Contributor: Arjun Raja REQUIREMENT: USERS TABLESPACE RECOVERY USING RMAN: PRE-REQUISITE: RMAN BACKUP and database in ARCHIVELOG

mode. If there is a requirement to do a USERS RECOVERY test using RMAN backup. Copy loop.sql from /opt/oracle/scripts on ITLINUXDEVBLADE07 to $SCRPT on new machine. cd $SCRPT sql SQL> create tablespace users datafile '/opt/oracle/oradata/dgtest9i/users01.dbf' size 10m; Tablespace created. SQL> create table test (col_1 number(10), col_2 date) tablespace users; Table created. SQL> @loop PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> select count(*) from test; COUNT(*) ---------50000 Simulate users by removing datafile belonging to USERS tablespace cd /opt/oracle/oradata/dgtest9i [oracle@itlinuxdevblade07 dgtest9i]$ ls -lrt users* -rw-r----- 1 oracle dba 10493952 May 7 10:09 users01.dbf [oracle@itlinuxdevblade07 dgtest9i]$ rm users01.dbf [oracle@itlinuxdevblade07 dgtest9i]$cd $SCRPT SQL> @loop declare * ERROR at line 1: ORA-01116: error in opening database file 4 ORA-01110: data file 4: '/opt/oracle/oradata/dgtest9i/users01.dbf' ORA-27041: unable to open file Linux-x86_64 Error: 2: No such file or directory Additional information: 3 ORA-06512: at line 7 SQL> select count(*) from test; COUNT(*) ----------

50682 SQL> Now RECOVER the USERS tablespace. SQL> shutdown abort; ORACLE instance shut down. SQL> SQL> startup mount; ORACLE instance started. Total System Global Area 236422544 bytes Fixed Size 742800 bytes Variable Size 201326592 bytes Database Buffers 33554432 bytes Redo Buffers 798720 bytes Database mounted. SQL> create recovertbs.rcv file run{ restore tablespace users; recover tablespace users; sql' alter database open'; sql 'alter tablespace users online'; } $> rman target / catalog rman/rman@rmanp cmdfile=recovertbs.rcv Recovery Manager: Release 9.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production Copyright (c) 1995, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. connected to target database: DGTEST9I (DBID=227642821) connected to recovery catalog database RMAN> run{ 2> restore tablespace users; 3> recover tablespace users; 4> sql' alter database open'; 5> sql 'alter tablespace users online'; 6> } 7> Starting restore at 07-MAY-06 allocated channel: ORA_SBT_TAPE_1 channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_1: sid=11 devtype=SBT_TAPE channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_1: Data Protection for Oracle: version 5.2.4.0 allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1 channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=9 devtype=DISK channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile backupset restore channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) to restore from backup set restoring datafile 00003 to /opt/oracle/oradata/dgtest9i/users01.dbf

channel ORA_DISK_1: restored backup piece 1 piece handle=/opt/oracle/product9204/dbs/7thif4vn_1_1 tag=TAG20060507T081903 params=NULL channel ORA_DISK_1: restore complete Finished restore at 07-MAY-06 Starting recover at 07-MAY-06 using channel ORA_SBT_TAPE_1 using channel ORA_DISK_1 starting media recovery archive log filename=/opt/oracle/dgtest9i/arch/arch39.log thread=1 sequence=39 archive log filename=/opt/oracle/dgtest9i/arch/arch40.log thread=1 sequence=40 archive log filename=/opt/oracle/dgtest9i/arch/arch41.log thread=1 sequence=41 media recovery complete Finished recover at 07-MAY-06 sql statement: alter database open sql statement: alter tablespace users online Recovery Manager complete. [oracle@itlinuxdevblade07 scripts]$sql SQL> select count(*) from test; COUNT(*) ---------50682 SQL> exit Disconnected from Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production With the Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options JServer Release 9.2.0.4.0 - Production [oracle@itlinuxdevblade07 scripts]$ sql SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.4.0 - Production on Sun May 7 10:05:02 2006 Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Connected to: Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production With the Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options JServer Release 9.2.0.4.0 - Production SQL> @loop PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL>