Restore NOARCHIVELOG database in oracle 9i

Question

Hello guys,
Please help me establish a way to restore my db.
Here is the scenario ...
The db version 9.2 was installed and running in the server (Windows).
The DB was installed in D: drive.
The C: drive of the server failed, so the server went down.
The DB was up and running by the time.
After dealing and starting up the server, Oracle was not starting.
I made a copy of the entire folder in which oracle resided (D:\Oracle)
No backup, just a copy and paste of the folder in another drive.
Now, I installed a new copy of Oracle db 9.2 , and I wonder how can I restore the db.
The previous db was in NOARCHIVELOG mode.
I have read that the only way is to perform a cold restore ... I have tried in different ways, but I think that
the problem is with the fact that I do not posses a real "backup" of my db.
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Only cold backups (that is, backups created when the database was shut down normally) can be used in restoring a database in NOARCHIVELOG mode
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Can you sugest me any ideas on resolving this?

Answer 1

Hello,
I applied the followings, and I think I am up with something right now ..
Below are the steps:
1 - I created the database with the same name.
SQL> shutdown immediateI copied all files from the folder I made a copy into the
D:\oracle\oradata\db_name
Then I applied:
SQL> startup nomountAfter that I applied
CREATE CONTROLFILE REUSE DATABASE "db_name" NORESETLOGS NOARCHIVELOG
MAXLOGFILES 50
MAXLOGMEMBERS 5
MAXDATAFILES 100
MAXINSTANCES 1
MAXLOGHISTORY 113
LOGFILE
GROUP 1 'D:\oracle\oradata\db_name\REDO01.LOG' SIZE 100M,
GROUP 2 'D:\oracle\oradata\db_name\REDO02.LOG' SIZE 100M,
GROUP 3 'D:\oracle\oradata\db_name\REDO03.LOG' SIZE 100M
DATAFILE
'D:\oracle\oradata\db_name\CWMLITE01.DBF',
'D:\oracle\oradata\db_name\DRSYS01.DBF',
'D:\oracle\oradata\db_name\EXAMPLE01.DBF',
'D:\oracle\oradata\db_name\INDX01.DBF',
'D:\oracle\oradata\db_name\ODM01.DBF',
'D:\oracle\oradata\db_name\SYSTEM01.DBF',
'D:\oracle\oradata\db_name\TEMP01.DBF',
'D:\oracle\oradata\db_name\TOOLS01.DBF',
'D:\oracle\oradata\db_name\UNDOTBS01.DBF',
'D:\oracle\oradata\db_name\USERS01.DBF',
'D:\oracle\oradata\db_name\XDB01.DBF'
CHARACTER SET WE8MSWIN1252Here it yeld an error saying that
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TEMP01.DBF is not a database file
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I removed from the above, and it went ok.
After that I opened up the db and it looks fine now
Any advise on the below
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TEMP01.DBF is not a database file
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I have some data there, but I do not know what to ....
The most strange thing I note, is this:
If I apply:
Select *
From table_nameI see the results, but if I go and apply:
Select count(1)
From table_nameIt says:
ERROR at line 2:
ORA-00376: file 11 cannot be read at this time
ORA-01111: name for data file 11 is unknown - rename to correct file
ORA-01110: data file 11: 'D:\ORACLE\ORA92\DATABASE\MISSING00011'Moreover, if I go from EM console and apply:
Select *
From table_name
order by fieldit says
ORA-25153 tEMPORARY TABLESPACE IS EMPTYAny ideas?