Restoring Backup Set to New Host

Question

Hi Team,
I am working on the RMAN Restore operation on the New Host.
I had taken the hot backup of my database (name :Test) with all ControlFile, DataFile, & Archivelog Files using RMAN backup command,
RMAN>backup database plus archivelog;
Now I want to restore this backup set on the New host.
So for this I have same Oracle 9i version installed in the same production path as it was there in the old host.
i.e same production path for oracle directory.. C:/oracle/
Now I had created the new database in this new host with the same name as Test and also the same passwords
Now if I am using my restore controlfile commands here then it works properly as ,
RMAN> restore controlfile from 'E:\Tempdest\CTL_C-315497057-20061017-01';
Starting restore at 17-OCT-06
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=11 devtype=DISK
channel ORA_DISK_1: restoring controlfile
channel ORA_DISK_1: restore complete
replicating controlfile
input filename=D:\ORACLE\ORADATA\TEST\CONTROL01.CTL
output filename=D:\ORACLE\ORADATA\TEST\CONTROL02.CTL
output filename=D:\ORACLE\ORADATA\TEST\CONTROL03.CTL
Finished restore at 17-OCT-06
But if i mount the database to restore the datafiles it is giving me the following error.
RMAN> startup mount;
database is already started
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of startup command at 10/17/2006 18:34:14
ORA-01991: invalid password file 'D:\oracle\ora92\DATABASE\PWDtest.ORA'
Can anybody help in this?
Whether we have to backup the Password files also ?
plz comment..
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Test_Rman

Answer 1

You do not need to create the database on the new host ahead of time. However, since you are on Windows, you should create the Window's Oracle service with oradim.
If your intention is to simulate an actual restore to a different host, then you should refer to Restoring the Database to a New Host, otherwise Aron's link above should help.