Restoring controlfile from rman

Hi
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0
on OEL4
I have lost all the control files (infact deleted knowingly to simulate ). i have a full database backup in recovery catalog. I do not know the dbid of database.
I am not able to connect to target database from rman it shows.
RMAN> connect target sys/prod@PROD
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
ORA-12528: TNS:listener: all appropriate instances are blocking new connectionsIs there anyway i can restore controlfiles from rman ? or i need to create controlfiles manually.
Thanks
Edited by: user8896122 on Jan 3, 2010 6:03 AM

You can try on the machine hosting the database:
C:\Users\Pierre>rman target /
Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Sun Jan 3 15:29:02 2010
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
connected to target database (not started)
RMAN> startup nomount
Oracle instance started
Total System Global Area     805306368 bytes
Fixed Size                     1289996 bytes
Variable Size                213909748 bytes
Database Buffers             587202560 bytes
Redo Buffers                   2904064 bytes
RMAN>and then you can try to connect to recovery catalog.

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937382 wrote:
Hii..!! RMAN Experts ..
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Thanks.
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user13748341 wrote:
Hi everyone.
Im using a 11.0.6.0 database running on RHEL 5.I don't think so. Where did you find an 11.ZERO? Oracle's first release at 11 was 11.1
>
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i have taken backup of all archive logs as follows
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Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
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Redo Buffers 1048576 bytes
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channel ORA_DISK_1: restore complete
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'D:\oracle\oradata\dawa\UNDOTBS202';
restore database;
switch datafile all;
alter database open resetlogs;
.../* alter database open resetlogs returned the errors: */
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of alter db command at 08/18/2011 08:44:45
ORA-01152: file 2 was not restored from a sufficiently old backup
ORA-01110: data file 2: 'D:\ORACLE\ORADATA\DAWA\UNDOTBS206'Thanks in advance.

SYS @ DAWA> shutdown immediate
ORA-01109: database not open
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SYS @ DAWA> startup mount
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 1048576000 bytes
Fixed Size                   792200 bytes
Variable Size             551807352 bytes
Database Buffers          494927872 bytes
Redo Buffers                1048576 bytes
Database mounted.
SYS @ DAWA> recover database using backup controlfile until cancel;
ORA-00279: change 329012 generated at 03/08/2005 16:24:46 needed for thread 1
ORA-00289: suggestion :
X:\ORACLE\ORADATA\FLASH_REC\DAWA\ARCHIVELOG\2011_08_18\O1_MF_1_6_%U_.ARC
ORA-00280: change 329012 for thread 1 is in sequence #6
Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}
ORA-00308: cannot open archived log
'X:\ORACLE\ORADATA\FLASH_REC\DAWA\ARCHIVELOG\2011_08_18\O1_MF_1_6_%U_.ARC'
ORA-27041: unable to open file
OSD-04002: unable to open file
O/S-Error: (OS 2) The system cannot find the file specified.
ORA-01547: warning: RECOVER succeeded but OPEN RESETLOGS would get error below
ORA-01152: file 1 was not restored from a sufficiently old backup
ORA-01110: data file 1: 'X:\ORACLE\ORADATA\DAWA\SYSTEM01.DBF'You can download the alert log from here:
http://ahmedbaraka.com/temp/alertdawa.log

Restoring and Recovering from RMAN cold backup

DB Version: 11gR2
os : Solaris
Before dropping a DB we had taken an RMAN backup of the DB using
RMAN> backup database;We hadn't set a FORMAT (like db_%d_S_%s_P_%p_T_%t) for this DB , so the backups went to ORACLE_HOME/dbs directory. The 2 backup files are
/u02/app/oracle/11.2/db/dbs/01mo9fms_1_1
/u02/app/oracle/11.2/db/dbs/02mo9fnc_1_1 -- spfile and control fileNow we need to recreate this DB on a new server.
In the new server, we've placed the backup files in /u04/backup/rmanbkp .
Since We hadn't set a FORMAT parameter for the original DB which we have dropped what format i will give during restore?
Will RMAN automatically recognize the FORMAT of the backup piece and restore ?
RMAN> run
allocate channel c1 device type disk format 'i_dont_know_the_format';
allocate channel c2 device type disk format 'i_dont_know_the_format';
restore controlfile;
restore database;
}This the SHOW ALL output from the DB we have dropped .
RMAN> show all;
RMAN configuration parameters for database with db_unique_name BRCFTST are:
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO REDUNDANCY 1; # default
CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION OFF; # default
CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK; # default
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP OFF; # default
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '%F'; # default
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK PARALLELISM 1 BACKUP TYPE TO BACKUPSET; # default
CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE TO UNLIMITED; # default
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION FOR DATABASE OFF; # default
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM 'AES128'; # default
CONFIGURE COMPRESSION ALGORITHM 'BASIC' AS OF RELEASE 'DEFAULT' OPTIMIZE FOR LOAD TRUE ; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO NONE; # default
CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO '/u02/app/oracle/11.2/db/snapcf_brcftst.f'; # defaultAs you can see we hadn't set the format explicitly , ie. the line
CONFIGURE CHANNEL DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT is missing

Hi,
Before dropping a DB we had taken an RMAN backup.I hope you were in mount mode.
Will RMAN automatically recognize the FORMAT of the backup piece and restore ?No it won't.
First you have to restore a controlfile in nomount mode with:
restore controlfile from '/u04/backup/rmanbkp /02mo9fnc_1_1';
and do alter database mount.
Than you have to run "catalog start with '/u04/backup/rmanbkp'; " so the instance now knows where to find the pieces.
Now you can run a restore database command.
Than open the database with resetlogs.
Regards,
Tycho

Restore controlfile,database(PIT) from backups(non-defualt location)

Hi,
Below is the script i m using to do db point-in-time recovery. But the problem is the backups was taken in a non-defualt location and i want the restore and recovery to be happened from there. Mostly facing issue with controlfile recovery. Just don't know how to tell RMAN that my controlfile rman backup is in non-defualt location '/fulldbbackup/'
backup Script
run{
        allocate channel ch1 device type disk ;
        backup database TAG = 'DR_test_backup' format '/fulldbbackup/%D_RMAN_DATAFILE_BACKUP_%U.bak';
        sql 'alter system archive log current';
        backup archivelog all delete input TAG = 'DR_test_backup2' format '/fulldbbackup/%D_RMAN_ARCHIVELOG_%U.bak';
     backup current controlfile TAG='DR_test_backup' format '/fulldbbackup/%D_RMAN_CURRENT_CONTROL_BACKUP_%U.bak';
==============================================================
rman target / nocatalog
RMAN> sql "alter session set nls_date_format = ''dd.mm.yyyy hh24:mi:ss''";
RMAN> CROSSCHECK BACKUPPIECE TAG = 'DR_TEST_BACKUP';
using channel ORA_DISK_1
crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
backup piece handle=/fulldbbackup/26_RMAN_CURRENT_CONTROL_BACKUP_0mnbvhlq_1_1.bak recid=22 stamp=784320186
crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
backup piece handle=/fulldbbackup/26_RMAN_ARCHIVELOG_0lnbvhlm_1_1.bak recid=21 stamp=784320184
crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
backup piece handle=/fulldbbackup/26_RMAN_ARCHIVELOG_0knbvhl2_1_1.bak recid=20 stamp=784320164
crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
backup piece handle=/fulldbbackup/26_RMAN_ARCHIVELOG_0jnbvhkp_1_1.bak recid=19 stamp=784320154
crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
backup piece handle=/fulldbbackup/26_RMAN_DATAFILE_BACKUP_0inbvhkf_1_1.bak recid=18 stamp=784320144
crosschecked backup piece: found to be 'AVAILABLE'
backup piece handle=/fulldbbackup/26_RMAN_DATAFILE_BACKUP_0hnbvhgn_1_1.bak recid=17 stamp=784320024
Crosschecked 6 objectsRecovery Script (.ksh)
#!/bin/ksh
export ORACLE_SID=prod2
echo $ORACLE_SID
export ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1
echo $ORACLE_HOME
export PATH
echo $PATH
RMAN=$ORACLE_HOME/bin/rman
$RMAN target sys/sys@prod2 nocatalog << EOF
set dbid 1428819349;
run {
startup nomount;
sql "alter session set nls_date_format = ''dd.mm.yyyy hh24:mi:ss''";
allocate channel ch00 device type disk;
allocate channel ch01 device type disk;
set controlfile autobackup format for device type disk to '/fulldbbackup/26_RMAN_CURRENT_CONTROL_BACKUP_0mnbvhlq_1_1.bak';
restore controlfile from autobackup;
alter database mount;
catalog start with '/fulldbbackup';
set until time "to_date('26.05.2012 18:43:15','dd.mm.yyyy hh24:mi:ss')";
restore database;
recover database;
alter database open resetlogs;
release channel ch00;
release channel ch01;
exit;
EOF
echo "Completed"Thanks in advance

You can restore control file by specifying the path explicitly.
-- In the auxillary server
Make sure you have the CONTROL_FILES parameter in the pfile. The control files will be restored to this path
*.control_files='+LMNPROD_DG01/lmnprod/lmnprod_control01.ctl','+LMNPROD_DG01/lmnprod/lmnprod_control02.ctl','+LMNPROD_DG01/lmnprod/lmnprod_control03.ctl'Create spfile from pfile. Then
SQL> conn / as sysdba
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> startup nomount
SQL> show parameter spfileStep5. Restore Control file
The below command will create all the 3 control files mentioned in CONTROL_FILES parameter in the spfile.
$ rman target /
restore controlfile from '/path_where_bkp_piece_is_stored/RMAN_CURRENT_CONTROL_BACKUP_0mnbvhlq_1_1.bak';After restoring the control file and mounting the DB , you can use CATALOG command to catalog backup pieces

Why can't I restore the controlfile from autobackup?

Running 10GR2
Something that I have always had a problem with is the restore controlfile from autobackup command. RMAN is configured to run autobackyps of the controlfiles.
I have setup a restore test and moved the backups over to the test machine. I have restored the spfile and modified the necessary init parameters. When I startup nomount and try to restore the controlfile from autobackup RMAN says it cannot find an autobackup controlfile.
I have always gotten around this by explicitly naming the controlfile to restore but am wondering what is possibly incorrect in my config such that RMAN doesn't know where to find the controlfile autbackups.
Thanks

Do you have such a configuration?
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '%F'; # default
You must not specify any other format,only '%F'.
FRA structure should like <db_recovery_file_dest>/<SID>/AUTOBACKUP/<date>/<controlfile_backup>. Only when both is true, RMAN will find the autobackup, otherwise it searches in the OS dependent default location.
Werner

How to restore specific backup file from RMAN?

Hi,
I am just begginer with Oracle DB so I do not have a lot knowledge.
I created two backups at April the 8th and April the 10th.
I did following from RMAN.
shutdown immediate
startup mount
configure channel 1 device type disk format '/opt/oracle/backup/std_%U';
backup database
startup
output was:
including current control file in backupset
including current SPFILE in backupset
it created two files: std-0so6l0vn(2 GB) and std_0to6l106 (7 MB).
First question - first file is backup and what is the second file???
Today I created also backup and it also created two files: std_0uo6morg (2GB) and std_0vo6morv (7MB)
Now I want to return backup from 2 days ago (*std-0so6l0vn*) but can't;
I do the the following:
shutdown immediate
startup mount
restore database from '/opt/oracle/backup/std_0so6l0vn'
but getting error - only SPFILE or control file can be restored from autobackup.
How to restore my backup from two days ago? It looks to me so complicated and hardly understandable.
What command to execute from RMAN to succeed in restore?
Thank you

I still can not restore database; I tried Honza method.
i try
startup nomount
restore controlfile from 'restore controlfile from /opt/oracle/backup/sss_11o7efd9_1_1';
And getting message:
no autobackup found or specified handle is not a valid copy or piece
list backup returns:
BS Key Type LV Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
19 Full 6.80M DISK 00:00:01 19-APR-13
BP Key: 19 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: NO Tag: TAG20130419T025522
Piece Name: /opt/oracle/backup/sss_11o7efd9_1_1
Control File Included: Ckp SCN: 3178467 Ckp time: 19-APR-13
SPFILE Included: Modification time: 02-APR-13
show all returns:
RMAN configuration parameters are:
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO REDUNDANCY 1; # default
CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION OFF; # default
CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK; # default
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP OFF; # default
configuration for DISK channel 2 is ignored
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '%F'; # default
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK PARALLELISM 1 BACKUP TYPE TO BACKUPSET; # default
CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE CHANNEL 1 DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT '/opt/oracle/backup/sss_%U';
CONFIGURE CHANNEL 2 DEVICE TYPE DISK FORMAT '/opt/oracle/backup/sss_%U';
CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE TO UNLIMITED; # default
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION FOR DATABASE OFF; # default
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM 'AES128'; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO NONE; # default
CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO '/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/dbs/snapcf_ctginst1.f'; # default
Please help I really must restore database but can't do it.

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