Restore and recovery cases, please add any if i am missing any

in an up database, datafile gets corrupted
in an up database, system file gets corrupted
in an up database, datafile lost
when you start database, log file shows corruption
Please add

I am not sure that what exactly you are trying to do, sorry for a dry comment! There are a lot of different cases which are defined in the B/R guide. I must say that you finish them all first reading the B/R guide side by side. Once you are done, read Rama Velpuri's 8i Backup and ecovery guide and practise it. Once you are fnished from both, I doubt that ther would be anything left .
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