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Connor McDonald

Thanks for the question, Srin.

Asked: August 05, 2016 - 3:12 pm UTC

Last updated: August 07, 2016 - 8:59 am UTC

Version: 11.2.0.1.0

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I have couple of questions regarding controlfiles
1.I am connected through catalog and lost all the control files of database how can i recover the database and get all control files back please suggest
2.If in lost of all control files will I be able to still use, alter database backup control file to trace and then use it to re-buid control file?
3. Adding to question 2 if i have old control file in backup(scn number older than current datafiles) how can we get this situation fixed

and Connor said...

In the docs

https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/backup.112/e10642/osadvsce.htm

there is a section

"Recovering After the Loss of All Current Control Files"

which talks about various scenarios you may need to consider. How you proceed depends on what other files you have (or have not) got accessible.



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