do the backup. Not sure if the same is true for an iCloud backup.
Hope that helps
~Lyssa

Restore and Resync question from a n00b

Okay, I have the need to erase and reload my Touch 2G (I just got it last week, but it appears that I have some corrupted data on it already.) I have about 500 songs in my PC's iTunes library, as well as several applications and a few pics.
So, if I need to reload it without erasing all the stuff in my iTunes library, I need to RESTORE from iTunes (which as I understand it erases the iPod), then unplug it, plug it back in and do a re-sync, right?
TIA for any answers.

Don't use a semicolon after the if statement.
Also, you cannot use "and" in Java - use "&&", although in this case you don't need it.
The code below is a "cleaned up" version of yours. Hopefully it shows a better way to structure this. The "gt;=" means "<="
e.g
public String grade (int average) {
    String rGrade = "";
    if (average >= 91) {
         rGrade = "A";
    } else if (average >= 81) {
         rGrade = "B";
    } else if (average >= 71) {
         rGrade = "C";
    } else if (average >= 61) {
         rGrade = "D";
    } else {
         rGrade = "E";
    // These print statements should probably be in the calling method
    System.out.println ( );
    System.out.println ("Final grade: " + rGrade);
    return rGrade;
}

Time Machine Restore Mangles Permissions and Groups

Circumstance:
My Macbook Pro running 10.5.5 gave a gray spinner after a restart last week. The restart was to clear out a couple of system processes eating up CPU when I had left it alone for a few hours.
Action:
After Disk Utility, zapping PRAM, and the probably some other standard trouble-shooting actions didn't fix the stuck start-up problem, I decided to try a full system restore from my Time Machine backups. I had previously successfully restored individual folders and files. Time Machine backs up wireless to a USB hard drive connected to my AirPort Extreme. To speed up the restore, I ran an Ethernet cable to the MBP from the Airport. The restore completed successfully. All the folders & files are correct, looks the same, etc. I restarted using the restored boot drive.
Problem:
The MBP is like a museum now--I can look but I can't touch. I first noticed something was wrong after logging in the first time because I couldn't move a file into a folder via drag-n-drop. Then Terminal went into a spinning beach ball when I opened it. Spotlight was not running. Then I noticed that my entire boot disk was read-only. I got info on the boot disk, and the Users & Groups list was strange--everyone was read-only, "wheel" had read-write and was the owner, and staff had read-write. Basically, it's like me, the Finder, an all applications have lost all their write/execute permissions on the entire drive.
*Unsuccessful Steps Taken:*
Ran Disk Utilities' Repair Permissions from Leopard dvd. Ran fsck -fy after mount / -uw from Leopard dvd Terminal and from single-user boot mode. Time Machine restore direct from TM disk via USB. Joined my user to wheel group. Changed my user password from Leopard dvd (which repairs home folder permissions). Played with chown to make all wheel-owned items staff-owned.
*Open Theories:*
Airport Time Machine restores strips ACLs and Permissions. I have to restore over wireless, not ethernet or usb. My TM backup is screwed up somehow.
Whew. This has been going on for a while, so I'm ready to give up and do an Archive & Install and begin manual migration from the backups, but my MPB is a fine-tuned machine and I hate to lose that, especially since it taunts me by being so close to normal (I can see everything! My desktop background and apps are there!).
Any help much appreciated!

The "full restore" from Time Machine is only for OSX drives.
For data-only drives, use the Time Machine browser (the "Star Wars" display). See Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #15.
Depending on your setup, you may also want to review Transferring Home Folders not on a Startup volume.

How can i restore my iphone 5s as i forgot my icloud password and sec questions

I bought a new iphone 5s (32G Gold)
and when I connect it to itunes asked me to restore from my old iphone 4
with all my account settings and passwords.
but I have a problem with my account for icloud password and security questions because my cloude id is *************** and with no problem with my apple id "*****************", I tried to restore my new iphone after I turned off find my iphone from icloud setting and when its restore was finished the iphone is locked and asked me to unlock the iphone with a ****************** that I forget the password and security questions and when I tried to enter my account id "**************** with no problem with its password it says to me "this account can't unlock this iphone"
when I visit tradeline (Apple products dealer) I found no answer and they adviced me to contact apple directly.
Name : Alaa Rashed Abd el Hafiz
Country : egypt
<Personal Information Edited by Host>

First, remove your personal information from your post. That's not needed here. This is a public forum, and it is unwise to provide your personal data online.
Second, here's how you reset your password and/or security questions.
How to reset your Apple ID password.
Go to iforgot.apple.com and type in your Apple ID, then click 'Next'.
Verify your date of birth, then click 'Next'.
You'll be able to choose one of two methods to reset your password, either E-Mail Authentication or Answer Security Questions.
If neither method works, then go to https://getsupport.apple.com
(If you see a message that says 'There are no products registered to this Apple ID, simply click on 'See all products and services')
Choose 'More Products & Services', then 'Apple ID'.
A new page will open.
Choose 'Other Apple ID Topics', then 'Lost or forgotten Apple ID password'.
Click the blue 'Continue' button.
Select the contact option that suits your needs best.
How to reset your Apple ID security questions.
Go to appleid.apple.com, click on the blue button that says 'Manage Your Apple ID'.
Log in with your Apple ID and password. (If you have forgotten your Apple ID password, go to iforgot.apple.com first to reset your password with a password recovery email)
Go to the Password & Security section on the left side, and click on the link underneath the security questions that says 'Forgot your answers? Send reset security info email to [email]'. This will generate an automated e-mail that will allow you to reset your security questions.
If that doesn't work, or there is no rescue email link available, then click on 'Temporary Support PIN' that is in the bottom left side, and generate a 4-digit PIN for the Apple Account Security Advisor you will be contacting later.
Next, go to https://getsupport.apple.com
(If you see a message that says 'There are no products registered to this Apple ID, simply click on 'See all products and services')
Choose 'More Products & Services', then 'Apple ID'.
A new page will open.
Choose 'Other Apple ID Topics', then 'Forgotten Apple ID Security Questions'.
Click the blue 'Continue' button.
Select the contact option that suits your needs best.

HT1553 I did the back up as instructed... Installed a larger hard drive and followed the restore instructions... Now I get a white screen with a folder icon and blinking question mark. When trying to set startup with new drive I get a bless tool error...

I did the back up as instructed... Installed a larger hard drive and followed the restore instructions... Now I get a white screen with a folder icon and blinking question mark. When trying to set startup with new drive I get a bless tool error... Help!!

If you have installed a new hard drive , you will need to have formatted it in Disk Utility correctly. This may explain your problem.
Boot into your 10.6 Install disk again at the top menubar > Utilities > select Disk utility and in there select your new hard drive, and select the tab Erase and choose to make the format as Mac OS Extended Journaled. When that is finished look in the main window to make sure that the partition map scheme says GUID Partition Table.
Now go to the Restore tab and reinstall from your backup.

My HP computer's hard drive crashed. I have replaced the hard drive and reinstalled all of the software. I have copied my I tunes library from my backup hard drive to the new one. How do I restore the permissions? This is the 3 rd time I have had to d

My HP computer's hard drive crashed. I have replaced the hard drive and reinstalled all of the software. I have copied my I tunes library from my backup hard drive to the new one. How do I restore the permissions? This is the 3 rd time I have had to do this. THe share screen says you are limited to 5 ??

No backup is not good.
You can transfer itunes purchases from an ipod. File>Transfer Purchases

Accidentally removed from,sharing and permissions the admin user,and now i do not when i find the home icon at my computer i do not have permmission,and the mac does not works properly,lots of question mark at the dock ,please help

accidentally removed from,sharing and permissions the admin user,and now i do not when i find the home icon at my computer i do not have permmission,and the mac does not works properly,lots of question mark at the dock ,please help

I'm going to assume that since you deleted your hard drive and all its files, you had a backup, yes? If the backup has an OS (bootable clone), then you can boot into it by holding down the option key when you start up you iMac and choose the backup drive. Then use Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper to copy the files back to your iMac.

I accidentally screwed up my apple id when trying to change my primary email address. Password recovery options and security questions arent working either to restore

I accidentally screwed up my apple id when trying to change my primary email address. Password recovery options and security questions arent working either to restore. Created a new appleid just to get into forums to ask a question but hesitate to sync itunes and iphone with it as i may lose all purchased music apps etc. can anyone help? i have received no email response frm apple support, it's been over 48 hours

I have the same problem - it is maddening. I rely on this iPad for work so this is not just an annoyance! The above solutions of changing the appleid on the device or on the website do not work.
The old email address no longer exists - I haven't used it in a year probably and I no longer have the account. I logged into the appleid website and there is no trace of the old email address so there is nothing that can be deleted or changed there. On the iPad there is no trace of the old email address so nothing can be deleted there either. I have updated the iPad software and the same problem comes right back. Every 2 seconds I am asked to log in using the old non-existent email. The device is currently useless.
The only recent change to anything was the addition of an Apple TV device, which was set up using the correct login and password.
Does anyone have any ideas? The iPad has been backed up to the iCloud so presumably it now won't recognize the current iCloud account? So restoring may notbe an option?

I want to restore the secret question and I does not have the option of sending e-mail to restore

I want to restore the secret question and I does not have the option of sending e-mail to restore

Go here, find your country and follow the directions to contact Apple for help.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5699

I messed up badly by trying to restore my brand new macbook pro by doing restart then command R and choose disc utility repair now when I start ,all I get is the white screen with a folder and a question mark,What can I do???help please

I messed up badly by trying to restore my brand new macbook pro by doing restart then command R and choose disc utility repair now when I start ,all I get is the white screen with a folder and a question mark,What can I do???help please

Can you still boot to the Recovery partition using Command and R whilst booting? Or did you wipe the Recovery partition as well?
If your Recovery partition is still intact, you can simply boot to it and reinstall the OS via the Internet. If you wiped the Recovery partition, you can hold down Command, option and R keys whilst booting and boot into true Internet Recovery mode. You'll be able to reformat the hard drive, erasing all partitions (format it as "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" with a dingle GUID partition) and then reinstall the OS that shipped with your machine.
Note that you should use a physical Ethernet connection when restoring over the Internet - it's three times slower if you use wifi.
Try your Recovery partition first and if that doesn't work, use Internet Recovery.
Clinton

ICloud Restoring my ipod question. I just restored my ipod touch for the first time because it was unreadable in itunes, and I had manually backed up my ipod to iCloud prior. The ipod is restored, but cloud not downloading my messages, pictures?

iCloud + Restoring my ipod question.
I just restored my ipod touch for the first time because it was unreadable in itunes, and I had manually backed up my ipod to iCloud prior.
The ipod is restored, but cloud not downloading any of my messages and pictures, and the other files that iCloud claims to back up?
How do I put these on my restored itouch?
Thanks everyone

What messages? What app? The backup includes Messages (iMessage, SMS, and MMS),
What photos? How did the photos get on the iPod
The backup only includes photos in the iPod's camera roll album.

Hey. i just restored my iphone and now it says your apple id is disabled then i forgot everything about my email and security questions please help me enable my apple id

hey. i just restored my iphone and now it says your apple id is disabled then i forgot everything about my email and security questions please help me enable my apple id
i dont think there is another way to unlock my apple but i need to

Hello there, Th3FoX98.
The following Knowledge Base article is a great resource for what to do if you've forgotten the answers to your Apple ID security questions:
If you forgot the answers to your Apple ID security questions
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6170
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro.

Strange Sharing and Permissions and Admin Users question.

I am having problems printing and need to change the permissions and ownership on a library file
My directions were to:
[ The fiery cups filter needs ownership changed from admin to system (root) ]
My secondary question is I am making the assumption that when someone refers to my "system (root)" that this is the same as "my name (me)" Yes?
But my primary mystery question is
As I went to change the permissions on the above top topic I noticed I had four choices.
I am the only single user of this computer. My permissions are set to Administrator status.
I apparently had a guest account enabled but I don't remember turning this on.
On the get info window, at the bottom, under sharing and permissions, NAME and PRIVILEGE when I add - select a new user or group, I have:
My account "my name (me)"
"administrators"
and *"firebird database"?*
"everyone" is already there as a standard default.
*I don't know what the **** "firebird database" is. It shows as a single user account.* My guest settings were enabled to connect to my shared folders, which I have turned off. Is this "firebird" part of Apple code or has something been compromised without me knowing?
Anyone know? Thanks in advance.

Root or System ownership is not the same as you. You are a restricted user. Root is an unrestricted user.
If you have installed third-party printing software with incorrect permissions, then start by using Disk Utility to repair permissions. Do not begin changing file/folder permissions when you obviously do not know what you are doing as this could screw up your entire system.
Firebird is a third-party database program that you must have installed. Obviously there is a problem with it. Either uninstall it or contact the developer for assistance.

[HELP] Problem with restore and recovery to new host

Hi, guys!
I have been trying for two days, but still cannot get it to work.
I have taken a full hot(online) backup with archive logs as well as the control file and SPFILE, and then copied the backup to the new host with the same directory structure and settings. Finally, I have tried to restore & recover the database on the new host but failed during the restore process.
Both the original host and the new host have the same Oracle installed down to the patch level. I couldn't figure out the proper solution to this problem base on my limited knowledge about Oracle DB.
Could anyone help me out here? Any advice would be appreciated!
RMAN> restore database until sequence 10 thread 1;
Starting restore at 08-NOV-11
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile backupset restore
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) to restore from backup set
restoring datafile 00001 to D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\SYSTEM01.DBF
restoring datafile 00002 to D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\UNDOTBS01.DBF
restoring datafile 00003 to D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\SYSAUX01.DBF
restoring datafile 00004 to D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\USERS01.DBF
restoring datafile 00005 to D:\ORA_DATADATA01.DBF
restoring datafile 00006 to D:\ORA_DATA\DATA02.DBF
restoring datafile 00007 to D:\ORA_DATA\INDX01.DBF
restoring datafile 00008 to D:\ORA_DATA\INDX02.DBF
channel ORA_DISK_1: reading from backup piece C:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_REC
OVERY_AREA\PRODDB\BACKUPSET\2011_11_07\O1_MF_NNNDF_TAG20111107T175037_7CH6YYVJ_.BK
P
failover to previous backup
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of restore command at 11/08/2011 11:41:33
RMAN-06026: some targets not found - aborting restore
RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 4 found to restore
RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 3 found to restore
RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 2 found to restore
RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 1 found to restore
Here is some extra information that you might want to know about:
RMAN> list incarnation;
List of Database Incarnations
DB Key Inc Key DB Name DB ID STATUS Reset SCN Reset Time
1 1 PRODDB 3774691295 PARENT 1 17-APR-07
2 2 PRODDB 3774691295 PARENT 521803 06-OCT-11
3 3 PRODDB 3774691295 PARENT 1595143 20-OCT-11
4 4 PRODDB 3774691295 PARENT 1600974 20-OCT-11
5 5 PRODDB 3774691295 PARENT 1952053 27-OCT-11
6 6 PRODDB 3774691295 CURRENT 2146951 07-NOV-11
RMAN> list backup recoverable;
List of Backup Sets
===================
BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
37 Full 822.34M DISK 00:29:47 07-NOV-11
BP Key: 37 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: NO Tag: TAG20111107T175037
Piece Name: C:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\PRODDB\BACKUPSET\
2011_11_07\O1_MF_NNNDF_TAG20111107T175037_7CH6YYVJ_.BKP
List of Datafiles in backup set 37
File LV Type Ckp SCN Ckp Time Name
1 Full 2149673 07-NOV-11 D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\SYSTEM01.DBF
2 Full 2149673 07-NOV-11 D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\UNDOTBS01.DBF
3 Full 2149673 07-NOV-11 D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\SYSAUX01.DBF
4 Full 2149673 07-NOV-11 D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\USERS01.DBF
5 Full 2149673 07-NOV-11 D:\ORA_DATA\DATA01.DBF
6 Full 2149673 07-NOV-11 D:\ORA_DATA\DATA02.DBF
7 Full 2149673 07-NOV-11 D:\ORA_DATA\INDX01.DBF
8 Full 2149673 07-NOV-11 D:\ORA_DATA\INDX02.DBF
BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
38 Full 6.95M DISK 00:00:03 07-NOV-11
BP Key: 38 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: NO Tag: TAG20111107T182034
Piece Name: C:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\PRODDB\AUTOBACKUP
\2011_11_07\O1_MF_S_766606834_7CH8Q439_.BKP
Control File Included: Ckp SCN: 2151141 Ckp time: 07-NOV-11
SPFILE Included: Modification time: 07-NOV-11
BS Key Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
39 18.46M DISK 00:00:05 08-NOV-11
BP Key: 39 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: NO Tag: TAG20111108T093359
Piece Name: C:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\PRODDB\BACKUPSET\
2011_11_08\O1_MF_ANNNN_TAG20111108T093359_7CJY7TG1_.BKP
List of Archived Logs in backup set 39
Thrd Seq Low SCN Low Time Next SCN Next Time
1 1 2146951 07-NOV-11 2149493 07-NOV-11
1 2 2149493 07-NOV-11 2149519 07-NOV-11
1 3 2149519 07-NOV-11 2149565 07-NOV-11
1 4 2149565 07-NOV-11 2149641 07-NOV-11
1 5 2149641 07-NOV-11 2172859 07-NOV-11
1 6 2172859 07-NOV-11 2197851 07-NOV-11
1 7 2197851 07-NOV-11 2220349 08-NOV-11
1 8 2220349 08-NOV-11 2222621 08-NOV-11
1 9 2222621 08-NOV-11 2222729 08-NOV-11
1 10 2222729 08-NOV-11 2223088 08-NOV-11
BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
40 Full 6.95M DISK 00:00:00 08-NOV-11
BP Key: 40 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: NO Tag: TAG20111108T093411
Piece Name: C:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\PRODDB\AUTOBACKUP
\2011_11_08\O1_MF_S_766661651_7CJY84LK_.BKP
Control File Included: Ckp SCN: 2223097 Ckp time: 08-NOV-11
SPFILE Included: Modification time: 08-NOV-11
Thanks in advance!
Jay

Thank you for your reply,Hemant K Chitale!
>
a) Does the directory structur exist on the new server :
D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\ --- for files 1 to 4
D:\ --- for file 5
D:\ORA_DATA\ --- for files 6 to 8
>
Yep, I have doubled check the directory structure that get in the way, and they are all exist.
Would it be something to do with the folder permissions?
>
b) Apparently a RESETLOGS has been issued on 07-Nov. Which controflile backup do you have restored and mounted on the new server ? It should be the one after the RESETLOGS.
>
I restored the one included with the backup. Should I take another backup of controlfile seperately and restore from it instead?
>
(I assume that you did a RESTORE CONTROLFILE followed by sql "alter database mount" before the attempt to RESTORE DATABASE)
>
Yep, that's exactly what I did.
//executed @ RMAN prompt of the new host
startup nomount; 'the new host has the right SPFILE to start with so i didn''t bother to RESTORE SPFILE first.
restore controlfile from autobackup;
alter database mount;
restore database sequence 10 thread 1;
//get stucked here with RMAN-06026, 06023
//...the following is not executed yet.... :-(
recover database until sequence 10;
alter database open resetlogs;Edited by: HappyJay on 2011/11/08 13:25
I have made several attemps with your advice, but still get the same type of errors.
Here is the output:
RMAN> list backup of controlfile;
List of Backup Sets
===================
BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
38 Full 6.95M DISK 00:00:03 07-NOV-11
BP Key: 38 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: NO Tag: TAG20111107T182034
Piece Name: C:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\PRODDB\AUTOBACKUP
\2011_11_07\O1_MF_S_766606834_7CH8Q439_.BKP
Control File Included: Ckp SCN: 2151141 Ckp time: 07-NOV-11
BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
40 Full 6.95M DISK 00:00:00 08-NOV-11
BP Key: 40 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: NO Tag: TAG20111108T093411
Piece Name: C:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\PRODDB\AUTOBACKUP
+\2011_11_08\O1_MF_S_766661651_7CJY84LK_.BKP+
Control File Included: Ckp SCN: 2223097 Ckp time: 08-NOV-11
as you suggested, this backup piece of controlfile should be right one to be restored.
RMAN> shutdown;
database dismounted
Oracle instance shut down
RMAN> startup nomount;
connected to target database (not started)
Oracle instance started
Total System Global Area 490733568 bytes
Fixed Size 1291360 bytes
Variable Size 364907424 bytes
Database Buffers 121634816 bytes
Redo Buffers 2899968 bytes
RMAN> restore controlfile from autobackup;
Starting restore at 08-NOV-11
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=157 devtype=DISK
recovery area destination: C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\flash_recovery_area
database name (or database unique name) used for search: PRODDB
channel ORA_DISK_1: autobackup found in the recovery area
channel ORA_DISK_1: autobackup found: C:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AR
EA\PRODDB\AUTOBACKUP\2011_11_08\O1_MF_S_766661651_7CJY84LK_.BKP
channel ORA_DISK_1: control file restore from autobackup complete
output filename=D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\CONTROL01.CTL
output filename=D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\CONTROL02.CTL
output filename=D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\CONTROL03.CTL
Finished restore at 08-NOV-11
tried shutdown normally and mount again instead.
RMAN> shutdown;
Oracle instance shut down
RMAN> exit
Recovery Manager complete.
C:\>rman target /
Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Production on Tue Nov 8 13:49:42 2011
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
connected to target database (not started)
RMAN> startup mount;
Oracle instance started
database mounted
Total System Global Area 490733568 bytes
Fixed Size 1291360 bytes
Variable Size 369101728 bytes
Database Buffers 117440512 bytes
Redo Buffers 2899968 bytes
RMAN> restore database until sequence 10 thread 1;
Starting restore at 08-NOV-11
Starting implicit crosscheck backup at 08-NOV-11
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=156 devtype=DISK
Crosschecked 3 objects
Finished implicit crosscheck backup at 08-NOV-11
Starting implicit crosscheck copy at 08-NOV-11
using channel ORA_DISK_1
Crosschecked 2 objects
Finished implicit crosscheck copy at 08-NOV-11
searching for all files in the recovery area
cataloging files...
cataloging done
List of Cataloged Files
=======================
File Name: C:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_RECOVERY_AREA\PRODDB\AUTOBACKUP\2011_11_
08\O1_MF_S_766661651_7CJY84LK_.BKP
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile backupset restore
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) to restore from backup set
restoring datafile 00001 to D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\SYSTEM01.DBF
restoring datafile 00002 to D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\UNDOTBS01.DBF
restoring datafile 00003 to D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\SYSAUX01.DBF
restoring datafile 00004 to D:\DBDATA\PRODDB\USERS01.DBF
restoring datafile 00005 to D:\ORA_DATA\DATA01.DBF
restoring datafile 00006 to D:\ORA_DATA\DATA02.DBF
restoring datafile 00007 to D:\ORA_DATA\INDX01.DBF
restoring datafile 00008 to D:\ORA_DATA\INDX02.DBF
channel ORA_DISK_1: reading from backup piece C:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\FLASH_REC
OVERY_AREA\PRODDB\BACKUPSET\2011_11_07\O1_MF_NNNDF_TAG20111107T175037_7CH6YYVJ_.BK
P
failover to previous backup
//however, still get the same results(ended up with errors)
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of restore command at 11/08/2011 13:50:29
RMAN-06026: some targets not found - aborting restore
RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 4 found to restore
RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 3 found to restore
RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 2 found to restore
RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 1 found to restore
Edited by: HappyJay on 2011/11/08 13:59

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