Wednesday, 11 May 2016

Recovery of ControlFiles to Another Location, without AutoBackup available


Today , I will show you a scenario, where I lost all my current Controlfile and I don’t have any AutoBackup of Current ControlFile. And how I rescue from that situation.

Actually my MountPoint was Gone due to some issues with System Admin. Hence I Lost the Directory too.
So, I will Restore to Another Location


Lets see, What are my ControlFile Locations are . . using Below command
 SQL> show parameter control_file  
 NAME                         TYPE       VALUE  
 ---------------------------------------      -----------     ------------------------------  
 control_file_record_keep_time     integer      7  
 control_files                    string       /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/c  
                                           ontrol01.ctl, /u01/app/oracle/  
                                           flash_recovery_area/orcl/contr  
                                           ol02.ctl  
 SQL>  





OK,  so now Lets Simulate this Scenario.. as Below
I’m Removing my Current Controlfiles. (Assuming that – I lost my Both ControlFiles )
 [oracle@system1 ~]$ rm -rf /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/control01.ctl  
 [oracle@system1 ~]$ cd /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/  
 [oracle@system1 orcl]$ ls control  
 ls: cannot access control: No such file or directory  
 [oracle@system1 ~]$ rm -rf /u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/orcl/control02.ctl  



Lets open RMAN prompt & Backup the ControlFile from Memory . . using Below Command
 SQL> ! rman target /  
 RMAN> backup current controlfile to destination '/u01';  
 using channel ORA_DISK_1  
 channel ORA_DISK_1: starting full datafile backup set  
 channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backup set  
 including current control file in backup set  
 channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 09-MAY-16  
 channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 09-MAY-16  
 piece handle=/u01/ORCL/backupset/2016_05_09/o1_mf_ncnnf_TAG20160509T162824_cm0vbkv4_.bkp tag=TAG20160509T162824 comment=NONE  
 channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:03  
 Finished backup at 09-MAY-16  
 RMAN> exit  
 Recovery Manager complete.  




Now , when we try to shutdown immediate / or normal, we see below error.
But don’t worry. We will use Shutdown Abort.
 SQL> shut immediate  
 Database closed.  
 ORA-00210: cannot open the specified control file  
 ORA-00202: control file: '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/control01.ctl'  
 ORA-27041: unable to open file  
 Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory  
 Additional information: 3  
 SQL> shut abort  
 ORACLE instance shut down.  




Again , Open your database in Nomount stage to Restore the Control File.
Here , I’m going to Restore to Another location (Other than Existing Location)

So, we need to change the parameter ‘control_files’.
 SQL> startup nomount  
 ORACLE instance started.  
 Total System Global Area 422670336 bytes  
 Fixed Size            1336960 bytes  
 Variable Size        109054336 bytes  
 Database Buffers    306184192 bytes  
 Redo Buffers         6094848 bytes  
 SQL> !rman target /  
 Recovery Manager: Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon May 9 16:30:05 2016  
 Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.  
 connected to target database: ORCL (not mounted)  
 RMAN> restore controlfile to '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/control001.' from '/u01/ORCL/backupset/2016_05_09/o1_mf_ncnnf_TAG20160509T162824_cm0vbkv4_.bkp' ;  
 Starting restore at 09-MAY-16  
 using channel ORA_DISK_1  
 channel ORA_DISK_1: restoring control file  
 channel ORA_DISK_1: restore complete, elapsed time: 00:00:01  
 Finished restore at 09-MAY-16  
 RMAN> exit  
 SQL> alter system set control_files=/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/control001. Scope=spfile;  
 SQL> startup mount;  
 ORACLE instance started.  
 Total System Global Area 422670336 bytes  
 Fixed Size            1336960 bytes  
 Variable Size        100665728 bytes  
 Database Buffers    314572800 bytes  
 Redo Buffers         6094848 bytes  
 Database mounted.  
 SQL>  




Now , when I try to Recover the Database , I Get an Error .
 SQL> recover database ;  
 ORA-00283: recovery session canceled due to errors  
 ORA-01610: recovery using the BACKUP CONTROLFILE option must be done  
 So, Now , I tried Another command, and Again Facing an Error  
 SQL> recover database using backup controlfile;  
 ORA-00279: change 792051 generated at 05/09/2016 16:23:23 needed for thread 1  
 ORA-00289: suggestion :  
 /u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/ORCL/archivelog/2016_05_09/o1_mf_1_4_%u_.arc  
 ORA-00280: change 792051 for thread 1 is in sequence #4  
 Specify log: {<RET>=suggested | filename | AUTO | CANCEL}  
 AUTO  
 ORA-00308: cannot open archived log  
 '/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/ORCL/archivelog/2016_05_09/o1_mf_1_4_%u_.ar  
 c'  
 ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status  
 Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory  
 Additional information: 3  
 ORA-00308: cannot open archived log  
 '/u01/app/oracle/flash_recovery_area/ORCL/archivelog/2016_05_09/o1_mf_1_4_%u_.ar  
 c'  
 ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status  
 Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory  
 Additional information: 3  
 SQL> alter database open resetlogs ;  
 alter database open resetlogs  
 *  
 ERROR at line 1:  
 ORA-01113: file 1 needs media recovery  
 ORA-01110: data file 1: '/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/system01.dbf'  



So Now , Simply. . . what  I did is - - - > open RMAN - - > and Recover Database,
 SQL> !rman target /  
 Recovery Manager: Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon May 9 16:40:04 2016  
 Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.  
 connected to target database: ORCL (DBID=1433520325, not open)  
 RMAN> recover database ;  
 Starting recover at 09-MAY-16  
 Starting implicit crosscheck backup at 09-MAY-16  
 using target database control file instead of recovery catalog  
 allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1  
 channel ORA_DISK_1: SID=17 device type=DISK  
 Crosschecked 1 objects  
 Finished implicit crosscheck backup at 09-MAY-16  
 Starting implicit crosscheck copy at 09-MAY-16  
 using channel ORA_DISK_1  
 Finished implicit crosscheck copy at 09-MAY-16  
 searching for all files in the recovery area  
 cataloging files...  
 no files cataloged  
 using channel ORA_DISK_1  
 starting media recovery  
 archived log for thread 1 with sequence 4 is already on disk as file /u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/redo01.log  
 archived log file name=/u01/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/redo01.log thread=1 sequence=4  
 media recovery complete, elapsed time: 00:00:00  
 Finished recover at 09-MAY-16  
 RMAN> exit  
 Recovery Manager complete.  
 SQL> alter database open resetlogs;  
 Database altered.  
 SQL>  





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