jgoodman00
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- Jan 23, 2001
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As a SQL Server person, I am trying to recover our live Oracle database to a test server just to prove the backups work. We have a weekly full database backup using RMAN, along with the control file and archive logs.
I would like to recover the database using the backup, and archive logs onto a different server, preferably under a different name (the database is called live in production).
I have made some progress in recovering the database, but am encountering problems around the disk configuration. The production server has the oracle installation (and datafiles) all situated on the D drive. On the test server, I do not have a D drive (only C).
In order to attempt recovery I took the following steps:
-Copied the backup, controlfile and archive logs to the test server.
-Created an empty database on the test server called LIVE using the database configuration assistant.
-Connected to the target database using rman and issued the following commands:
-Shutdown immediate
-Startup Nomount
-Set DBID = <LiveDBID>
-Restore Controlfile from ‘c:\file’
-All of this worked without error. However, when I try to run ‘restore database’ it fails saying it is unable to find the backup file pointing to the missing d drive.
Is there anyway I can point rman at the file in the different location?
I tried restore database from ‘c:\file’ but this didn’t work.
Any other suggestions?
As an additional question, how difficult would it be to recover the database to a different database name?
Cheers,
James Goodman MCSE, MCDBA
I would like to recover the database using the backup, and archive logs onto a different server, preferably under a different name (the database is called live in production).
I have made some progress in recovering the database, but am encountering problems around the disk configuration. The production server has the oracle installation (and datafiles) all situated on the D drive. On the test server, I do not have a D drive (only C).
In order to attempt recovery I took the following steps:
-Copied the backup, controlfile and archive logs to the test server.
-Created an empty database on the test server called LIVE using the database configuration assistant.
-Connected to the target database using rman and issued the following commands:
-Shutdown immediate
-Startup Nomount
-Set DBID = <LiveDBID>
-Restore Controlfile from ‘c:\file’
-All of this worked without error. However, when I try to run ‘restore database’ it fails saying it is unable to find the backup file pointing to the missing d drive.
Is there anyway I can point rman at the file in the different location?
I tried restore database from ‘c:\file’ but this didn’t work.
Any other suggestions?
As an additional question, how difficult would it be to recover the database to a different database name?
Cheers,
James Goodman MCSE, MCDBA
