Restore archivelog without target and no catalog

Hello,
I am trying to restore one archivelog without the target and no catalog from a backup piece.
My goal it is to apply this archive to my duplicate database to able to do a resetlog.
But since now I did not find the right way.
Any ideal
Thanks in advance

I don't think you can you use the RESTORE command to restore an archived redo log: RESTORE command work only on control file, database, tablespace or datafile level. To request to RMAN to apply an archived redo log, you should try to use the UNTIL clause
that is used by the RECOVER command or the SET UNTIL statement.
What is your Oracle version ?
What are the RMAN statements you have used and the errors that prevent you to do a RESETLOGS ?
Edited by: P. Forstmann on Sep 5, 2008 5:08 PM

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Hello,
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thanks and regards

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canal t4: parte 1 de la copia de seguridad restaurada
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hi,
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Also there was 2 backups taken on same day but different time
LEVEL 0 ======> between '24.05.2012 11:41:00' AND '24.05.2012 12:03:07'
LEVEL 1 CUMMULATIVE =======> between '24.05.2012 12:29:46' AND '24.05.2012 12:35:59'
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allocated channel: ORA_MAINT_SBT_TAPE_1
channel ORA_MAINT_SBT_TAPE_1: sid=1859 devtype=SBT_TAPE
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crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
backup piece handle=PRTUXDB_al_0dnbphae_1_1 RECID=10 STAMP=784123214
crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
backup piece handle=PRTUXDB_al_0cnbphae_1_1 RECID=11 STAMP=784123214
crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
backup piece handle=PRTUXDB_al_0fnbphae_1_1 RECID=12 STAMP=784123214
crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
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crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
backup piece handle=PRTUXDB_al_0bnbphae_1_1 RECID=14 STAMP=784123214
crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
backup piece handle=PRTUXDB_al_0anbphae_1_1 RECID=15 STAMP=784123214
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[oratux@DMXCK5 ~]$ rman target / nocatalog
Recovery Manager: Release 11.2.0.3.0 - Production on Fri May 25 08:16:08 2012
Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
connected to target database: PRTUXDB (DBID=329945109)
using target database control file instead of recovery catalog
RMAN> run {
allocate channel t1 type 'SBT_TAPE';
restore archivelog UNTIL TIME "TO_DATE('24.05.2012 12:03:07','dd.mm.yyyy hh24:mi:ss')" validate;
release channel t1;
2> 3> 4> 5>
allocated channel: t1
channel t1: SID=35 device type=SBT_TAPE
channel t1: Veritas NetBackup for Oracle - Release 7.0 (2010010419)
Starting restore at 25-MAY-12
channel t1: starting validation of archived log backup set
channel t1: reading from backup piece PRTUXDB_al_0dnbphae_1_1
channel t1: piece handle=PRTUXDB_al_0dnbphae_1_1 tag=PRIMARY_HOT_DB_BK_LEVEL0
channel t1: restored backup piece 1
channel t1: validation complete, elapsed time: 00:01:15
channel t1: starting validation of archived log backup set
channel t1: reading from backup piece PRTUXDB_al_0cnbphae_1_1
channel t1: piece handle=PRTUXDB_al_0cnbphae_1_1 tag=PRIMARY_HOT_DB_BK_LEVEL0
channel t1: restored backup piece 1
channel t1: validation complete, elapsed time: 00:01:15
channel t1: starting validation of archived log backup set
channel t1: reading from backup piece PRTUXDB_al_0fnbphae_1_1
channel t1: piece handle=PRTUXDB_al_0fnbphae_1_1 tag=PRIMARY_HOT_DB_BK_LEVEL0
channel t1: restored backup piece 1
channel t1: validation complete, elapsed time: 00:01:15
channel t1: starting validation of archived log backup set
channel t1: reading from backup piece PRTUXDB_al_0enbphae_1_1
channel t1: piece handle=PRTUXDB_al_0enbphae_1_1 tag=PRIMARY_HOT_DB_BK_LEVEL0
channel t1: restored backup piece 1
channel t1: validation complete, elapsed time: 00:01:15
channel t1: starting validation of archived log backup set
channel t1: reading from backup piece PRTUXDB_al_0bnbphae_1_1
channel t1: piece handle=PRTUXDB_al_0bnbphae_1_1 tag=PRIMARY_HOT_DB_BK_LEVEL0
channel t1: restored backup piece 1
channel t1: validation complete, elapsed time: 00:01:25
channel t1: starting validation of archived log backup set
channel t1: reading from backup piece PRTUXDB_al_0anbphae_1_1
channel t1: piece handle=PRTUXDB_al_0anbphae_1_1 tag=PRIMARY_HOT_DB_BK_LEVEL0
channel t1: restored backup piece 1
channel t1: validation complete, elapsed time: 00:01:15
channel t1: starting validation of archived log backup set
channel t1: reading from backup piece PRTUXDB_al_0qnbpj8c_1_1
channel t1: piece handle=PRTUXDB_al_0qnbpj8c_1_1 tag=HOT_DB_BK_LEVEL1
channel t1: restored backup piece 1
channel t1: validation complete, elapsed time: 00:01:05
Finished restore at 25-MAY-12
released channel: t1As you can see one extra archivelog backup piece is reported and that too from HOT_DB_BK_LEVEL1(LEVEL 1 CUMMULATIVE BACKUP) which was between '24.05.2012 12:29:46' AND '24.05.2012 12:35:59'.
I m afraid if i execute the real restore command it will apply this extra archivelog from LEVEL 1 CUMMULATIVE BACKUP

Yes that is true,but my question is when i run crosscheck i have all the required archivelogs availiable (6 archivelogs) but when i execute restore archivelog validate why it give (6+1) archivelogs why not only those 6 from LEVEL 0 hot backup
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RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
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configure device type Disk parallelism 1;
configure datafile backup copies for device type Disk to 1;
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configure maxsetsize to unlimited;
configure snapshot controlfile name to '/backup/prod_snapcf.f';
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show all;
run {
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include current controlfile
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tag 'prod_datafile_daily';
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backup archivelog all
delete all input
format '/backup/%d_archivelog_%s_%p.bak'
tag 'prod_archivelog_daily';
run {
allocate channel ch1 type Disk maxpiecesize = 1900M;
backup format '/backup/%d_controlfile_%s.bak' current controlfile;
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restore controlfile to '/backup' validate;
restore tablespace SYSTEM validate;
restore archivelog all validate;
list backup of database;
report unrecoverable;
report schema;
report need backup;
report obsolete;
delete noprompt expired backup of database;
delete noprompt expired backup of controlfile;
quit
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Thanks

Really the error is very strange realizing that if functions well for about 6 days or something like that.
this is a notable line in the error.
some targets not found - aborting restore
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Hi, and welcome to the forums.
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*.control_files='/home/oracle/control.ora' ## Change this line
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ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 768294912 bytes
Fixed Size                  2225448 bytes
Variable Size             293604056 bytes
Database Buffers          465567744 bytes
Redo Buffers                6897664 bytes
Database mounted.
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alter database open
ERROR at line 1:
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### We can open reseting log if you have all datafiles restored.
### Or you can use RMAN command to restore your database from Controlfile Catalog.
### Also you can generate a command to create a new controlfile
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tt2

When I try to reset my iPad mini it keeps asking for a passcode! have tried restoring, connecting to iTunes and looked for the 'set up as new iPad' notification, but nothing is working? can anyone help please?

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If the iPad was running iOS 7, iCloud: Find My iPhone Activation Lock in iOS 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5818
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http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ipad/ipad-troubleshooting-repair-faq/ipad- how-to-unlock-open-forgot-code-passcode-password-login.html
iOS: Device disabled after entering wrong passcode
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1212
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http://tinyurl.com/7ndy8tb
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‘iPad is disabled’ fix without resetting using iTunes
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